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Published August 4, 2021, 3:13 PM Senator Risa Hontiveros is seeking to honor Filipino athlete Nesthy Petecio after bagging a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution No. 822 to commend Petecio “for making history as the first Filipina boxer to win an Olympic silver medal”. Silver medallist Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio poses on the podium with her medal after the women’s feather (54-57kg) boxing final bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Luis ROBAYO/POOL/AFP) “Babae, sakalam! Filipinas making history twice in a row comes as no surprise. We are made of tough stuff. Hidilyn showed us it was possible, and Nesthy showed us that it’s just who we are,” said Hontiveros, who also chairs the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, said in a statement on Wednesday, August 4.

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