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Right at the heels of  the funny Manny Pacquiao HP Veer Phone TV Commercial which came out earlier this month, comes an even funnier TV ad featuring the World Champ hawking another HP product.

Friends, get ready to be amused even more by the super funny Manny Pacquiao HP Touchpad TV Commercial!

The commercial again features Manny speaking in heavily-accented English, talking about the his accomplishments inside and outside of the ring, including his winning as Congressman of Sarangani Province and in his current exploits as a recording artist.  It even shows him performing the song “Sometimes When We Touch“, a duet with Dan Hill, its original singer.

But it’s actually Manny Pacquiao‘s wide smile flashing his pearly whites towards the end of this HP Touchpad TV Commercial which got me!  To check out what we mean, check it out!

 

Like it!  For sure this super funny Manny Pacquiao HP Touchpad TV Commercial will get a million hits before that much-awaited Pacquiao-Marquez Fight III happens later this year!

A local food manufacturer from General Santos City captured the Grand Prize in the 2011 Trendy Awards at the 8th International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines, the largest and most comprehensive all-food event in the Philippines.

First place went to Santa Cruz Seafood and their frozen milkfish belly v-cuts from full-sized milkfish grown on the seawaters of GenSan, now turning out to be one of the country’s leading areas for aquaculture exports.

The yearly Trendy Awards is a project of the Dept. of Trade & Industry (DTI) through the Center for International Trade Expositions & Missions (CITEM) to search for local innovations in content & packaging of new food products & applications and those which exemplify succesful adaptation to consumer lifestyle and preferences, and its readiness for the challenges and requirements of the global consumer.

Sta. Cruz Seafood’s frozen Bangus Belly V-cuts lorded it over a crop of 22 shortlisted IFEX exhibitors whose new food products or applications were judged on newness of the idea, product innovation, packaging design and innovation, and market demand.

Sta. Cruz’s milkfish belly cuts which were bigger than the usual freshwater bangus and have a firm texture do not have the “muddy” aftertaste.

Judging the entries were were renowned personalities including famous culinary great Nora Daza, Philippine Star lifestyle writer Cecil Zamora, CIBO resto’s Margarita Fores, Cook Magazine’s chief editor Nancy Reyes-Lumen; Via Mare’s Glenda Barreto; Bale Dutung’s famous chef Claude Tayag; food writer/designer Ige Ramos, food writer and designer; and DZBB news anchor Raul Virtudazo.

All the entries had to undergo a preliminary screening process by a technical screening committee made up of food and packaging experts from the Food Development Center (FDC), the Dept. of Science & Technology-Packaging Technology Division (DOST-PTD), the Philippine Trade Training Center (PITC) and the San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation (SMYPC).

2nd and 3rd place winners were Bacolod’s Herbanext Inc.’s Sweet Roselle Chips, a lightweight snack made from the sun-dried petals of the tropical roselle plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa) and C.O.P. Pili Sweets & Pastries’ Garlic with Chili variant of its YNut Roasted Pili Nuts.

From us here at GenSan News Online Mag, our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Joel and Patrice Santos, owners of Sta. Cruz Seafood, and the same couple behind the now famous GenSan View Resort!  Joel himself is a great grandson of the city’s founder, Gen. Paulino Santos and a brother of Tito, one of the owners of premier tuna pasalubong favorite, Pacific Seas Seafood Market.

2011 is truly the Year of the Champions for General Santos City!!! Mabuhay ang mga Generals!

One of the highlights of the 2011 Yaman GenSan has never been tried before and that is the reason why a lot of folks are very excited about it.

If we are not mistaken, it is the country’s first COFFEE CONGRESS!

The Coffee Congress will run from July 11 to 12, 2011 at the KCC Convention and Events Centerand will feature speakers who are renowned personalities involved in the coffee industry.  it’s a good resource for entrepreneurs who are interested in venturing into a coffee shop business, coffee growing, coffee processing/marketing/distribution and the like.

The whole exercise is a project of the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. under the administration of Prexy Jan Ced and new Executive Director Bench Tacumba.  Hopefully, the Coffee Congress will reach the same stature as the annual National Tuna Congress which is held during the Tuna Festival by the Association of South Cotabato Fisheries and Allied Industries.

