Philippine Congressional Medal (House of Representatives) explained

Congressional Medal
Awarded By:	the House of Representatives
Type:	Order of merit
Country:	Philippines
Eligibility:	Filipino nationality (CMD) Olympic gold medalist for the Philippines (CME)
Criteria:	Distinguished merits
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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).

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

Recipient	Background <	---Brief background--->	Reason	Year conferred
			2005	^[5]
	Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines		2005	^[6]
	Filipino professional boxer		2005	^[7]
	Filipino musical theater actress		2007	^[8]
	Filipino politician		2012	^[9]
	Filipino politician and businessman		2014	^[10] ^[11]
	Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines		2019	^[12]
	Russian Ambassador to the Philippines		2020	^[13]

Congressional Medal of Distinction

Recipient	Background <	---Brief background--->	Reason	Year conferred
	Beauty pageant participant	Miss Earth 2017 winner	2017	^[14]
	Professional boxer	Winning the WBO Bantamweight title in his fight against Zolani Tete of South Africa on November 30, 2019	2020	^[15]
	Professional boxer	For the unprecedent feat of winning an eighth world boxing title	2010	^[16]
	Weightlifter	2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist	2016	^[17]
	Boxer	2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist	2021	^[18]
	Boxer	2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist	2021
	Boxer	2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist	2021

Congressional Medal of Excellence

Recipient	Sport	Event	Olympics		Year conferred
			Edition	Host
					2021

See also

• Philippine Senate Medal of Excellence

Notes and References

1. News: House to confer Congressional Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz . 30 July 2021 . GMA News Online . 30 July 2021 . en.
2. Web site: 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 . . 18 November 2002.
3. Web site: Romualdez: Medal of Excellence for Hidilyn - Journal News . Journal News Online . 30 July 2021 . 29 July 2021.
4. News: House adopts reso conferring Congressional Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz . 2 August 2021 . Manila Bulletin . 2 August 2021.
5. News: "The creation of an Asian Parliamentary Assembly will be a catalyst for political integration in Asia", says PACE President . 30 July 2021 . Parliamentary Assembly Communication Unit . . 5 April 2005.
6. Web site: Amb. Wu Hongbo Awarded Philippine Congress's Highest Decoration . Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines . 30 July 2021 . 15 October 2005.
7. News: Pacquiao may get another award from Congress . 30 July 2021 . GMA News . 2 July 2006 . en.
8. News: Lea Salonga's career highlights . 30 July 2021 . The Manila Times . 7 October 2018 . en.
9. News: Robredo receives Congressional award . 30 July 2021 . Rappler . 12 September 2012 . en.
10. News: Rosario . Ben . Running out of awards for Diaz, Lower House moves to create new one . 30 July 2021 . Manila Bulletin . 29 July 2021.
11. News: Tubianosa . Dionisio . Congressional Medal of Achievement for the late former Sen. V. Paterno . 30 July 2021 . Media Relations Service-PRIB . 4 December 2014.
12. News: Viray . Patricia Lourdes . Chinese envoy bids farewell to Congress, gets medal of achievement . 30 July 2021 . The Philippine Star . 5 November 2019.
13. News: Cepeda . Mara . PH lawmakers give Congressional Medal of Achievement to Russia envoy . 30 July 2021 . Rappler . 2 October 2020 . en.
14. Web site: 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 . House of Representatives (Philippines). November 6, 2017.
15. Web site: 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 . House of Representatives (Philippines). January 21, 2020.
16. News: Romero . Paolo . Congressional medal for Pacman . 2 August 2021 . The Philippine Star . 16 November 2010.
17. News: LOOK: Hidilyn Diaz receives Congressional medal, monetary award . 2 August 2021 . Rappler . 25 August 2016 . en.
18. News: Congress gives Medal of Excellence to Hidilyn Diaz . 8 September 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 7 September 2021.