Have you ever wondered where the name "Manila" come from?
- BP
- I am a Bicolano by birth and choice. By any standards, I am a slow runner but I like it that way. I look at running as a healthy and exciting way to make a difference. Together with my fellow runners from our family, school, office, and the community, we use running to give back.
MANGROVE LOVING PENGUIN: Spreading the Gospel of Running & Mangroves in Magallanes
Runner's High. Helper's High.
2025 ARAW NG KAGITINGAN: Commemorating in our small Running Way
"For what sustained them through these months of incessant battle was a force more than physical. It was the force of an unconquerable faith - something in the heart and soul that physical adversity and hardship could not destroy."
- Excerpt from the Apr 9, 1942 "Bataan has Fallen" message broadcast written by Capt. Salvador P. Lopez .
FPIP CONSUELO PARK: Shinrin-Yuko in a Happy Place
In the heart of CALABARZON is the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) which is a joint venture of First Philippine Holdings (FPH) of the Lopez Group and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan. Inside the over 500 hectares of prime industrial land are 150 locators. Collectively, these FPIP locators of varying national origin(s) contribute US$ 3.5 Billion in export earnings to the Philippine economy and generate 80,000 Pinoy jobs annually. Amidst all this robust economic activity in the industrial hub, there is an oasis.
MANGROVE LOVING PENGUIN: Day 1 (Feb 4) of the Training of Trainers on Mangrove and Beach Forest Rehabilitation and Conservation
"Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach."
MANGROVE LOVING PENGUIN: Celebrating WORLD WETLANDS DAY by Learning from the "Mother of Mangroves."
"Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want."
Feb 2 is World Wetlands Day. It is has been that way since 1997. It is a United Nations International Day since 2022.
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