Noemi Lardizabal-Dado
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado is a Content Strategist with over 16 years experience in blogging, content management, citizen advocacy and media literacy and over 26 years in web development. Otherwise known as @MomBlogger on social media, she believes in making a difference in the lives of her children by advocating social change for social good.
She is a co-founder and a member of the editorial board of Blog Watch . She is a resource speaker on media literacy, social media , blogging, digital citizenship, good governance, transparency, parenting, women’s rights and wellness, and cyber safety.
Her personal blogs such as aboutmyrecovery.com (parenting) , pinoyfoodblog.com (recipes), techiegadgets.com (gadgets) and benguetarabica.coffee keep her busy outside of Blog Watch.
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I am an advocate. I am NOT neutral. I will NOT give social media mileage to members of political clans, epal, a previous candidate for the same position and those I believe are a waste of taxpayers' money.
I do not support or belong to any political party. I was part of accredited media covering the Office of the Vice President and Leni Robredo as she ran as a presidential aspirant in the 2022 National and local elections.
On August 5, 2021, YouTube announced that I was selected as one of 50 Program participants of its Creator Program for Independent Journalists
She was a Senior Consultant for ALL media engagements for the PCOO-led Committee on Media Affairs & Strategic Communications (CMASC) under the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council from January 4 -July 5, 2017. Having been an ASEAN advocate since 2011, she has written extensively about the benefits of the ASEAN community and as a region of opportunities on Blog Watch and aboutmyrecovery.com.
Organization affiliation includes Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation
Updated June 6, 2022
Shell Horizons Florida Inc , violating our Coral Resources Dev and Conservation Decree?
Look at the massive display of corals exported by Shell Horizons Florida Inc from The Philippines. Shell Horizons, Inc is located in Clearwater, Florida USA

and on the Islands of the Bahamas and Philippines. You mean they have an office here?
Their business goes completely against the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Corals are included
We have Philippine laws called PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1219 or called “The Coral Resources Development and Conservation Decree.” I understand there is a special permit to only one person/corporation for a limited issue to conduct experimental collection of precious and semi-precious corals.
Shell Horizons Florida Inc. looks like a commercial firm.
Shell Horizons proudly shares that they were chosen to supply the finest quality sea shells for the President, the First Lady, and for our White House in 2007.
It appears to me they may have violated Section 5 of the law.
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has jurisdiction and responsibility in the exploration, exploitation, utilization and conservation of coral resources. They need to check on this.
Corals found at Shell Horizon website
Commercial exploitation is a serious threat to the survival of our country’s reefs and the world, more than half of which are considered at risk because of human activities. A Florida Importer was already sentenced in Landmark Coral Smuggling Case
Not only that, there are US laws to combat trafficking in illegal wildlife, fish and plants, specifically “The Lacey Act”, the oldest wildlife protection statute
How did Shell Horizons Florida Inc get away with this?
Save Philippine corals!
Read Cocoy’s article “Is US based Shell Horizons selling illegal Philippine Corals?” and Tonyo Cruz article.
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