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Devastated by Typhoon Ondoy
Posted by mhel in about marikina, general on October 13th, 2009
It’s been three weeks now since I last posted and I know that many are wondering why I haven’t written about the typhoon that is now a household name in the entire City of Marikina. Ondoy, the storm which took the lives of many Marikenyos, also shook my sanity as my family fought for their lives on a rooftop, during this typhoon’s savagery.
Yes, our family was among the thousands of Marikenyos which lives and properties were devastated by the typhoon and are now survivors of the legendary Ondoy. I wanted to write about our experiences, our pleas, our hopes, but technology, during the times of calamities, are worthless, at least in my case. It is only today that I am able to taste again the usefullness of internet so I can share to the whole world what happened to our family, to our community, and to our city. What’s left of it after Ondoy…
Since my laptop was also flooded, I had to use a friend’s PC to write this article on Ondoy. Little by little, I will unfold the horrors of the typhoon in this site. I would like to invite you also to share your Ondoy photos, stories, and messages. You may send them via the contact form or through my email at marikenya@yahoo.com.
Our community needs help — clothes, beddings, foams, kitchen utensils, water pails, basins, towels, blankets… among others. If you wish to help our community, please contact me. I can help organize the relief operations in our area. Please help directly the communities savaged by the typhoon so the support will be given to those who really need it.
Please reach out and help.
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Marikina City Symbol
The History of The Man with the “Salakot”
Posted by mhel in about marikina on November 16th, 2007
The City Symbol Design of Marikina
Parameter of Performance
The Marikina city Symbol focuses on the character of its people represented by a man wearing a “salakot†(headgear) and “camisa chino†(Chinese shirt) framed by an arch.
The “salakot†traces the man’s native origin, the “camisa chino,†his oriental character, and the arch framed his Hispanic past. The arched frame also represents the community and the limits of one’s individuality.
The faceless head personifies the individual who is one with his community, one who lived by the norms of good conduct (mabuting ugali), in harmony with his neighbor and one who gives honor to his community as he does to himself.
Discipline, Good Taste and Excellence are traits represented by the short buttons as one’s commitment to pursue with zeal and ardor.
The city symbol was designed by then Mayor Bayani F. Fernando.
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Job Opportunity for Marikina Residents
at SM Marikina
Posted by mhel in about marikina, jobs on November 12th, 2007
Since the most-awaited SM Mall in Marikina is opening soon, the Marikina city Government Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) is conducting a JOBS FAIR solely for the needs for manpower of SM MALL!
Apply Now! They need a lot of people!
SALES ASSISTANT
• Provide the highest level of customer service by demonstration advanced product knowledge, excellent selling skills; build quality customer relationships that results in increased sales for a specific outright brand or classification.
• Qualifications:
– Female/Male not over 28 yrs. old
– Graduate of any Bachelor or Associate Degree
– With at least 6 months selling experience
– Energetic, results oriented and keen to details
– With exceptional follow through and communication skills
– Personable and flexible to be scheduled in support of retail hours
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Marikina’s Historical Places and Events
Part 4: The Cows in the Dairy Farm
Posted by mhel in about marikina, travel on November 10th, 2007
Marikina Heights’ residents today enjoy the stone built cows placed by the city government in their park called the Evolution park. About 18 cows were sculptured and now stands as a marker of what was once the only grazing farm in Marikina.
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Marikina’s Historical Places and Events
Part 3: The Kapitan Moy Building
Posted by mhel in about marikina, travel on November 9th, 2007
The 200 year-old residence of Don Laureano Guevara, better known as Kap. Moy and considered the founder of the country’s footwear industry, has been cited as a historical place by the National Historical Commission. Kap Moy’s house was the first to cater shoe manufacturing in town.
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Marikina’s Historical Places and Events
Part 2: The Old Chanyungco House
Posted by mhel in about marikina on November 8th, 2007
The old house of the Chanyungcos still stands gallantly today next to the Kapitan Moy building in San Roque. It was founded by a wealthy shoe manufacturer, Thomas Chanyungco of Jesus dela Peña, whose father was a a pure Chinese. He owned the then famous Gandara shoes, in Tondo, Manila, and married Carmen Guevara of San Roque, a close relative of Don Laureano “Kap Moy” Guevara, with whom he has six siblings: Bernardino, Jose, Juan, Nicanor, Salud and Eloy.
Job Opportunity: Trainor on Photoshop
Posted by mhel in about marikina, jobs on November 6th, 2007
Company: EXPERT I.T. EDUCATION CENTER (EITEC)
2/F Centro Felicidad Bldg.
Along Shoe Avenue, Sta. Elena, Marikina City
(fronting Jollibbee Bayan)
Who they need?
Trainor on Basic Photoshop, course will be conducted for 28 hours.
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Marikina’s Historical Places and Events
Part 1: Shoe Museum
Posted by mhel in about marikina on November 5th, 2007
The author was the headwriter of the souvenir booklet of one of the city’s festivities where these historical bits were published.
Marikina is indeed an interesting place with an even more interesting history. The then Marikina Mayor Bayani F. Fernando, now Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority [MMDA], a true-blooded marikeño whose passion for the city is overwhelming, traced and marked the history places of the city so everyone can marvel how Marikina came to be.
Join me in in walking down the steps of my beloved city’s memory lane…
The Marikina Shoe Museum, the only one in the country, used to be a bigasang bayan [rice mill] owned by affluent family of Doña Teresa dela Paz,
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Saving The Marikina River, A Success Story
Posted by mhel in about marikina, general, travel on January 23rd, 2007
Winner, 1995 Galing Pook Award for Innovation and Excellence in Local Governance and Hall of Fame, Cleanest Inland Body of Water in the NCR.
In 1993, the city formally launched the program, Save the Marikina River, with the aim in view of rehabilitating and saving the river valley from extinction. It was anchored on the principle:
The people have to touch and smell the water. It is hoped that this experience and exposure will galvanize them to muster enough political pressure for the government and the rest to act and conserve the water. Mayor BF
The project was far from being ambitious in features. The city did not think of dredging or diking which it could not afford anyway. With only 40M spread over seven (7) years, including maintenance and with hardly no external assistance, the city was able to bring the river back to life and transform it into a sports and recreational park (probably the biggest in the country today in a natural setting).
A few years back, the river was filth and stench, a repository of all types of foul smelling and unsightly wastes. Only few dared to venture close to it and none wanted to a get a sniff of stinking waters pitched black with pollution spewed by factories and industries and domestic wastes wantonly thrown by the squatters lining the banks.
The deterioration of the river was brought by the uncontrolled encroachment and indiscriminate disposal of both domestic and industrial wastes and garbage in the easement of the river. It also suffered land degradation brought by the continuous quarrying on its beds and along the banks that resulted to scouring and erosion.
Resurrecting a dying river was only made possible through the bulldog tenacity of Mayor Bayani Fernando. Private assistance came in only when the river park was undergoing development. In the past, attempts have failed in removing thrash from the river and in flushing-out the squatters along the riverbanks. Many thought it would take a miracle to restore the lost grandeur of the Marikina River. It took a strong political will to finally carry out successfully the river rehabilitation that eventually gained the respect and admiration of the people. They have now taken themselves to task in preserving the gains of the project.
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