GenSan News Online Mag

Christmas this year for the generals will be much different from the past years. Owing to its popularity among young and old alike, the local government of General Santos City will have for its theme: ANI MI SA GENSAN, ANIME ANG PASKUHAN.

Please check back for we will be publishing the schedule of activities later,

Be at the OPENING CEREMONIES when all the city center’s christmas lights will all be turned on simultaneously at 6:00pm tonite at the Oval Plaza Stage.

Here’s the full schedule of activities of this year’s Paskuhan sa GenSan!

Pasko Sa Gensan 2010 Calendar of Activities

Lunch and dinner buffet offerings are catching up like wildfire in General Santos City these days.  With the influx of more and newer restaurants, existing dining establishments need to come up with  promotions to entice more clients and maintain old ones.

Sydney Hotel’s Miramar Restaurant which has just reinvented itself wants to prove that it is no pushover when it comes to concocting marketing gimmicks to bring them all back in.  Being at the center of GenSan’s downtown, it has come up with something meant for the hundreds of employees in the government and private sectors from the offices within their peripheral.

And so, just like magic, here they are with Miramar Restaurant’s Merienda Buffet – Eat-All-You-Can!

For only P99.00 a pop, guests could partake of assorted Pinoy, Chinese and Western Merienda fare like Pancit Palabok, Fresh Lumpia Ubod, siomaoi, batchoy, donuts, kakanin, spaghetti among others.

And while feasting on these delights from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, they could enjoy the FREE USE of Miramar Restaurant’s WI-FI!  Now, isn’t that cool?

Miramar Restaurant is at the 2nd floor of Sydney Hotel (owner of Isla Jardin del Mar) which can be found at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Pendatun Avenue. It faces Plaza Heneral Santos which can be seen through the windows of Miramar Restaurant.

Good very affordable food, good location, good ambience and good view!!!  What more can a general ask for?

Next to hair, women tend to fuss over their nails.  That is why, we were not surprised that from out of the blue, General Santos City’s first salon dedicated to pampering your nails opened its doors quietly and modestly.

Generals, welcome Glam Nail Salon and Day Spa!

Glam Nail Salon and Day Spa is located at the 2nd Floor of the East Asia Royale Hotel Arcade 2.  It is owned by celebrity lovebirds Jason Tan and Joanne Antonio, two of Bariles’ dearest couple friends.  They also operate Royale Iris Studio Productions which produced the well-received “Whoa GenSan” MTV of the Centerpoint Band.

Aside from the expected Manicure and Pedicure and Foot Spa and Hand Spa, Glam Nail Salon and Day Spa also offers Paraffin Treatment, Body Scrub, Body Massage, Waxing, Ventosa, Traditional Hilot and Threading – all which will be offered at the initial discount rate of 25%!!!  Woot!!!

Here is the interior of their new venture.

For more information, you may contact Glam Nail Salon and Day Spa at telephone #s 0933-5640347.  They are open daily from 2pm to 11pm.

Bariles is proud to announce that he is one of three judges who have been tasked to choose 2010′s “Best Cebu Blogs”.

The search for the “Best Cebu Blogs” is conducted by an independent award-giving body that actually started in 2008 with Mark Monta, a Cebu-based blogger.  Its objective is to “recognize the existence and relevance of blogging in Cebu’s local online scene.”

Furthermore, it also “aspires to augment Cebu bloggers’ influence in the general cyber community world.”  This awarding body also “focuses on pooling the Top 10 Blogs with excellent and relevant content that promotes everything about Cebu to the world.”

For this year, 20 finalists have already been chosen from out of the many nominations received by the Best Cebu Blogs 2010 Team.

GenSan News Online Mag would like to recognize the efforts of Mark Monta and his team for being able to come up and sustain this yearly competition which encourages Cebuanos not only to blog but to blog well.  Cebu-based bloggers are some of the better English writers that we have but they also have good writers in their native Cebuano.

Bariles is indebted to Team Best Cebu Blogs 2010 for the distinction of helping them out with this annual task along with two other bloggers from Luzon (Azrael Deasis Coladilla) and the Visayas (Stanley Cabigas).  Bariles graduated from the University of the Philippines College in Cebu where he was a National State Scholar of the DepEd, and has since considered the island as his 2nd home (Cagayan de Oro being his 3rd).

Here then are the 20 Finalists of the “Best Cebu Blogs 2010″:

Aika Baylon of galleca.blogspot.com
Andrew “Doyzkie” Buenaviaje of pigginoutsessions.blogspot.com
Bert Padilla of cebutechblogger.com
Drake Danaviir Cataluña of drakieness.blogspot.com
Edcel Ceniza/Sheena Darunday of thewanderingcouple.blogspot.com
Jason Karl S. Buhia of hungitcebu.com
Jaysee John Rosal Pingkian of jayseeblabs.blogspot.com
Jomar Lanorias Lipon of jomarlipon.blogspot.com
Karlota Murillo of karlotablogs.info
Kevin Ray Chua of kevinraychua.com
Leylan Romarate of mycebuphotoblog.wordpress.com
Mark Anthony Razonable of mrtambay.blogspot.com
Mary Angeli Bas of adventurouslei.com
Max Limpag of CebuRunning.com
Nike Enriquez Cagulada of hitwheels.blogspot.com
Paolo Berdin of whatpaoloeats.wordpress.com
Philip Andrew Mayol of cebufinest.com
Reynarose G. Trasmil of faithly.com
Ricky ‘Rabsin’ de la Cruz of finlust.blogspot.com
Shanette G. Mancao of diy-eats.blogspot.com

The winners of the “Best Cebu Blogs 2010″ will be announced in simple ceremonies at Sugbutel Penthouse on December 12, 2010, from 4pm to 8pm.

Whew! This is a day after the “Blogfest Soccsksargen 2010“.  If only Bariles could be present during the awarding, he would be ecstatic!

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI R12), together with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR R12) and PangasiusPhilippines, Inc. (PPI) is conducting the Pangasius Conference 2010 on December 2-3, 2010 at Sun City Complex, General Santos City carrying the theme “Sustainable Pangasius Culture … Healthy Food for Filipino Consumers.”

Now on its third year, the conference focuses on increasing theawareness of Filipino consumers on the quality and nutritional value of locally-produced pangasius and value-added products. There will beexchange of information and knowledge among industry players on important issues in pangasius aquaculture on the first day; and ocular visit of fishpond/cage and support facilities and technology transfer on pangasius value-added follows on the second day.

This annual gathering of pangasius fishpond operators, fish processors, the academe, wholesalers, suppliers and local government units/market administrators is divided into two sessions distributed in two days.

The first day is the Conference Proper while the second day will involve tours to hatchery fishponds, fish cages and support facilities in South Cotabato and General Santos City.

Registration Fee is P1,650 (for live-out guests) and P2,650 (for live-in participants).

For enquiries, please contact the Secretariat at telephone #s (083) 554-2572.