The 2010 Tuna Festival is about to happen and this early, the list of events and happenings that was leaked to some people make for some very festive and spectacular celebration. These include the performance of Manila-based artists during the ... 
Last night, while Bariles was busy dodging the invitations of barkers to enter their bars to “take a look” at their go-go girls or go-go boys while exploring Patpong, in the Silom district of Bangkok, Thailand, a different kind of ... 
Congressman Manny Pacquiao finally took his oath as the new representative of the province of Sarangani in simple rites this morning at the Sarangani Capitol Park.
Pacquiao was accompanied by his wife Jinkee, his children and his siblings. His father was ... Last night, while Bariles was busy dodging the invitations of barkers to enter their bars to “take a look” at their go-go girls or go-go boys while exploring Patpong, in the Silom district of Bangkok, Thailand, a different kind of bar introducing a brand new concept was supposed to be opening back in the Philippines, [...]
The 2010 Tuna Festival is about to happen and this early, the list of events and happenings that was leaked to some people make for some very festive and spectacular celebration. These include the performance of Manila-based artists during the one week duration of the commemoration of GenSan’s Charterhood. One of them is the country’s [...]
We do not have words, as generals to express how we feel about XB GenSan Dance Crew’s MAJOR WIN at the Grand Finals of ABS-CBN’s nationwide talent search! (Check out an earlier article about them by CLICKING HERE.) For taking home the GRAND PRIZE of P1,000,000 and being afforded the rousing and unanimous roars of [...]
8,000 runners are set to answer to the starting gun this Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the City Oval Plaza, General Santos City at the 34th National MILO® Marathon. The event sets its sights on an advocacy to inspire public school children to excel in sports by providing running shoes and will be giving away [...]
Robinsons Place General Santos City continues to offer great deals to its shoppers and has started drumbeating the existence of its Robinsons Value Card for its customers. The Robinsons Value Card is meant for their customers who prefer to shop for their groceries at the Robinsons Supermaket. They just have to apply for membership of [...]
Not a lot of people here in the Soccsksargen Area know that the TARSIER also thrives in our forests. Instead, they believe that this night creature can only be found in Bohol, which has even adopted it as their tourism mascot. First the good news. One doesn’t have to go far to the Visayas to [...]
Great news for Kapuso fans! Two of the most famous teen Kapuso stars will be in town this weekend. Barbie Forteza and Joshua Dionisio, current performers in GMA’s “Pilyang Kerubin” will topbill Robinsons Place GenSan’s Family Day at their atrium starting at 5pm on July 18, 2010 which is already TOMORROW! Barbie and Joshua first [...]
If you happen to drive along the National Highway going to the Makar-Koronadal Junction, a few meters before reaching Phela Grande Convention Center on the left, and right across the Shell Gasoline Station, you will not miss the former Caltex Gas Station lot, now with a blue plastic sheet covering, hiding what’s behind it. It [...]
SM Prime Holdings, Inc., the country’s largest mall operator, is finally pushing through with the ground breaking of its much-vaunted and much speculated multi-million peso investment in General Santos City - their first mall in South Central Mindanao by the third or fourth quarter of 2010. To be called SM City GenSan, the mall according [...]
If you noticed very recently, the pesky brownouts are back! In a television interview, SOCOTECO GM Rudy Ocat said that these were unannounced power interruptions from Transco, hence they had no or little time to inform their consumers. Here is their Power Advisory. NGCP MAINTENANCE TO EFFECT LOAD CURTAILMENT ON SOCOTECO II FRANCHISE AREA JULY [...]
USWAG Sarangani 2010 officially started yesterday with an Opening Ceremony at the Sunken Arena in the Municipality of Malungon. That will open the doors to almost three weeks of events and activities aimed to develop and strengthen Sarangani Province’s burgeoning micro, small and medium enterprises. For this year, USWAG Sarangani, or Move Forward Sarangani in [...]
It has been almost 5 weeks already since the succesful conduct of the Soccsksargen Summer Safari which GenSan News Online Mag and GandaEverSoMuch spearheaded for the Soccsksargen Bloggers and yet the repercussions are still being felt all over the blogosphere and the net, in general. Bariles is therefore writing a two-part post in grateful appreciation to all [...]
On April of this year, GenSan News Online Mag wrote about the fever pitch construction of a new hotel along the National Highway and their search for job applicants. The name of the future hotel? SUN CITY SUITES. Now less than three months after, Sun City Suites is set to open on July 22, [...]
Mr. Bigshot Badminton Indoor Courts is once again on the forefront of leading the way in promoting sports and fitness among the generals. For two days this month, on July 16-17, 2010, this premier GenSan sports and recreation haven plays host to the 2nd Powerade Badminton Tournament. Mr. Bigshot Indoor Badminton Courts has been the [...]
Here is the full text of the Inaugural Address of GenSan Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio.
Join Sarangani Highlands Resorts 3rd year anniversary party!
Harvey’s serves grilled food like no other and it helps that it is in Lagao, the culinary center of GenSan!
Are you a blogger from this part of South Central Mindanao? Do you have a travel blog or simply put, do you often write about your experiences while on travel within the country or abroad? Then this event, organized by the Soccsksargen Bloggers, together with GenSan News Online Mag and in celebration of the first [...]
The newly elected officials of General Santos City were sworn into office in a touching ceremony which had some of the guests in a jampacked PBA Sports Center teary-eyed. The program started late since the earlier rains made the organizers transfer the original venue from the Plaza Heneral Santos to the oval covered court. It [...]
Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
The city boasts of the only “Tuna Festival” in the world celebrated every September 5 in commemoration of its charterhood anniversary.
Bariles is also the alias of this blog\'s author who would like nothing than to write about his beloved city by the bay and share it with his kababayans from all over.
He has worked throughout Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. Currently, he devotes his time, beauty, and talent in the fields of Communications, Marketing and Media.
He is also the unofficial leader of the \"Soccsksargen Bloggers\", a motley group of online journalists who share a common goal to share what\'s true, good, progressive and beautiful about their region and her people.
