Philippine Congressional Medal (House of Representatives)

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).

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

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

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

Congressional Medal of Achievement
RecipientBackgroundReasonYear conferredRef.
René van der LindenDutch diplomat and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeRole in the creation of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly2005[5]
Wu HongbaoChinese Ambassador to the PhilippinesImprovement of the China–Philippines relations2005[6]
Manny PacquiaoFilipino professional boxer2005[7]
Lea SalongaFilipino musical theater actress2007[8]
Jesse RobredoFilipino politicianSecretary of the Interior and Local Government2012[9]
Vicente PaternoFilipino 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 Company2014[10][11]
Zhao JianhuaChinese Ambassador to the PhilippinesImprovement of the China–Philippines relations2019[12]
Igor KhovaevRussian Ambassador to the PhilippinesImprovement of the Philippines–Russia relations2020[13]

Congressional Medal of Distinction
RecipientBackgroundReasonYear conferredRef.
Karen IbascoBeauty pageant participantMiss Earth 2017 winner2017[14]
John Riel CasimeroProfessional boxerWinning the WBO Bantamweight title in his fight against Zolani Tete of South Africa on November 30, 20192020[15]
Manny PacquiaoProfessional boxerFor the unprecedent feat of winning an eighth world boxing title2010[16]
Hidilyn DiazWeightlifter2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist2016[17]
Carlo PaalamBoxer2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist2021[18]
Nesthy PetecioBoxer2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist2021[18]
Eumir MarcialBoxer2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist2021[18]

Congressional Medal of Excellence
RecipientSportEventOlympicsYear conferredRef.
EditionHost
Hidilyn DiazWeightliftingWomen's 55 kg2020 Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan2021[4][18]

See also

References
  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. "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. "Congress gives Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz". Tiebreaker Times. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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