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Friday, August 12, 2016

Repost: Government Has Yet to Fulfill Monetary Reward for 1996 Olympian Silver Medalist Onyok Velasco

Image courtesy of www.rappler.com

Source: www.rappler.com

Among those who keenly followed the competition of the Philippine contingent to the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil is Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco.

As a former Olympian who bagged silver at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games, Velasco re-lives his stint over and over through the new athletes who don the national colors every 4 years.

“Naintindihan ko yung hirap at sakripisyo na dinanas nilang lahat,” he says. “Nauunawaan ko yung pagiging sobrang excited nila. Kasama na rin yung hirap at pagod.”

(“I can understand the hardship and sacrifices made by our national athletes. I understand too the excitement that they feel. The same with their tiredness from the pressure of competition.)

When weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, in her third and last Olympics, won a silver medal from the 53 kg event, breaking a 20-year medal drought by the country, Velasco rejoiced and celebrated. “Hindi ba nakakatuwa? Ibang klase kasi paglumalaban ka para sa bayan. Nauunawaan ko yung sigla kasi uhaw tayo sa medalya. Hindi naman tayo parang ibang bansa na malaki kung humakot ng medalya.”

(Isn’t it wonderful? There’s a different feeling when you compete for the country. I can understand the joy we feel when we win a medal, any medal since we are thirsty for this. We aren’t a big country that hauls home medals by the dozen every Olympics.)

When reports emerged about the prizes and incentives that awaited Diaz upon her return, Velasco couldn’t help but think back to what he was promised but did not receive.

“Meron akong natanggap ng P750,000 pero meron din silang pinasa na bill na meron matatanggap ng addition P2.5 million,” related Velasco after his triumphant return from Atlanta. “Si dating House Speaker Joe Devencia sinabi sa akin na okay na ‘to. Sa senado na lang. Kaso ang nagyari ay nagkagulo sa mga liderato ng senado. Pinalitan ni Ernesto Maceda is Neptali Gonzales bilang leader. Nung makausap ko si Senator Maceda nung buhay pa siya, sabi niya nawala yung mga papeles.”

(I received an initial P750,000 from the government but they also passed a bill where I was to receive P2.5 million. Former House Speaker Joe Devencia assured me of this and said that it just needs re-affirming from the Senate. The problem is the Senate underwent a change in leadership from Neptali Gonzales to [the now late] Ernesto Maceda. When I spoke to Maceda, he said that the paperwork got lost.)

Velasco received an additional P1.2 million from the Republic Act No. 9064 or the Sports Benefits and Incentives Act that was passed during the time of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo but Velasco also wanted what was originally promised of him. “Wala naman tayong problema pero mahirap yung nangako tapos wala. Para tayong pinaasa. Siyempre meron tayong mga plano tulad magtayo ng boxing gym at mag-train ng mga bagong fighter.”

(I have no problems with not receiving anything. But when something is promised, I expect them to make good on that. It’s difficult because I feel that I was led on to believe I would receive something. I was planning on using that to open and gym and help train our boxers.)

Velasco also admitted to speaking to Senator Manny Pacquiao, chairman of the Senate sports committee, about this. Pacquiao said at a Senate hearing this week he will conduct an inquiry into the government’s failure to give incentives to winning athletes as mandated by law.

“Hintayin natin kung ano mangyari,” Velasco said with some hope in his voice. (Let’s see what happens this time around). – Rappler.com 

52 comments:

  1. NASA bulsa na Nila..Unos na yun..mga buwaya

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    1. Yan ang gusto ko! Naglalaho na lang parang mga bula ang mga mahahalagang papeles! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! SI ERNIE MACEDA BA NAMAN!

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    2. MAG AAGAWAN YAN SILA LALO NA PAG MAINIT INIT PA....SAKAY PA MORE PROMISE PA MORE.....dapat dyan kasi pag press conference pagkadating iabot kaagad ang dapat di puro praise release lang...