We are publishing the two-day Coffee Congress Programme below.  Just scroll on it to read further.

PROGRAM Coffee Congress

Best Buys Alert!

Emcor Applicances, one of GenSan’s leading suppliers of electronic appliances and computers has come up with a promotion to time with the School Opening Season!

This KWELA-PASKWELA  PROMO from EMCOR will run from May 15, 2001 to June 30,2011.

For as low as P3,800 on downpayment, you could get on credit their DESKTOP PACKAGE.  As for their LAPTOP AND NETBOOK PACKAGE, downpayment is only P3,500!

These packages are available on 12 monthly installments and one thing more, they are charging a 0% interest on your payments.

They also have exciting giveaways for select brands!

And as we mentioned earlier, this offer on their Desktops, Netbooks and Laptops will be good until June 30, 2011!  So if you want to check them out, you may call EMCOR at (083) 302-0913 and 554-7140.

On Saturday, June 25, 2011, the Soccsksargen Bloggers and their Facebook friends will be joining the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) in an activity in celebration of the National Environment Month – a MANGROVE TREE PLANTING PARTY!!!

The activity will be held at the Minanga Mangrove Forest Park, Minanga, Buayan, General Santos City starting at 6:00am!  Check out the beautiful poster designed by blogger Rabsky Villanueva below.

Volunteers are requested to wear slippers or flip-flops, the sturdy type plus shorts.  Mangrove tree saplings will be provided by the staff of CENRO Chief Val Lastimosa.

If you want to join in, please check out the Mangrove Tree Planting Party Event Page on Facebook by CLICKING HERE.  Or you may just go to the Minanga Mangrove Park directly.  It is easy to locate.  Just follow the Bula-Amao Road from GenSanville and go straight past Asinan, Buayan and way past the old Buayan Airport airstrip until you reach a small fishing village called Minanga.

Below is the  screen capture of a Google Map which will show you where it is.  Click on it for a LARGER VIEW.

Here is the LIVE Google Map below…

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By the way, please bring your own breakfast, water and snacks! 

See you there and help save Sarangani Bay and Mother Earth!!!

Right after the show of Vhong Navarro at the KCC Mall of GenSan comes the mall performance of the country’s most famous acoustic band, MYMP (Make Your Mommy Proud) on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 6:00pm.

This time, MYMP has a new vocalist by the name of Julie Bahala, 18 who replaced Juris Fernandez, who has gone solo.

Juliet hails from Davao City and was the NCCC Star of Davao Grand Champion in 2007.  In 2005, she also won at the National Music Competition for Young Artists!

The band’s other member is lead guitarist Chin Alcantara.  Then there’s keyboardist Hannche Mikoyan Bobis and drummer Jefferson Lima.  The group’s bassist is Berna Hardt Cuevas.

So far, the band has produced five albums and has 11 Platinum awards since it started 14 years ago as an all-male band.  It’s first female vocalist was Nina.

Again, catch the MYMP Band live at the KCC Convention and Events Center at 6pm on Friday, June 24, 2011!

For more enquiries, call KCC Mall of GenSan at (083) 554-5555.

The General Santos City Business Month also known as “YAMAN GenSan” is a month-long celebration in the Tuna Capital starting at the last week of June and ending on the 3rd week of July.  Yaman GenSan was established in 2003 under then Mayor Pedro “Jun” Acharon, Jr. and was institutionalized through a Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution.

YAMAN (which directly means “wealth” in Tagalog) is actually an acronym for “Yabong Maliliit na Negosyo!”.

YAMAN GenSan is spearheaded by the GSC Small & Medium Enterprise Development (SMED) Council, a group of industry leaders, fully supported by the local government unit and national government agencies such as DTI, NEDA, DOST, DA, etc.

It is celebrated through a jampacked schedule of activities composed of business fora, entrepreneurship seminars, trainings, trade fairs and exhibits; conferences and business meetings; and entrepreneurship awards which are all envisioned to facilitate access to technology and provide basic information and assistance to current and prospective entrepreneurs, initiate business development and likewise link SMEs to financing resources.

Below is the YAMAN GenSan 2011 logo.

