NEWS UPDATE: The 2014 Excellence in Balance Biospher will be given to Governor Jose Maria Clemente Salceda y Sarte of Albay, The Philippines.
Info soon of this awardee will be posted soon. He was nominated on line for this category. Our 12-person panel of judges came from 10 countries across the globe.
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The 2013 Excellence in Balance Biosphere was given to REGINA PAZ "GINA" LOPEZ of ABS-CBN FOUNDATION of Quezon City, The Philippines.
ABS-CBN is truly in the service of the Filipino from across the globe. Its humanitarian works aside from world class media is heralding as well the importance of the preservation and protection of nature.
Gina Lopez (picture at your right), the ABS-CBN Foundation Managing Director is a strong woman of modern call. Her advocacy in calling every Filipino citizen to support agriculture and ecotourism created a big impact to the world to go against mining in the Philippine Islands ecosystem.
In her campaign strategy, "An island ecosystem is one where there are mountains, forests, rivers, mangroves, coral reefs, agricultural lands and fishery resources. Mining in areas like this can NEVER be responsible. It puts the whole ecological system and the thousands that depend on it at risk. Especially since the Philippines is in a Geo Hazard Zone of the planet - vulnerably YEARLY to typhoons, floods, earthquakes and other natural calamities."
Her call reached Dublin, Ireland where one of its denizens nominated her for this 2013 FitzGerald Award Excellence in Balance Biosphere.
Nominate On Line
Open for non-blood relatives of the Familia Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina.When answering the Nominate On Line, the nomination should tell the story of what your nominee has done in the reference of the award you are nominating him / her for. Kindly give examples of how this excellent quality has been demonstrated. Kindly show your nominee has
* contributed in a distinctive way to improving the lot of those less able to help themselves;
* devoted himself / herself to sustained and selfless professional / voluntary service;
* shown innovation or creativity in delivering lasting results;
* described as vividly and precisely as possible the difference his / her contributions has made: How were things before they began? How are they now?;
* earned the respect of their peers and become a role model for others;
* produced, perhaps against the odds, sustained achievement that has required moral, courage, vision and the ability to make tough choices or determined application and hard work.
Your identity as the nominator is kept confidential by the 2014 Las Familias Unidas Secretariat and Committee on Awards.
Moreover, the 2013 FitzGerald Award Excellence in Balance Biosphere was posted on 19 November 2012 during the 222nd birthday of Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina - Sauza y Sumulong and the 203rd wedding anniversary of Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong and of Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios. The recipient of this award will be given to any person / institution / organization / community who / that gave / gives remarkable public impact about Mother Earth preservation and protection.
The Grand Matriarch of the Familia Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina in the Republic of the Philippines was Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong who was born on 19 November 1790 at Cagsawa, Provincia de Albay, Filipinas. She died on 30 January 1900, Banwa, Batan, Provincia de Capiz (presently Aklan), The Philippines. She was buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Banwa, Batan, Provincia de Capiz (presently Aklan), The Philippines. She was the only child of Doña Demetria Sumulong y Lindo (21 June 1772, Antipolo, Filipinas - 01 February 1814, Cagsawa, Provincia de Albay, Filipinas) and of Señor Felix Berenguer de Marquina y FitzGerald (20 November 1736, Alicante, Spain - 10 October 1826, Alicante, Spain) from The Royal and Noble House of FitzGerald of Ireland who was married to Doña Maria Anstoategui y Barron in 1758 in Spain. Moreover, Señor Felix Berenguer de Marquina y FitzGerald was the 55th Governor-General of the Republic of the Philippines (1788-1793) and the Viceroy of New Spain (1800-1803).
The Grand Patriarch of the Familia Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina in the Republic of the Philippines was Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios who was born on 23 April 1777 at Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. He died on 25 December 1880 at Intramuros, Manila, Filipinas. He was buried at Parroquia de San Ignacio in Intramuros, Manila, Filipinas. He was the 22nd gobernadorcillo and the 7th alcalde capitan of Pueblo de Mariquina (presently Marikina City), Provincia de Tondo, Filipinas. He was one of the founders of the first paper mill in the Philippines.
Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios and Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong had 11 children. They lived and owned the Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina (1809-1870). This was located along the riverbanks of Marikina from the present Tumana, Sto. Niño, Marikina City to Rosario, Pasig City, The Philippines. Presently, part of the Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina is the resident block of the Sauza clan in Sto. Niño, Marikina City, The Philippines.