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Miss Universe 3rd-runner Shamcey Supsup who was just given a rousing hero’s welcome in General Santos City a couple of weeks ago is the latest cover girl of Mindanao’s #1 Travel and Lifestyle publication – M Magazine.

Article:  Shamcey Supsup’s GenSan Homecoming. Read it by Clicking here.

M in M Magazine stands for “Life and  Living in Mindanao” and is published in Davao City.

Article:  M Magazine features Mindanao Blogs. Read it by clicking here.

Miss Shamcey Supsup, who hails from General Santos City, follows the steps of celebrities who have also made it to its cover, like Margie Moran, Dawn Zulueta,  Atty. Adel Tamano, KC Concepcion, Juris Fernandez, Vina Morales, Juliana Palermo, to name just a few.

For her fabulous cover photo, the Miss Universe 3rd-runner up winner was shot by lensman Raymond Saldana.  The inside article about her is entitled “The Universe according to Shamcey Gurrea Supsup“.

This latest issue of M Magazine is now on sale at your favorite newsstands for only P120.  For subscriptions and other related info, please call M Magazine at (6382) 222 3711.

Are you good at organizing the parties and events of your friends and family members? Have you tried helping out set up and plan the weddings and anniversaries of a few of your loved ones already?

If you say YES to these questions, then you should attend and invest in a seminar which we think could change your life, let you escape from an otherwise boring job and lead you on to the promise of an exciting career – that of a WEDDING PLANNER or WEDDING COORDINATOR!

Listen and learn from Teena Barretto, Wedding Planner to the Stars in a one-day Basic Course on Wedding Planning and Coordination Seminar!

Teena Barretto is the renowned Wedding Planner of showbiz couples Ogie Alcasid & Regine Velasquez, John Estrada & Priscilla Meirelles and that of Roselle Nava, Jenny Miller and Rica Peralejo.

She will conduct the Seminar on October 8, 2011, Saturday at the Lily Ballroom of Sun City Complex. For a registration fee of only P3,500, attendees won’t only have the opportunity to learn from Ms. Teena Barretto but will also be given modules and a certificate of participation. The registration fee is also inclusive of lunch, morning and afternoon snacks and lotsa freebies.

For more information, please contact cp # 09228191081. Look for Ms. Luzie Miag-ao.

This is one concert no general should ever miss!

Martin Nievera is back in town and once again, KCC Mall of GenSan is bringing him in!

The Concert King will be performing on Friday, September 30, 2011 at the KCC Convention and Events Center from 6:00pm.

For more information on this Martin Nievera FREE SHOW, please call KCC Mall of GenSan at (083) 301-2345.

It was quite sunny last September 12, 2011, Monday when SM City General Santos finally opened to the public the widened and much-improved San Miguel Street, weeks after GenSan News Online Mag first blogged about it here.  Click here to read it.

San Miguel is the street which runs parallel to the frontage of what will soon be the biggest mall in South Central Mindanao.

Both GenSan City Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio and Representative Jun Acharon of the First District of South Cotabato led the ceremonies, officially opening the two lane road with a middle island to motorists.  They were assisted by Mr. Hans Sy, eldest son of SM taipan Henry Sy and is currently the President of SM Prime Holdings.

"MAYOR DARLENE ANTONINO-CUSTODIO AND SM PRIME HOLDINGS PRESIDENT HANS SY WITH SM DAVAO'S DEBBIE GO"

The inauguration of San Miguel Street was also the occasion for media personnel from Davao City and GenSan to field Mr. Hans Sy with questions pertaining to their foray into South Central Mindanao.  When asked with the question, “Why GenSan?”, Mr. Sy answered, “Because this city has a local government which is very consistent and strict with its policies and we like working with them.  We will be here for the long haul.”

ARTICLE: General Santos City is country’s Most Business-Friendly City.  Read here.

A new SM GenSan perspective was also unveiled to the public.  Check it out below.  Click on the image for a larger view.

Thanks to their staff for emailing us with this updated SM GenSan perspective.

