Bayanihan Spirit

- MKPG Marinduque in Bayanihan Action -

Bayanihan Spirit is the Filipino value of collective communal action to achieve a greater good. It promotes unity, cooperation and volunteerism among kababayans. It is about helping one another especially in times of need without expecting payment, reward, or anything in return.

The concept can be traced back when people of the barrio would help a kababayan relocate a traditional bamboo house from one place to another. It involves the physical carrying of the house to its designated destination by around 20 able bodied volunteers while the concerned family provides food and water as a token of their gratitude.

The Bayanihan Spirit lives well in the hearts of every Filipino. It is demonstrated by our unity and readiness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate kababayans during crisis, calamities and disasters.

San Ignacio - Kawal Ni Kristo

Authentic Power is Service...

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

The Chinese New Year is celebrated during the first fifteen days of the Chinese lunar calendar. It is also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year. The new year's meal symbolize hope for a prosperous and abundant year. As part of tradition domestic tables are decorated with twelve kinds of round shaped fruits that will bring good fortune to the family. Oranges for wealth. Apples for peace. Tangerines for good fortune.

Payapa

Agos

Isang tula hango sa Desiderata

Humayo ka nang mahinahon sa gitna ng ingay at tandaang may kapayapaan sa katahimikan. Magkaroon ng mabuting pakikitungo sa kapwa at laging sabihin ang katotohanan nang tahimik at malinaw.

Bukas na makining sa boses ng kapwa, kahit na mahina ang isip at kapos sa pang-unawa; sila’y mayroon ding maisasalaysay. Huwag mong ihahambing ang iyong sarili sa iba, sapagka’t sa iyo ay laging mayroong nakahihigit at nakabababa sa buhay.

Mabuhay ng patas at huwag maging mapaglinlang. Sa kabila ng mga kabiguan, maging tapat sa iyong sarili at manalig sa kapangyarihan ng Pag-ibig sapagkat marami pa rin ang nabubuhay sa tuwid at tamang pamamaraan.

Laging magkaroon ng malasakit sa iyong tungkulin maging ito man ay hamak, sapagkat ito’y isang tunay na pag-aari sa pabago-bagong paggulong ng panahon.

Patibayin ang lakas ng loob sa gitna ng mga pagsubok, huwag mabuhay sa ligalig at pangamba, dahil ikaw ay bahagi ng sansinukob tulad ng mga puno at bituin na may sapat na karapatan sa daigdig.

Mabuhay ng payapa ayon sa kalooban ng Diyos anuman ang pagkikilala mo sa Kanya. Sapagkat sa likod ng unos, ay laging may bagong sibol ng Pag-asa...

Bundok Banahaw

Ang Bundok Banahaw ay naging saksi sa daang taon ng ating katutubong paniniwala at espirituwalidad. Ang Banahaw ay naging kanlungan ng mga patriyotikong guerillero na lumaban sa mga mapanakop na dayuhang kastila, amerikano, at hapon. Ang Banahaw ay simbolo ng ating kaisahan sa ating kalikasan at kay Bathala...

Bahaghari

- Puerto Real Quezon -

Ang Pilipino ay tayo

ni Joey Ayala

Pagmasdan ang bahaghari
Supling ng araw at ulan
Kulay niya ay sari-sari
Mga bahagi ng isang kabuoan
 

Tulad nito ang Pilipino
Iba't-iba ang kalinangan
Lahi, tribo, pulo at probinsya
Bahagi lamang ng isang bayan

Ang Pilipino ay tayo
Pinagisa ng kasaysayan

Ang Pilipino ay tayo
Narito ang ating lakas
Sa pagkakaiba-iba
Tahakin ang ating landas
 

Sa pagkakaisa

Ang Pilipino ay tayo

Bukang Liwayway

- Isang Umaga -

"Ako ay patuloy na tatanaw sa silangan, kung saan walang sinoman ang makapipigil sa pagsikat ng Haring Araw na dala ang biyaya ng PAG-ASA..." -SGF Jack 13

Minasawa Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

- Minasawa Island, Patnanongan Quezon -

The island is just off the town of Patnanongan Quezon with coordinates 14°45'09"N, 122°09'34"E. The 4.5-hectare island was established as a sanctuary by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to protect and help propagate the population of endemic and migratory birds that seek shelter in the area. Under Republic Act No. 7586 the island was proclaimed as Minasawa Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary.

Minasawa Island is known to be the roosting area of Common Island Bats, Pied Imperial Pigeon and Black Naped Orioles. It is also home to the flightless bird Tabon Scrubfowl which lays eggs from March to June, a single egg is laid daily until a final clutch size of ten is reached.

The island is also frequented by Southeast Asian migratory birds such as the Malaysian Plover, Eastern Reef Egret, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, White Bellied Sea Eagle, White Throat Kingfisher, Large Billed Crow, and Greater Crested Tern.

Marine turtles breed and lay eggs during the months of August to October in the island.

Sad to note is that the island is subject to degradation issues  due to rampant and unregulated visits of locals wherein they make noise, dump trashes, hunt bats and birds, collect Tabon and Marine Turtle eggs, and cut down hardwood trees and harvest other forest products. (New Conservation Areas in the Philippines Project)