The Senate adopted a resolution on Monday (Aug. 23) creating the Philippine Senate Medal of Excellence.
In the plenary session yesterday (Aug. 23), the Senate adopted Proposed Senate Resolution No. 781, which seeks to establish “the Philippine Senate Medal of Honor in recognition of outstanding athletes, uniformed personnel, scientists, and exceptional youth and civilians for their extraordinary service and invaluable contributions to nation-building.”
Filipinos who would win Olympic medals, as well as those who would be awarded the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the A. M. Turing Award, and the Ramon Magsaysay Award are qualified to receive the Senate Medal of Excellence.
The first recipients of the Senate Medal of Excellence who will be conferred with the Senate Medal of Excellence are the four Filipino athletes who clinched Olympic medals from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
They are Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting Hidilyn Diaz, Olympic silver medalists in boxing Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam, and Olympic bronze medalist in boxing Eumir Marcial. – Report from Eunice Samonte / CF – rir