The cold early morning drizzle on September 18, 2011 could not dampen the high spirits of  200 Dolefil employees and guests as they gathered for what is to be a momentous Ceremonial Tree Planting Activity. Held at a gully in Purok Dignadice, Poblacion, Polomolok, South Cotabato, the activity strengthened the record of the multinational food company’s record (which just won an award from the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines) as being an industry leader in both its environmental practices or in its labor relations.

Check out our story on Dolefil’s latest award by Clicking Here.

The tree planting event is LEAD.PH’s (Labor Employees Association of Dolefil.Polomolok Hourlies) expression of its commitment and support to the company’s CSSR (Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility) initiatives as reflected in the Green Clause of the said union’s CBA. LEAD.PH is the official bargaining agent of Polomolok-based hourly-paid employees of Dolefil.

"A LEAD.PH MEMBER ASSISTS DOLEFIL VP AND MANAGING DIRECTOR SIMON DENYE PLANT HIS BAMBOO SEEDLING DURING THEIR CEREMONIAL TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 IN POLOMOLOK."

Atty. Mel Hernandez, Dolefil HR Division Director, emphasized the activity’s importance on his message, “Dolefil pioneered the inclusion of a Green Clause in its CBA, a program that actively supports environmental protection and welfare.” Furthermore, Atty. Hernandez even encouraged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to make the Green Clause a standard provision to be adopted by unions in the Philippines in their respective CBAs, as a support to President Benigno Aquino’s National Greening Program.

"COMMITMENT TO PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP. PHOTO SHOWS MR. SIMON DENYE (3RD FROM LEFT) WITH LEAD.PH PRESIDENT FRANCIS GALES (RIGHTMOST) AND (L-R) PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OFFICER RAMON PONCE DE LEON, ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT BUREAU REGION XII DIRECTOR DATU TUNKO SAIKOL."

Officers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), DOLE, delegates from the Local Government Unit of Polomolok, Municipal Councilors, Barangay Officials, and representatives from the company’s service providers and business partners all took part in the tree planting activity.

Dolefil VP and Managing Director Mr. Simon Denye expressed his gratitude to the participants and recognized the initiative, effort and unity of all the individuals involved in the said successful program.

In its launching alone, 1,100 bamboo seedlings were planted by union members and the community. “What makes this tree planting program distinct is that by choosing bamboo as its planting material, it will be able to provide additional means of livelihood to the members of the community,” Mahintana Foundation, Inc.’s Executive Director Martiniano “Dodoy” Magdolot remarked during his tree planting demo. Members of the community will benefit from the purchase of the seedlings and from the use of mature bamboos as raw materials for bahay kubo and furniture.

100 LEAD.PH MEMBERS PLANT TEN BAMBOO SEEDLINGS EACH, A REALIZATION OF THE GREEN CLAUSE OF THE UNION'S CBA".

Unlike other one-time activities, this project will continue every other Sunday. Each of the 100 LEAD.PH members per batch is to plant and grow ten seedlings. LEAD.PH’s Gully Tree Planting will run for the entire lifetime of the CBA (5 years), involving almost 4,000 union members, and will result to at least 200,000 planted bamboos, providing stable waterways and livelihood to the community. “I am proud that through the Green Clause provision of the CBA between Dolefil and LEAD.PH, we have implemented and launched this Ceremonial Tree Planting. Kini ang pinakauna nga CBA Green Clause sa tibuok Pilipinas! CBA na makakalikasan!” stated Francis Gales, LEAD.PH President.

Likewise, the activity is a manifestation of Dolefil and LEAD.PH’s commitment to productive partnership, proving that with a common vision and goal, a company leads by example and through accomplishments. Dolefil indeed is making things happen.

Dolores Tropicana Resort’s SABADO Nights are back!

Effective this Saturday, September 17, 2011 and next Saturday plus all the Saturdays of October, November and December, the city’s premier beach resort hotel which hosts the yearly Bikini Hunks and Babes Competition, are once again running their “Sabado May Banda sa Tropicana” event!

