On the night of January 6, 1995, she was suspicious about a small fire that went out unassisted at the Doña Josefa Apartments; her suspicions were augmented by a wave of bombings that hit Metro Manila, and Philippine Airlines Flight 434.
This led her to uncover a terrorist plot made by alleged Al Qaida agents named Operation Bojinka.
She, along with a group of investigators and police then uncovered evidence, before arresting a suspect who called himself Ahmed Saeed.
She refused to let go of the suspect, who turned out to be Abdul Hakim Murad, after he offered her 110,740 Philippine pesos ($2,000 U.S. dollars).
The certificate reads, "Awarded to Senior Inspector Aida D. Fariscal, in recognition of your personal outstanding efforts and co-operation.