HEADS UP: How Strong is Hidilyn Diaz? (July 28)

Here's a Heads Up from reporter on news that you need to know today, July 28:

HIDILYN DIAZ MAKES HISTORY

• Hidilyn Diaz smashed the biggest glass ceiling for any Filipino athlete. The country’s first Olympic gold medal came from a woman.
• How heavy can Diaz lift? We benchmark the numbers in this explainer.
• Newspapers all bannered Diaz’s victory and the images were shared widely on social media. When it comes to documenting history, print has authority.
• Diaz rallied her countrymen to keep fighting for their dreams and never give up. She also said she couldn’t wait to come home to the Philippines and binge on cheesecake and milk tea.
• Here’s everything you need to know about Hidilyn Diaz’s Olympic gold medal. Yes, it has real gold on it.

2022 ELECTIONS

• Deputy Speaker Vilma Santos Recto and Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto could swap positions in next year’s elections, the senator said of his congresswoman wife.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Taguig City is offering seniors free rides to vaccination sites to accelerate its immunization program.
• The World Bank is looking at how to help developing countries secure more COVID-19 jabs as the Delta variant fuels global outbreaks.
• Facebook has assembled a team that will build an immersive digital world called the “metaverse.”
• Pop star Pink has offered to shoulder the fine for a female athletes who were fined for refusing to wear uncomfortable bikini bottoms.
• Senators filed separate resolutions commending Diaz on her historic feat.
• Diaz said being mentioned in a Palace “matrix” of supposed anti-government plotters was one of her biggest challenges. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said an apology was not his to give.
• Roque also congratulated Diaz and promised to look at increasing state support for athletes.