Excellence thrives where it is practiced consistently. Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI)—the exclusive manufacturer of PepsiCo beverages in the country—recently honored three outstanding employees with this year’s Gold Crown Awards. This recognition is awarded to employees for demonstrating professional dedication in line with PCPPI’s ICARE Values, which stands for Integrity and Innovation, Care and Respect, Empowerment and Excellence. The three awardees for this year are (in photo, from left to right) Faith Marie M. Zacal of from PCPPI’s Cagayan De Oro plant, Lucky J. Mallari from the Central Luzon Operations (CLO) and Jona Marie S. Rollan from the Davao manufacturing facility. Of the awardees, PCPPI president and chief executive officer Frederick D. Ong said, “Our people remain at the core of what makes us proud to be part of PCPPI. The Gold Crown Awards allow us as one team to acknowledge the exceptional contributions of our employees.” He added, “Jona, Lucky, and Fa
Visiting the City in a forest, must include chasing the
majestic waterfalls of Puerto Princesa, we will give you the nearest waterfalls
inside the City that you can enjoy in a day, enjoy its refreshing waters and
the lush virgin forest.
Going south highway is the Masagana Falls in Brgy. Irawan,
take the entrance of the former PCSD office that serve as their training
centers now, go left up to the water pumping station and leave your vehicles there,
and then start the trekking, the trail is easy to follow and the main way is following
the river, yes most of the time you will cross or traverse the river until you
reach its peak. Walking going to the falls usually last for 1 hour.
Water Pumping station, the start of the trek.
Masagana Falls is a common public outing place of people
living in Irawan, and this is the nearest waterfalls in the city proper. The
trekking going there is an adventure, crossing waters, logs and mostly stones,
be prepare that most of the time you will step on slippery stones so a good
shoes is required, at some point you’ll be confuse to the trail, but the rule
is just follow where the river is coming.
Upon reaching Masagana Falls, a good swimming area will
welcome you and usually it have crystal clear water except after rain, the pool
area is really deep that we are not able to do some measurement due to extreme
coldness.
The trail is amazingly indeed, wild flora with great flowers,
colorful butterflies and frogs are common attractions. We also spot some unique
mushrooms that according to some locals are good to see at night because of its
luminous lighting.
The glow in the dark mushrooms.
But one thing I enjoy is those century old trees that you’ll
pass by, those gigantic trees with numerous squirrels that play along, and the
ambiance of virgin forest is such a joy to experience. Make sure you don’t forgot
to apply some mosquito repellant, the trail up to the falls is loaded with it
along with leeches as well in some parts mostly under big stones, and please
bring home your trash, no one will clean that for you.
From the busy streets of Puerto Princesa (City Proper) going
to Irawan usually take 30 minutes on a private vehicle, motor or even tricycle.
No entrance fee going to the falls.
JOIN the Pinoy Readers Toastmasters Club in the online book discussion of Ani 41: Lakbay on June 5, 3pm, via Zoom. A speech club and a book club in one, Pinoy Readers Toastmasters Club was chartered as a club by Toastmasters International on March 29, 2021. Aside from their desire to improve their communication and leadership skills, the 28 members of the club are all passionate lovers of literary works, especially those written by Filipino authors. The Ani 41 book discussion will be moderated by Beverly Siy, club treasurer and head of the CCP Intertextual Division. Edited by award-winning writer and editor Herminio S. Beltran, Jr., with Mia P. Tijam as the special section editor, the latest edition of Ani, the official literary journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), features multilingual Philippine literary works on travel. It contains 146 literary works in various literary genres, selected from over thousands of submissions from different parts of the coun
Spoliarium, an opera with libretto by Soprano Fides Cuyugan-Asensio and with music by Ryan Cayabyab was the first production I saw pertaining to the life of Juan Luna. Originally staged at the CCP in 2003 starring Robert Seña at the titular role, the opera was staged in Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York thirteen years later. Philippine Stagers Foundation (PSF) current production of "Obra Ni Juan " was my follow-up. This original Filipino musical entertainment was written by Atty. Vince Tañada, PSF President and Artistic Director and with music by Peter Paul "Pipo" Cifra, president of UST Conservatory of Music Alumni Association Incorporated, marked as my first production I saw from PSF. Established in 2002, PSF is a professional theater company with an objective of helping the poor, elderly, sick and even the forgotten, has been consistently conducting free theater workshop in schools nationwide and continuously organizing outreach programs to va
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