Has anybody among you ever seen a Dadiangas Tree, the plant from which Gen. Santos City was used to be named after?
I have. And that was just over a year ago when someone told me that one can be found near the flagpole of the Gen. Santos Park across the city hall building. I lost [...]
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Ever since Manny Pacquiao hit it big in the world of boxing, a lot of his tweaked photos appeared on the internet and circulated via email. Most were downright funny, especially when it also involves his coach-trainer Freddie Roach. Some are so corny that I immediately key in the DELETE button.
I still have no idea [...]
Bariles Republic was amazed at the entries to the recent Tuna Float Contest held during the culmination of the 10th Tuna Festival last September 5th. Companies from the fishing, academic, private sectors tried to outdo each other in terms of coming up with the float that best represents their take on the festival theme which [...]
The Viva Hotbabes Live in the Flesh show at the KCC Mall Convention and Events Center last month was a purely male affair, judging from the crowd I saw inside.
The average age of these men could have been at 38-48 years, presumably the same ages of the uncles and the lolo’s of Jennifer Lee, Andrea [...]
I have long wanted to take photos of the Gen. Santos City Central Public Market and the streets surrounding it from above and find out how it looks like from that vantage. I remember doing it once when I still had my first digital camera, the first models of Sony Cybershot at 1.5 megapixels so [...]
The culmination of the 10th Tuna Festival in commemoration of the 40th Charterhood Anniversary of Gen. Santos City was made even more significant not only with the attendance of Senator Mar Roxas who was the Keynote Speaker but also of the participation of the city’s prized possession, WBC World Flyweight Boxing Champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao.
Congresswoman [...]
Right after the breakfast at the City Mayor’s Office courtesy of Mayor Jun Acharon himself, attendees of the earlier mass rushed off to the Oval Plaza Grandstand to witness the Tuna Float Parade. The highlight of every Tuna Festival in GenSan, this year’s competition was participated in by 14 float entries.
I had my own bet [...]
Today, September 5, 2008 marks the 40th Anniversary of the charterhood of General Santos City. It also serves as the culmination of the week-long !0th Tuna Festival which honors the industry that has placed this city of over a million people in the map.
Indeed, despite its young age, GenSan has achieved more than what any [...]
As am writing this, the Finals of the Search for Ms. GenSan 2008 is just about to begin at the Gaisano Mall of GenSan Atrium, if it can start at its official time of 5pm.
Eleven beautiful and intelligent young “generals” who underwent a battery of interviews, physically exhausting pictorials and visitations to various areas in [...]
The Gabi ng Parangal Para sa Mandaragat of the Karagatan Awards 2008 last Saturday, August 30, 2008 was a poignant experience for most of the 10 honorees. A fellow fisherman-awardee, Faustino Jacildo Nono died a few days prior to the awarding. Accepting his award of P25,000, a trophy and a fishing boat engine instead from [...]
The 10th National Tuna Congress goes full blast tomorrow, September 3 at the KCC Convention and Events Center with the attendance of the stakeholders of the tuna industry from all over the Philippines and from our neighboring countries.
The theme for this year which is “Managing our Tuna Resource: Exploring Opportunities and Alternatives” is timely because [...]
It has been quite a while since I stepped foot at the Antonio Acharon Sports Complex in Barangay Calumpang. The venue was the site of the Palarong Pambansa, & the BIMP-EAGA Olympics sometime in the 90s and the Street Dancing Competitions of both the Kalilangan and Tuna Festivals about 4 years back.
The grandstand (or a [...]
I have been shuttling back and forth between GenSan’s two malls for the past few days owing to the different events being held there.
Last Saturday and Sunday, Gaisano Mall of GenSan played host to the elimination round of the Fishdance Mindanao Showdown and the Talent Night of Ms. GenSan 2008.
On the other side of the [...]
Most of you don’t know that as the rains were pouring mercilessly yesterday morning here in GenSan, a small contingent organized by Mayor Jun Acharon was mapping out Plan B, in case the rains did not stop. The opening and the performances for the Etho-Jazz Dance Competition at the oval plaza stage were to have [...]
I just arrived tonight from Davao City (which is celebrating its Kadayawan Festival) where I met up with my balikbayan friend Rey whom I have not seen since 1991. We had a few hours to catch up on the times gone by and suffice to say, we both had fun updating each other on [...]
The clock tower along Pioneer Avenue is one of the oldest standing structures in downtown Gensan. Strategically located at the center island right across the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial College, it was built and donated ages ago by either the Mt. Matutum Lions Club or the General Santos City Lions Club, am not actually sure.
Unfortunately, [...]
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