This all-nighter (8:00pm to 2:00am) will be held at the Dolores Tropicana Resort Activity Plaza and will feature different local bands which are expected to play party tunes, rock ditties and love songs meant to delight the resort’s night revelers.

For reservations to the Sabado May Banda sa Tropicana, please contact Dolores Tropicana Resort at the following #s (083) 553-9350 or 552-0475.

Note:  Dolores Tropicana Resort also owns Olaniban Island of the municipality of Balut Island, Davao del Sur; Dolores Hotel in downtown GenSan, Dolores Farm Resort in Polomolok and Dolores Lake Resort in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.

Q Bar has always been known to be a party place for nocturnals ever since it opened more than a year ago.  It has served as GenSan’s must-visit bar at weekend nights and its themed-parties have attracted partiphiles from all over the region and even as far as Davao.  Q Bar is almost always teeming with GenSan’s young, uppity crowd attracted like moths to its modern, transic dance music provided by a dynamic team of deejays on weekends and by acoustic and blues artists on weekday evenings.

Currently though, Q Restaurant and Bar, which is it’s real name is trying to attract another market, other than its after six habitues.  It has started serving lunch and boy, for sure, they will be soon be the toast of GenSan’s noon time crowd once news about it goes viral!

One must-try specialty of Q Restaurant and Bar is its endless chicken! Aside from that, it serves a whole lot of Pinoy, Oriental and Western cuisine which are very affordable by GenSan standards.

One of the problems of the “generals” is eating out during lunch because of limited choice.

With Q Restaurant and Bar opening its doors from 11am to 2pm at Sun City Complex, that will never be a quandrary again.

You may call Q Restaurant and Bar and order their Greaseless Fried Chicken or Angus Steaks in advanced by calling them at (083) 554-3202.

GenSan News Online is sharing the pictures which Bariles took this morning of September 20, 2011, as part of the group who welcomed Miss Universe 3rd Runner-up winner Shamcey Supsup at the General Santos City International Airport when she arrived via a private plane.

Bariles was also able to climb aboard a flower-bedecked float that took Miss Shamcey on a queen’s motorcade from the airport and through the major thoroughfares of her hometown.

"SHAMCEY AT THE TARMAC OF THE GENSAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BEHIND HER IS GENSAN MAYOR DARLENE ANTONINO-CUSTODIO."

Along with them were Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio, Congressman Jun Acharon, Shamcey’s parents, Mr. Gines Enriquez of Uniprom and a lady who’s from Bb. Pilipinas Charities and Miss Eliza Antonino, Chief of Staff of Secretary Mar Roxas, who lent the private jet of their family for the beauty queen’s homecoming.

"SHAMCEY ABOARD HER SIMPLE FLOAT ADORNED WITH FLOWERS, AS IT WAS LEAVING THE GENSAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT."

It was the longest two-hour motorcade that Congressman Acharon and Mayor Darlene ever experienced and according to the former, “It’s the biggest in terms of crowd density and participation of the generals who lined up the road and infront of their establishments, from the airport and down to the Oval Covered Court where it ended.” The good congressman has been present in almost all the motorcades that the city afforded to 8-Division Boxing Champ and now Congressman Manny Pacquiao.  He later reiterated that attendance records have been broken by Shamcey’s homecoming to some members of the media.

"QUEEN SHAMCEY SURVEYING THE PEOPLE BELOW FROM HER FLOAT AS IT LEAVES THE GENSAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

Meanwhile here are some of the pictures Bariles took!  Indeed, the generals love their queen and they made sure that they showed it by coming out in droves for her, screaming like banshees, waving flaglets and bannerettes, throwing flowers, trinkets and small gifts, and beaming with pride and admiration at their Queen as she passed by!

Miss Shamcey, you may have missed that crown by a few notches… but you will always be the Miss Universe in the hearts of the generals!

"QUEEN SHAMCEY IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT ABOARD HER FLOAT WITH HER RIGHT HAND OVER HER FATHER TIMOTEO'S SHOULDER WHILE LOVINGLY STROKING HIS HAIR."

