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SAN JUANICO BRIDGE - #570111

Samar and Leyte

SAN JUANICO BRIDGE is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte acroos the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines.  Construction  commenced in 1969 over San Juanico Strait from Cabalawan, Tacloban City to the municipality of Santa Rita, Samar, with completion in 1973.  Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrte piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design.  With a total length of 2.16 km. it is the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning a body of seawater.

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MOUNT ARAYAT

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BONIFACIO SHRINE

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THE AGUINALDO SHRINE - #270257

Kawit, Cavite

THE AGUINALDO SHRINE is the national shrine located in Kawit, Cavite in the Republic of the Philippines,  where the Independence of the Philippines from Spain was declared on June 12, 1898.  The shrine is the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the First Republic of the Philippines.  The house was first built in 1845 made from wood and thatch, and reconstructed in 1849.  It was in this home where the general was born on March 22, 1869.  To commemorate the “Araw ng Kagitingan” or Independence Day, a national holiday, the Philippine flag is raised here by top government officials every 12^th of June each year.  The house is now a museum.

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MOTHER TERESA - #273487

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,  commonly known as MOTHER TERESA, was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary who lived most of her life in India.  She was born in today’s Macedonia, with her family being Albanian descent originating in Kosovo.  She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation.  She was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Price On March 13, 1997, she stepped down from the head of missionaries of Charity.  She died on September 5, 1997.  In 2003, she was beatified as “BLESSED TERESA OF CALCUTTA”

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The beautiful morning view terraces rice filed at PANGANDARAN

West Java, INDONESIA

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MANATEES

Herbivorous Marine Mammals

   Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. It is one of the most unusual of all the aquatic life. Its tail is paddle-like flippers, and is the clearest visible difference between manatees and dugongs. Manatees are generally solitary animals. They are the only animal known to have a vascularized cornea. They measure up to 4.0 metres (13.1 ft) long, weigh as much as 590 kilograms (1,300 lb). The Florida subspecies (T. m. latirostris) has been known to live up to 60 years. The name manatí comes from the Taino, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning "breast".

Thanks to Hallie Berliner Feldman of USA

Received: May 17, 2016