Proudly Pinoy, Tatak Pinoy

The Philippines is made up of different islands and provinces, and each province speaks on its own vernacular. We may speak different dialects, we may come from different provinces, still we are related and connected for we are all Filipinos.

Ang Pilipinas ay binubuo ng iba't ibang lalawigan, at bawat lalawigan ay may kanya-kanyang bernakular. Ngunit iba-iba man ang salita, iba-iba mang lugar ang kinalakihan, iisa lang ang ugat na pinagmulan. Tayo ay Pilipino.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

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Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.

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Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.

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Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands as often as you can - in other words, think of walking as alternative transportation.

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Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.

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You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome.