Published July 28, 2021, 12:07 PM
When it rains, it pours so they say, and this adage was proven true by Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz.
Fresh from her historic feat at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan that gave her more than P50 million in cash rewards and other perks, weightlifter and military reservist Hidilyn Diaz received another reward which came in the form of a rank promotion from the Philippine Air Force (PAF).
Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz reacts after placing first in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (Malacañang)
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President Duterte pays tribute to the soldiers who died in Sunday’s C-130 crash in Sulu, during the wake held at the Western Mindanao Command headquarters in Zamboanga City on Monday night. MALACAÑANG
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Sgt. Al-Ameen Musappa Sahibuddin was excited to go home to Jolo and see his family again after a three-month training in Malaybalay, Bukidnon.
Even after more than two decades with the Philippine Army, the Tausug soldier in his mid-40s was so excited about his new assignment that he even posed for a group picture near the tail of a C-130 plane before boarding it on Sunday (July 4).