The theme for this year’s GenSan Business Month is “NEGOSYONG LOKAL SA PANANAW NA GLOBAL” which when roughly translated to English means “Local Business in a Global Perspective“.

According to SMED Council Head Tess Pacheco of Planters Bank, more than 20 Training Seminars have been lined in the span for four weeks with most of them requiring no registration fee.

There are Seminars on No Bake Recipes, Food Processing (Food & Vegetables), E-Commerce and E-Marketing (with Digital Filipino’s Ms. Janet Toral), Coco Coir Matting, Advanced ewelry Beadworks, Barcoding, Food Handling & Safety for Small Entrepreneurs, Trends 2012, Understanding Nutrition Label for SMEs, Record Keeping & Accounting for Small Businesses, GMP & HACCP for Food Industry, and Product Pricing & Costing.

Other seminars are on Starting a Business in Mushroom Production, Training on Urban Aqua Culture with Emphasis on Pangasius Production, Achievement Motivation Training, Techno-Training on Meat Processing, Financial Analysis for Non-Accounting exes & managers, Mango Processing, Bayong-Making and Post Harvest Training on Fish Proessing & Valued Added Products with Emphasis in Food Safety.

A major staple of the Yaman GenSan Schedule of Activities is the annual Yaman GenSan Trade Fair and Exhibit on July 1-3, 2011 at Robinsons Place GenSan. This is participated in by various local and national producers, manufacturers, and exporters all on the lookout for distributors and clients; hotel and food establishments who will hawk their promotional packages and offers plus travel agencies who might give out deals on holidays abroad,

There will be exciting events like Panga Fishtahan, 2011 YB Jobs Fair, Young Entrepreneurs Fair, Competency Assesment and Certification Activities (CAC), the Mayor Darlene Antonino Custodio Wushu 1st Yaman GenSan Mindanao Open, Business Plan Competition and the 1st Sun City Suites Night Fun Run.

For the first time also,  a Coffee Congress and Exhibit will be held from July 11-12, 2011.  Other fora are a Coconut Business Opportunities Forum, an Investment Forum, a Business Leadership Conference, the 3rd Mindanao Halal Forum, the 10th Human Reslurce and Skills Development (HRSD) Summit, Globe Negostar, Entrepreneurs Forum and a Banking & Finance Forum.

Opening Yaman GenSan 2011 is the 2nd Lechon Festival and the 2nd Livestock Suppliers Night on June 23, among other events earmarked on that day.  This includes a YG Motorcade starting from the Oval Plaza at 1:30pm and Launching Ceremonies at the Robinsons Place Atrium at 3:00pm.

For the complete Yaman GenSan 2011 Schedule of Activities,  check it out below.

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For details on this 9th YAMAN GENSAN Schedule of Activities, please contact the SMED Council at (083) 553-8448.

Following the example of Paolo Santos and Luke Mejares who performed for a capacity crowd at Robinsons Al Fresco a few months back, comes another acoustic performer ready to hold court at GenSan’s most famous after-six destination.

Get ready then for Nyoy Volante this Friday, June 24 in a show to entertain the habitues of Piyesta, Sunset Bistro, Mandarin, Giacomino’s, Big Ben’s, Bixby’s, Grab A Crab, Coffee Club 101 and BluGre Coffee, the so-called Al Fresco estabishments of Robinsons Place GenSan.

Nyoy Volante who was here August of last year at a different mall show (we don’t mind if he comes here monthly though) will start performing his hits at exactly 8pm this Friday.  We just hope his stage won’t be too far from our favorite haunts (Piyesta, Giaco & Big Ben’s) so we can really enjoy listening to his songs up, close and almost personal.

Just imagine this – you drinking a bottle of ice cold light beer under the moonlight with your buddies while being entertained by Nyoy Volante in person right here in your favorite spot in the city?   What more could you ask for?

For enquiries to the Nyoy Volante Show this Friday, June 25, 2011, call Robinsons Place GenSan at (083) 553-3188!

Eight-division World  Boxing Champ Manny Pacquiao‘s glam wife Jinkee Pacquiao’s chic boutique, Jinkee’s Fashion World is definitely on a roll and fashionistas and brand conscious ladies will be very pleased on what we have to reveal!

