Showing posts with label Philippine crocodile. Show all posts
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Monday, October 2, 2017

An Education on Philippine Endangered Species Part V (Saga of the Reptilian Kind)


Celebrity World Vol. 4 No. 216, October 2, 1995
On the cover: Lt. Colonel Charito Plaza

Part V of my 1995 Science and Technology Award-winning 9-part special feature “An Education on Philippine Endangered Species” subtitled “Saga of the Reptilian Kind.”

Part I – “Paradise Lost, Can it be Regained?” (September 4, 1995)
Part II – “Biodiversity in an Hourglass” (September 11)
Part III – “When Trees Fall to the Ground” (September 18)
Part IV – “Cries from the Wild” (September 24)
Part V – “Saga of the Reptilian Kind” (October 2)
Part VI – “Wonders from Deep and Shallow Waters” (October 9)
Part VII – “Saving Our Marine Forest and Wildlife” (October 16)
Part VIII – “The Deflowering of the Wild Flowers” (October 23)
Part IX – “On the Wings of Hope and Unity” (October 30)

 

“Praise Him, hills and mountains, fruit trees and forests; all animals, tame and wild, reptiles and birds.” – Psalms 148:9-10, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.



Thursday, January 19, 2012

January 19

 

 
January 19
People Weekly, January 19, 1976
On the Cover: Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett

Enero 19 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Enero 19, 1607, ang paggawa ng San Agustin Church sa Manila, ang pinakamatandang simbahang yari sa bato sa buong Pilipinas, ay natapos.
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          Nagpalabas ng isang royal decree si King Ferdinand VII (1784-1833) ng Espanya noong ika-19 ng Enero, 1822, na nagbabawal sa pagpapalaganap ng Masonry sa Pilipinas.
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Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 19:
1885 – Jose Escaler, lawyer, industrialist and businessman – in Apalit, Pampanga. (d. February 17, 1927)
1981 – Kerby Mariano Raymundo, professional basketball player – in Orion, Bataan.

 

Ang Numerong 19
          Ang numerong 19 ay ang isa sa dalawang numero na puwedeng isulat sa Base 2 hanggang Base 19 na ang gagamitin lamang na mga digits ay mula 0 hanggang 9. Ang isa pa ay ang 20.
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          Sa Roman Numerals, ang 19 ay ang unang numero na naisusulat bilang isang palindrome na binubuo ng dalawang letra - XIX.
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          Ang titulo ng unang musical album ng English soul and jazz singer na si Adele ay “19.” Ito ay lumabas noong January 28, 2008, at naging number 1 sa unang linggo sa UK Charts.
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          Ang board game na “GO” ay nilalaro sa isang grid na mayroong 19x19 na mga linya. Ang larong ito ay nagmula sa ancient China. Mula pa noong 3rd century B.C. ay popular na ang larong ito sa China. Katunayan nito ay nabanggit ang naturang laro sa Analects ni Confucius (c. 551-478 B.C.).
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          Ang K-19 ang unang soviet nuclear ballistic submarine.
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          Sa mga chemical elements, 19 ang atomic number ng potassium.
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The Philippine Crocodile
          The endemic Philippine crocodile (Crocodilus mindoresis) is one of two species of crocodile that can be found in the Philippines. The other is the larger salt-water crocodile (Crocodilus porosus), the species of the one that was captured recently in Mindanao (reputedly the largest in the world).

The Philippine Crocodile on the cover of
People & Nature (January-March 1994).
          Both species are listed together with 17 others species and subspecies are listed in the Appendix I of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES).
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the cover of
MOD (January 19, 2001).
Larawang Tribiya
          Si Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ay anak ng dating Pangulong Diosdado Macapagal sa kaniyang ikalawang asawang si Evangelina Macaraeg (1915-1999). Una niyang nakilala ang kaniyang future husband na si Miguel “Mike” Arroyo sa isang pagtitipon sa bahay ni Greggy Araneta noong siya ay 15-taong gulang pa lamang.
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