Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz is now a world champion after winning three gold medals at the International Weightlifting Federation World Championships in Colombia.
Filipino athlete Kahlil Viray has raised the Philippine flag after winning three gold medals at the 2022 International Practical Shooting Confederation Handgun World Championships.
A student from Iloilo successfully won two medals from the 12th Asian Science and Mathematics Olympiad for Primary and Secondary Schools conducted in Indonesia.
The Department of National Defense led the giving of the United States Congressional Gold Medal to 45 World War II Filipino veterans in Negros Oriental.
A staff sergeant from the Philippine Army brought home the championship title in the recent Altitude Obstacle Course Races World Championships at Mount Everest.