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  2. Andun na tayo sa naipangako e. Pero yung halaga ng pera na naibigay na sa kanya e di pa ba sya kontento? Bakit ngayon lang ulit sya nagdemand na makuha yung ipinangako sa kanya?

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    1. Malamang now sya magsasalit at ilabas ang baho ng pulitiko. Andvantage na din ke Diaz so she would know what happened to Onyok.
      Saka bat ganyan ka magreact eh tama naman ginagawa ni Onyok, entitled sya du di gawang kutsero ang kwento

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    2. 12:20, naintindihan mo naman pala na naipangako e. A promise is a promise, nakakahiya nga kay onyok na umabot ng 20 years at wala padin. Respeto naman sana sa kanya bilang olympian at medallist pa. I hope manny ensures that onyok gets the money.

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    3. Wag nyo na pong pag isipan ng ganun yung tao. Naibulsa ng buwaya yung dapat e para sa kanya na naghirap ng husto para makakuha ng medalya. Mas makabuluhan na mapunta sa kanya premyo kesa sa kabit ng mga nakaupong buwaya sa gobyerno.

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    4. kasi dahil may nanalo at syempre dapat ilaban mo ung para sau..ineng millions un balewalain lng duh

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    5. Bagsak ka sa reading comprehension te. Basahin mo ulit. :p

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    6. hindi nman siya ngdemand, naungkat lang kasi bacause of hidilyn!

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    7. He deserves that money, stop being so nega.

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    8. 12:20 they didnt fulfill their promise bakit mo ipagkakait sa taong katulad nya ang isang pangako na nagbigay ng karangalan sa bayan ..kakaunting pera kung tutuusin kumpara sa mga kinurakot ng mga buwayang tagapag lingkod ng bayan (kuno)..baka ngayon lang sya nagkaroon ng pagkakataon para ilabas ang hinaing at nagbabasakaling sya ay pakingan sa pagkakataong ito.

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    9. 12:20 Baks, hindi siya nagdedemand. Basahin mo nga ulit. Tama lang na kwestiyunin niya yung naipangako sa kanya kasi baka maulit ito kay Hidilyn Diaz. Ni hindi nga natin alam na hindi pala naibigay lahat ng incentives kay Onyok noon eh so ok na din na paingayin niya itong issue na to para malaman natin kung maibibigay nga kay Hidilyn yung incentives ng buong buo.

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    10. Si 12:20 yung magaling sa mga pagsabihan abt contentment pero unang unang nagwawala pag me kulang yung value meal (kahit sopdrinks lang) na binigay sa kanya na hindi tugma sa picture ng mga coupons!

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    11. Deserved naman po niya yun, kung ako nga sa kanya baka so social media muna ako nagparanig saka million yun non, hirap kaya kumita ng pera, hindi naman siya gaya ni manny na para sa bansa natin yung nilaban niya kaya well deserved talaga niya yung premyo.

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    12. iba pa rin kasi yung "naipangako" lalo na kung gobyerno ang nagpangako sa'yo....nadaya na nga si Onyok sa Olympics ( na dapat talaga gold medalist sya) papadaya pa ba sya sa sarili nyang kababayan.

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  3. Kung di pa may bagong nanalo sa Olympics mababaon na pala sa limot yung kulang ng gobyerno kay Onyok. Samantalang yung bagong nanalo ngayon natanggap na yung 5M cheque nya at may bahay pa if im not mistaken. Sana bigay din nila yung nararapat para kay Onyok dahil nag bigay din naman sya ng karangalan sa bansa.

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    1. Tapos dinagdagan ng duterte admin ng 2million. Kakabalita lang.

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    2. 7 million teh, dinagdagan ni digong ng 2 million.

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    3. Swerte si hidilyn kasi transparent at mabilis umaksyon ang bagong administrasyon. Sana matulungan din si onyok na makuha nya yung para sa kanya.