Jinkee’s Fashion World‘s main branch at JMP 2 Building along Aparente Avenue, General  Santos City is having an AMAZING SALE on brand new and Jinkee’s pre-owned DESIGNER BAGS!!

Here are the various famous brands of discounted designer bags, shoulders bags, clutchbags, purses,  totes, wallets, etc. that are  on sale at Jinkee’s Fashion  World.

Hip Juicy Couture bags like  the ones above are  on sale  at 15% OFF!

Classy Tory Burch shoulder bags and handbags shown in the photo above are also sold at a discount of 15%!

Another set of discounted designer bags is trendy American  Brand Coach, pictured above, at 15% off also!

And from French Fashion designer Max Azria is the glam  brand, BCBG bags, pictured above, also being sold at Jinkee’s  Fashion World with a discount of 15%.

Now here are other discounted designer bags from Jinkee Pacquiao‘s very own closet, pre-owned and  slightly used, to say the  least.

Above is Jinkee’s pre-owned Chanel bag, discounted at P160,000 only!  It stillcomes with its original box.

Jinkee has also put up for sale one of the most expensive bags at her boutique, her very own brown Louis Vuitton hand bag priced at P190,000 only.  This discounted designer bag must have originally cost about P300,000.

This pre-owned Gucci Bag of Jinkee now sells at a discounted price of P45,000, one of  the cheapest in the lot!

Jinkee’s Fashion World‘s cheapest pre-owned discounted designer bag however is the owner’s pink Christian Dior of Paris bag above, priced at only P22,000.

Jinkee is also disposing of her brown Balenciaga bag, now at a discounted rate of P80,000.

At P130,000, you can have a piece of Jinkee’s slightly used discounted designer bags with this gray Chanel.

There are still a lot of Jinkee Pacquiao‘s pre-owned branded bags on display at her store and according to her gracious and pretty store manager, Tonette Jamora, all the discounted bags will be made available at a limited time only.

If you are looking for a Hermes bag however, like the one Jinky & Manny gifted Mommy Dionisia on her 62nd birthday last month (see Hermes story by clicking here) we are sorry to tell you ladies that her two pieces of this famous brand have already been sold out to local fashionistas.

So if you have the money and want to be trendy and hip like Manny Pacquiao‘s enterprising missus,then don’t miss a chance and visit Jinkee’s Fashion World right away!

By the way, please subscribe to this blog so that you will immediately be updated of any new offerings and featured discounted designer bags and imported ladies’ apparel from Jinkee’s Fashion World.

Jinkee’s Fashion World Main is located at the Ground Floor of JMP 2 Building, Aparente Avenue, City Heights, General Santos City.  You may contact them at (083) 554-2228.  It  has has a branch at the Lower Ground Floor of KCC Mall of GenSan (across Rai Rai Ken & beside Bibliarch Bookstore).

The premier venue for the selection of General Santos City’s outstanding youth groups and individuals has just been launched for the year 2011!

We are talking of course about the Youth Achiever’s Award which is now on its 12th year.  Jointly undertaken by the Youth Affairs and Development Office of the local government of General Santos City and the Sangguniang Kabataan of GenSan, this awards group aims to discover exceptional young generals who could serve as instruments of inspiration to their peers.

According to hardworking YADO Chief Elmer Cequina, the Youth Achiever’s Award will still have two categories – the Individual and Group Categories.

Under the Individual Category, four awardees will be chosen from each of these classifications:

• In-School Youth Category (High School and College)
• Young Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Workers Category
• Cultural Communities Youth and Youth with Special Needs Categories
• Youth Excellence in the Artistic Discipline

Each of the individual winners will receive P10,000.

The awardee for the Group Category on the other hand will be chosen based on these criteria:

• Impact in the Community
• Social Mobilization
• Innovativeness, and
• Sustainability

The winning group will bring home P50,000!

The Deadline for the submission of Application for this year’s Youth Achievers Award is on October 14, 2011.

Awarding Ceremonies will be on December 9, 2011.

For more information, please contact the Youth Achievers Award Secretariat at the Youth Affairs Development Office, 2/F Coshera Building,  CENRO Compound, City Hall Complex, GenSan.  You may also call them at (083) 302-2678. You may also inquire from your Sangguniang Kabataan representatives.  Kuha nyo?