"QUEEN SHAMCEY SMILING FOR BARILES' CAMERA"

"SHAMCEY STRIKES A BRIEF POSE WITH HER MOTHER AND FATHER ON BOARD THE FLOAT"

"GENERALS ALL EAGER TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF MS. SHAMCEY AT THE CORNER OF PIONEER AVENUE AND MAGSAYSAY AVENUE"

2010 Lakambini ng Kalilangan Caroline Lim added another feather to her cap by besting 9 other candidates for the privilege to be crowned as the 2011 Miss GenSan in an exciting, classy and fast-paced Pageant Night on September 3, 2011 at the KCC Convention and Events Center.

Along with her was Mr. Marc Jeric Chan who emerged as the 2011 Mr. GenSan.

The other winners in the Official Beauty Pageant of the Tuna Festival 2011, are 1st runners-up Ayana Grico and Jeffthie Cardino plus 2nd runners-up Windy Lou Pontino and Serafin Lim.

Here are the other highlights of the fast-paced pageant directed by ABS-CBN’s Dino Veloso, which Quezon City Vice Mayor and Congressional Spouses Foundation President Belmonte described as “world-class”.   She and other congressional spouses, guests of Dr. Rose Acharon, stayed on until the end of the pageant.  Photos are courtesy of Brian Dan Congson. Omar Gallinero and Habagat Central’s Berniemack Arellano.

"THE CANDIDATES IN THEIR FESTIVAL COSTUMES SEGMENT"

"MANILA, SOX & DAVAO BLOGGERS WHO WERE ALL IN GENSAN FOR THE SOCCSKSARGEN EXPERIENCE TOUR 3 OR SEX TOUR"

"CELEBRITY JUDGE CLAUDINE BARRETTO, QUEZON CITY VICE MAYOR JOY BELMONTE AND GENSAN CITY MAYOR DARLENE ANTONINO-CUSTODIO WAIT FOR THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS TO BE CALLED."

"BB. PILIPINAS WORLD 2006 ANNA MARIS IGPIT AND KAPUSO FIL-AM HUNK VICTOR ALIWALAS LISTEN TO MR. GENSAN CANDIDATE #10 AND EVENTUAL WINNER MARC JERRICK CHAN READ HIS ANSWER TO THE FINAL QUESTIONON HIS IPAD"

"THE 3 MISS GENSAN FINALISTS ANSWERING THE COMMON FINAL QUESTION AT THEIR IPADS: WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL AND WHY?"

"MR. ORMAN MANANSALA, BLOGGER, BANKER AND EVENT PRODUCER UNMINDFUL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BEHIND HIM. TAKE A BOW, GANDAEVER."

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Miss GenSan 2011 winners and their court!

Thank you Orman Manansala of Project O! Consultants for producing such an entertaining pageant with the support of course of the Local Government of General Santos, the Tuna Festival Council, Gaisano Mall of GenSan, KCC Mall of GenSan, SMART, Phoenix Petroleum and GMA-Kapuso Channel 8.

The Philippine National Police Office of General Santos City is at it again!

As part of its continuing TAKBO GENSAN series under its energetic and hunky chief, PNP City Director PSSupt. Cedrick Train, the country’s Best City Police Office is again inviting everyone to another marathon or fun run.  This time, it will be be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 in support of the 26th International Coastal Clean-Up Day!

They have dubbed it “3K for Clean Coasts“.

For a measly sum of P25 for kids and P50 for adults, interested runners may register at the PNP Office at the Camp Fermin Lira Headquarters on or before Saturday.

Participants are then advised to be at the Assembly Place at the PNP Office Grounds at the same camp before 5:00 AM.  The marathon will start at exactly 5:00am.

The 3-kilometer route will end at the Barangay Bula Coral Reef, which suggests a place at the coastal area there.

Bariles hopes to join this one although he can only brisk walk.  What’s important is that finally, he will be joining his first ever 3K Marathon after a looooooong time.