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  4. Sana naman tulungan ni manny siya at yung mga ibang athletes at aspiring athletes na rin. Yun sana ang advocacy ni manny bilang alam niya ang hirap ng pagiging athlete lalo nung simulang sumikat at yumaman siya kasi he has the means & capapility to help them out. Sayang at sinayang niya lang. Mas hinangaan pa siya kung yun sana na lang ang inasikaso niya. I do hope though that onyok gets what was promised him.

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  5. kapal talaga ng mga yan. pasensya ka na onyok nabulsa na nila. buti pa kausapin mo si Manny. kung meron man tamang tao pede maging concern sa mga manlalaro natin si Manny un kaya sana gamitin nya ang position nya para mabigyan halaga naman ang mga manlalaro natin.

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  6. Nawala yung papeles nasa bulsa na 😂 Winner ng palusot. Sana suportahan naman ang mga atleta ang sining sa Pilipinas para may K mag #pinoypride ang kababayan

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  7. yung kay hidilyn, 5M + 2M awww.. nakuha din agad agad..good job sa bagong administrasyon.

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    1. The 5M which
      Diaz got is by virtue of a law enacted in 2015 which grants 10M, 5M and 2.5 M for gold, silver and bronze, respectively. Dinagdagan pa ni Prez ng 2M.

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  8. Onli in da pilipins!

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  9. While I can sympathize with Onyok, him coming out and airing out his grievances after 5 olympics after he won seem to not have been in in good faith.

    20 years after winning, and only after someone else won the silver medal again. Makes me think that maybe he wants to the spotlight again or wants a share also from what Haidilyn will be getting.

    This is very unsportsmanlike. And besides, after winning, it wasnt like he concentrated on promoting sports and had advocacies to improve althelete's trainings. In fact, he focused and capitalized on his showbiz guestings and breaks.

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    1. Excuse me anon 1:00?kung ikaw ba wala kang napala sa 2.5M na pinangako sayo after mo bigyan ng silver medal ang bansa mo...gaganahan ka kaya magpromote ng sports?baka nga 10k lang ipangako sayo,dka rin maka move on after 20 years!mahirap buhay ngayon te!he deserves the money anyways...

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    2. Or he found the opportunity to talk about it AND BE HEARD. If he talked about this a month ago, wala rin makikinig sa kanya or take him seriously.

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    3. Ganito lang yan. We are now hearing his side because he was asked about it kasi may nanalo like him 20yrs after him. He was asked ge answered. Ano gusto nyo no comment on everything??? Kasi thinking nyo nakikiride lang xa. E sa tinanong xa e. Naging eye opener pa nga oh

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    4. Si 1:00am na noble ang datingan at mga hangarin na pinoportray, pero mabilis kumulo ang dugo pag hindi man lang nabigyan ng sticker sa halagang P150 at kelangan niya pang antayin ng ilang buwan...

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    5. @1:00 Napapa iling na lang tlga ako sa mga gaya mo mag isip. Ano kayang klaseng utak meron ang mga gaya nyo bakit nakakapag isip kayo ng ganyan kalala? Haaaay...

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    6. In fairness kay Anon 1:00 naaalala ko nga si Onyok na komediante. Madalas sya sa KaF na sitcom at MMK noon at may mga pelikula pa nga na side kick sha..haha! Nasama din sha sa show ni Manny na Show Me the Manny

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  10. Yaan mo na onyok. Di mapapalitan ng salapi ang karangalan na binigay mo sa bansa. Yang mga pulitiko na yan puro pangako at papogi lang.

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    1. andian na tayo sa karangalan, pero di naman makakabili ng pagkain ang karangalan. naghihirap na ba si onyok? di ako updated eh, pero wag naman hayaan, ibigay nila ung napagkasunduang amount

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  11. I feel bad for him. He almost won the gold medal but had to settle with the silver due to the referee bias during the match against the Bulgarian rep. And then he did not receive all that had been promised him until now. Imagine,it's already the 4th president from FVR? Somebody most likely pocketed that money and just said the papers got missing. Sarap ipasuntok sino man nangupit. Pinaghirapan ng iba di pinalampas.

