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Philippine Congressional Medal (House of Representatives)

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For the service medal of the US Army, see Philippine Congressional Medal.

The House of Representatives of the Philippines has three awards they confer to individuals; namely the Congressional Medal of Achievement (CMA), the Congressional Medal of Distinction (CMD), and the Congressional Medal of Excellence (CME).

Congressional Medal
Awarded by the House of Representatives
TypeOrder of merit
CountryPhilippines
EligibilityFilipino nationality (CMD)
Olympic gold medalist for the Philippines (CME)
CriteriaDistinguished merits
Classes
  • Acchievement
  • Distinction
  • Excellence


Awards edit

The three congressional awards conferred by the House of Representatives are:[1]

  • Congressional Medal of Achievement (CMA): for "political, economic, and cultural leaders, who have distinguished themselves through their life-work and their vision" (2002).[2]
  • Congressional Medal of Distinction (CMD): for Filipino achievers in sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and culture.[3]
  • Congressional Medal of Excellence (CME): For "exceptional modern-day national heroes in sports who win the gold medal in the Olympics". The award was instituted as a response to Hidilyn Diaz winning the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (2021)[4]

Recipients edit

Congressional Medal of Achievement edit

Recipient Background Reason Year conferred Ref.
René van der Linden Dutch diplomat and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Role in the creation of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly 2005 [5]
Wu Hongbao Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Improvement of the China–Philippines relations 2005 [6]
Manny Pacquiao Filipino professional boxer 2005 [7]
Lea Salonga Filipino musical theater actress 2007 [8]
Jesse Robredo Filipino politician Secretary of the Interior and Local Government 2012 [9]
Vicente Paterno Filipino politician and businessman "Distinguished public servant and advocate of honourable governance"; Senator of the Philippines (1987–1992), Deputy Executive Secretary for Energy (1986–1987), Chairman of the Board of Investments (1970–1974), Minister of Industry (1974–1979), Minister of Public Highways (1979–1980), Founding chairman of the Philippine Seven Corporation, President of the Philippine National Oil Company 2014 [10][11]
Zhao Jianhua Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Improvement of the China–Philippines relations 2019 [12]
Igor Khovaev Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Improvement of the Philippines–Russia relations 2020 [13]

Congressional Medal of Distinction edit

Recipient Background Reason Year conferred Ref.
Karen Ibasco Beauty pageant participant Miss Earth 2017 winner 2017 [14]
John Riel Casimero Professional boxer Winning the WBO Bantamweight title in his fight against Zolani Tete of South Africa on November 30, 2019 2020 [15]
Manny Pacquiao Professional boxer For the unprecedent feat of winning an eighth world boxing title 2010 [16]
Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifter 2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist 2016 [17]
Carlo Paalam Boxer 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist 2021 [18]
Nesthy Petecio Boxer 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist 2021 [18]
Eumir Marcial Boxer 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist 2021 [18]

Congressional Medal of Excellence edit

Recipient Sport Event Olympics Year conferred Ref.
Edition Host
Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting Women's 55 kg 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 2021 [4][18]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "House to confer Congressional Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz". GMA News Online. July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Resolution No. 453: Resolution Instituting a Congressional Medal of Achievement to Enable the House Of Representatives to Honor Political, Economic and Cultural Leaders who have Distinguished Themselves Through their Life-work and their Vision". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. House of Representatives (Philippines). November 18, 2002.
  3. ^ "Romualdez: Medal of Excellence for Hidilyn - Journal News". Journal News Online. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "House adopts reso conferring Congressional Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz". Manila Bulletin. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  5. ^ ""The creation of an Asian Parliamentary Assembly will be a catalyst for political integration in Asia", says PACE President". Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly Communication Unit. April 5, 2005. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Amb. Wu Hongbo Awarded Philippine Congress's Highest Decoration". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines. October 15, 2005. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "Pacquiao may get another award from Congress". GMA News. July 2, 2006. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Lea Salonga's career highlights". The Manila Times. October 7, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Robredo receives Congressional award". Rappler. September 12, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  10. ^ Rosario, Ben (July 29, 2021). "Running out of awards for Diaz, Lower House moves to create new one". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Tubianosa, Dionisio (December 4, 2014). "Congressional Medal of Achievement for the late former Sen. V. Paterno". Media Relations Service-PRIB. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  12. ^ Viray, Patricia Lourdes (November 5, 2019). "Chinese envoy bids farewell to Congress, gets medal of achievement". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  13. ^ Cepeda, Mara (October 2, 2020). "PH lawmakers give Congressional Medal of Achievement to Russia envoy". Rappler. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "House Resolution No. 1438: A Resolution Commending and Conferring the Congressional Medal of Distinction to Ms. Karen Santos Ibasco for being crown as Miss Earth 2017" (PDF). House of Representatives (Philippines). November 6, 2017.
  15. ^ "House Resolution No. 660: A Resolution Extending Congratulations to Boxer, Johnriel "Quadro Alas" Casimero for winning the WBO Bantamweight World Championship on December 1, 2019" (PDF). House of Representatives (Philippines). January 21, 2020.
  16. ^ Romero, Paolo (November 16, 2010). "Congressional medal for Pacman". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  17. ^ "LOOK: Hidilyn Diaz receives Congressional medal, monetary award". Rappler. August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d "Congress gives Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz". Tiebreaker Times. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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