Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The City of Marikina is considered one of the wealthiest local government units in the Philippines. [7] Marikina is known as the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines" owing to its famous shoe industry. [8] It is the biggest manufacturer of shoes in the Philippines, producing almost 70% of shoes made in the country. [9]
The Marikina city government, known for its shoe-making industry, under Mayor Marides Fernando is responsible for the creation of two giant shoes. The crafting of the shoes were part of a bid to break the Guinness World Records on the "largest shoes in the world" as well as an attempt to boost the city's reputation in shoe-making globally.
This is a list of newspapers published in Metro Manila. Metro Manila has four major English-language daily papers: the Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and The Philippine Star. [1] [2]
Manila Bulletin [1] English [2] Daily broadsheet [3] National [2] Manila Standard: English: Daily broadsheet: National The Manila Times [1] English: Daily broadsheet: National The Market Monitor: English: Business weekly: National Philippine Daily Inquirer [4] [1] English [2] Daily broadsheet [3] National [2] The Philippine Star [1] English [2 ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Facade of Kapitan Moy Building, a Bahay na bato with its structure of nails and adobe and big capiz windows on the second floor.. Kapitan Moy Building, also known as Cultural Center of Marikina situated in Marikina, Metro Manila, the Philippines, is the 200-year-old house of Don Laureano Guevarra (July 4, 1851 – December 30, 1891), known as the founder of the Marikina shoe industry.
Five thousand people left their homes due to high-water levels reached by the Marikina river in metropolitan Manila, Philippines, on Saturday, August 11.The Marikina Public Information Office ...
A portion of Marcos' shoe collection seized by the Presidential Commission on Good Government was requested to be transferred to the Marikina city government led by Mayor Bayani Fernando in 1996. Marcos did not object to the request in 1998. [3] [4] In the same year, Fernando conceived the idea to open a museum dedicated to Marikina's shoe ...