At present, the only true rival
that 8-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has for the greatest Philippine
athlete right here and now is weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz. No other name but hers
will ever be attached to her achievement of winning the first ever Olympic Gold
Medal for the country in Tokyo late last July. Her victory has earmarked her
for plenty of bonuses and incentives from the national government, related
agencies and the private sector. Also included are promises of a condominium
unit in Davao City (close to her hometown) and a house and lot in Tagaytay, the
latter she and her family received Wednesday.
As The Manila Bulletin tells it, Tokyo Olympics 2020/21 gold medalist
Hidilyn Diaz has officially received her promised house and lot in Tagaytay
City in the morning of August 18. Diaz and several members of the family were
present in a simple handover ceremony (for COVID considerations) at their new
house and lot at Isabelle Heights Subdivision in Tagaytay’s Barangay Kaybagal
Center. Representatives of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) led by
Chairman Abraham Tolentino awarded Hidilyn and her family the ceremonial key to
their new home, on a lot occupying 220 square meters in area.
Perhaps it is only natural that
Diaz would receive her house and lot incentive already built and possibly
furnished. But the same rewards were also promised to her fellow Tokyo Olympic
medalists, who between them all have brought home the largest total Olympic
medals for the Philippines yet, breaking the record from 1932. However, boxers
Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam (both silver) and Eumir Marcial (bronze) will have
to wait for their houses to actually be built, at Barangay San Jose also in
Tagaytay. They did get to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for their future
homes, which happened earlier in Wednesday.
The planned houses (2-bedrooms,
attic) for the boxing medalists will be erected side by side on a roadway of
Brgy San Jose that has been named Olympic Lane. Each valued at P5 million in
building costs, construction of the homes for Petecio, Paalam and Marcial are expected
to be completed by the coming Holidays in December. Once done, the medalists
will also have their cash incentives to furnish their houses with, as Hidilyn Diaz
will probably be doing to her own completed 2-storey home nearby. Petecio already
plans to title her allotted house and lot to one of her siblings.
Image courtesy of Filipino.news
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