Filipino Olympians, pinarangalan sa Kamara; Cash incentives, inihandog din
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00:00More than Php 14.5 million in cash gifts were given by the camera to Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo.
00:08Other Filipino Olympians also received awards and incentives for their visits to the country's flag.
00:16Mela Lesmoras has the details.
00:19The camera received a warm welcome from the entire delegation of the Philippines just after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
00:30At the Congressional Reception in Batasang Pambansa,
00:34House Speaker Martin Romualdez and other leaders of the camera received a copy of their resolutions
00:42to recognize our Filipino athletes.
00:45This includes the Congressional Medal of Excellence for Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo
00:51and the Congressional Medal of Distinction for bronze medalist Neste Petesio and Ira Villegas.
00:57According to Speaker Romualdez, the Filipino athletes can be considered as new heroes.
01:02Therefore, here in the camera, he assured that they will continue to focus on the development of the sports industry.
01:09We will conduct a review of our legislation, among others, Republic Act 10699,
01:16the National Athletes and Coaches Benefits Incentives Act.
01:21We need to amend it to provide support and assistance to all our athletes.
01:31So we shall be conducting a review.
01:33I will ask our Chairman Mike D to conduct a review on how we can further improve the legislation
01:40to support all sports in the Philippines and to make the appropriate appropriations.
01:48Aside from giving bonuses, the camera also has cash incentives for the Filipino Olympians.
01:54In total, the camera gave more than Php 14.5 million to Yulo.
02:00Yulo gave Php 4 million to Petesio and Villegas, while the others gave Php 1 million each.
02:07On behalf of the entire delegation, Yulo's gratitude is not only for the gifts they gave,
02:13but also for the entire support of the Filipino people.
02:16To all who prayed for us and supported us,
02:22to watch our competitions,
02:26and to appreciate the hard work we put in to perform our performances well.
02:36Thank you very much to everyone.
02:38God bless us all.
02:40We won. We won everything.
02:44Petesio and Villegas are also very happy.
02:47They even promised that they will not give up.
02:50As Petesio said, there is no stop until there is no end.
02:54I just want to say thank you because the sports in the Philippines are getting more attention.
02:59What?
03:00There may be more athletes who will continue.
03:03What's next for UNESCO?
03:05As long as there is no stop until there is no end.
03:08I am very proud.
03:12I feel that the fatigue and hard work that I put in will be used as a national team.
03:22Even without a medal, the Filipino Paul Volter, EJ Oviena, also received a lot of fans.
03:29He said that the competition is not yet over.
03:32I just want to say thank you to all of them.
03:34What can I say?
03:36I don't think I've performed to where I want to be.
03:39All the love that I deserve, I do appreciate it.
03:43Big time.
03:44As I said, I'm going to do you proud.
03:47In order for the sports in the country to improve,
03:50congressmen will continue to address the issues in this sector.
03:56Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.