The 5 booklet panes were detached from the booklets along the rouletting at left and the panes with a block of 4 P4 stamps, a P16 Rizal stamp, a P16 Bonifacio stamp and a block of 4 P8 stamps were surcharged with the new values. The P20 stamp from the last pane was removed from the pane and will be sold for postage use as is, since it’s still a usable denomination.
Mano Po Ninong II, by Jes Pelino In the Philippines, godparents playa very special role in a child's life. Aside from giving spiritual guidance and acting as the second parents of the child, a uniquely Filipino way of practicing the concept of godparenthood is to visit godparents on Christmas day asking for blessings, thus the gesture of “mano po.”
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) is an organization "of farmers, by farmers, and for farmers. It was founded on the Feast Day of Christ the King, October 25, 1953, by a group of lay Catholic leaders led by the late Dean Jeremias U. Montemayor. From the ashes of the Huk insurgency during the 1950s, the turbulent 1960s, the cataclysm of the martial Law years, the extraordinary events of EDSA, and up to the present day, the FFF has tirelessly fought for the rights of the small Filipino farmer.
In recognition of the central importance of water resources to the planet’s future, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater.
Saying that drugs kill more people than the combined forces of terrorism and SARS, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has called on all Filipinos, especially the youth, to launch a new People Power against the drug menace in the country.
Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day (Ora de la Amistad Hispano-Filipina) is celebrated on the 30th of June of each year. It was declared under Republic Act No. 9187, authored by Senator Edgardo J. Angara and was enacted last February 2003, to commemorate the cultural and historical ties, friendship and cooperation between the Philippines and Spain.
The Sealion represents the heraldic symbol of Filipinas ultramar. The Katipunan triangle in red represents equality under the law; the Three Stars are for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; and the Philippine Sun Rayonnant represents liberty and freedom. The Stars in the circular border around the Sun represent as many provinces as there are in the Republic.
Fifty years ago, the first Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) linguists arrived in the Philippines at the invitation of President Ramon Magsaysay and others. Twenty years later, SIL achieved the distinction of receiving the Magsaysay Award for International Understanding. Today SIL is recognized as an international NGO in consultative status with UNESCO and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
February 14 is Valentine’s Day, It is a worldwide celebration of love and romance, From flowers to felicitations, cards to caresses, telegrams to telephone calls, stamps to sweetie pies are how lovers from all over the world spend Valentine's Day and express their feelings in the most romantic way,
People born under the sign of goat (1907, 1919,1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, and 2003) are kind and compassionate. They are civilized, courtly, and refined. They like peace and quiet, and follow the latest trends in art and literature. Some may see a goat person as a bit of pushover, but that is far from the truth, because he can be determined when he wants his own way.
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