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A baníg (pronounced buh-NIG) is a traditional handwoven mat of the Philippines predominantly used as a sleeping mat or a floor mat. Depending on the region of the Philippines, the mat is made of buri [1] , pandanus or reed leaves. The leaves are dried, usually dyed, then cut into strips and woven into mats, which may be plain or intricate.
Waffle slab foundations adhere to International Building Code requirements. By 2008, most states put into effect the changes adopted in the 2006 IBC and, in regards to foundations, the on-grade mat foundation has become a more attractive design because, as an engineered system, it already accommodates the 2008 design recommendations, and required no major modifications to bring it into compliance.
RFM Foundation Inc. is the social development arm of the company. Among its notable projects are the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines and Project Pagsulong. The Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines seeks to honor students who made excellent academic performances and their contributions to society.
Basketball hoop with SK logo in Barangay Tungay, Santa Barbara, Iloilo A Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; lit. ' youth council ') is a community council that represents youth in a barangay in the Philippines.
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL is an election watchdog in the Philippines. It was the first and one of the most famous election watch campaigns. [ 1 ] It is known to have introduced non-partisan national election monitoring to the Philippines after exposing the issues involved with the 1986 snap elections .
Laminusa is an island in the municipality of Siasi, Sulu, Philippines. It is one of the islands of the Sulu Archipelago, a chain of islands between the islands of Mindanao and Borneo. Most of the residents are engaged in fishing. But, Laminusa is also famous for producing colorful intricate-designed mats made by women weavers. [1]
(Original meaning: buying and/or selling in a market or advertising) Middle name — maternal surname or maiden name, in which Filipino full names were patterned from the Spanish & American naming conventions by sorting first the given name then a maternal surname before marriage and lastly, the paternal surname. (Original meaning: second given ...
The Philippines is a member of the committee on intangible cultural heritage since 2016, and will end its term in 2019. In 2017, the Ambassador of the Philippines to France and UNESCO urged the Philippine government to nominate the Metal and wood craftsmanship of the Maranao of Lanao in the list in need for urgent safeguarding for 2018.