{"id":823,"date":"2026-04-21T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandaragat.org\/msn\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:06:17","slug":"nipas-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpasupportnetwork.org\/msn\/para-el-mar\/nipas-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding NIPAS MPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"823\" class=\"elementor elementor-823\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1c09ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b1c09ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2247644f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"2247644f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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