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    1. I remember watching that match with my dad and feeling so bad after he lost. Kitang kita naman na nadaya sya. At pati pala sarili nating kababayan dinaya sya sa pagkakait sa kanya ng premyo na ipinangako sa kanya. 2.5M mawawala ang papeles ganun ganun na lang?! Talagang only in the Philippines!

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  12. Sasama talaga loob ko if I were Onyok. Kay Hidilyn cash agad ang 5M. Nadagdagan pa ng 2M.

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  13. nakupo papapelan na naman ni pacquiao to common sense lang sagot dyan bill lang yung pinasa hinde sya naging batas kasi di pinasa ng senado kaya wala talaga sya matatanggap na 2.5M

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  14. What kind of excuse is THE PAPERWORK GOT LOST? If some papers got lost, investigate! Labo naman ng security ng government natin.. nakakaloka! So, if yung legal papers ko mawala, they won't do anything about it? Ganun? Chance chance lang?

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  15. Buti nga iyon para di masyado umasa si Hidilyn dun sa P5.5M w/ house and lot. Swerte din nya ngayon dahil mas mabilis na kumalat sa social media ang balita kung magkalokohan man, andyan pa si Pacquiao bilang backer. E sa panahon ni Onyok garapal ang mga buwaya.

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    1. Nakuha na po nya ang check binigay kagabi ni Pres Digong. Nood din ng news pag may time.

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    2. The check is still a check hanggat hindi napapa encash! Mamaya tumalbog pa yun

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    3. 11:14 hindi po mag-iissue ng check ang government kung walang funds available! Yung house and lot pwede mo pa pagdudahan.

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  16. It sends the wrong message, that in the pilipines it's better to win in the dirty and corrupt world of politics than to win an honest and fair fight in no less than the greatest sports event in the world. No wonder yung combined medal tally ng third world pilipines for the last century or so is equivalent to China's first day haul Hahahha.

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  17. If i remember it right, di ba binigyan din sya ng 1million reward ni mayor lim nun si lim pa ang mayor ng manila... Then tinanggihan nya or di nya kinuha for some reason... Then binigay na lang ni lim ung 1 million dun sa batang nasunog ung katawan dahil nisave yung mga kapatid nya sa nasusunog nila bahay.. Tama ba ako?

    I think at that time marami naipangako reward at nagbigay ng reward kay onyok. Its just sad, i was hoping he will continue as an athlete and go for the gold sa next olympics.. Tulad nun ginawa nun kalaban nya.. Na nanalo ng silver then next olympics guns for the gold na.

    Maraming bills na pinapasa.. At kung hindi naaprubahan sa senado.. Its good as nothing.. I hope manny can help him..and get what he deserve.

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  18. Yon mga past administration hindi nga sila makapaglaan ng funds sa sports at mga athletes. Pagmay competition sa ibang bansa, nanghihingi pa yon athletes ng donation sa labas.

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  19. Kaloka yung nawala ang papeles. Tapos ganun nalang? Naku corrupt na talaga noon pa man!

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  20. Siguro kumuha na lang sya ng legal advice kung ano pwedeng remedy dyan. Mahirap yung hanggang ngayon umaasa pa din sya sa wala.

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  21. "Nawala yun papeles."At wala ng duplicate copy or wala ng maka pag reproduce frm memory
    Siguro lukot na lukot na yun. Isang copy lang, galing pa congress, pinirmahan ng lahat ng congressmen, senador, binasa ng mga consultants, inabot sa media... As in isang copya para sa lahat. Wow pilipinas!

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  22. Nadaya na nga sa gold medal.. Payi sa pera nadaya pa ng mga pulitiko na kababayan p man din

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