TOURISM

KIDAPAWAN CITY - This house here has become local tourist attraction of sort with its miniature Christmas village as Christmas Day nears.Different kinds of Santa Claus effigies and glittering lightsbecome center of attraction.Former RTC Judge now City Councilor Francis Palmones owns the house. (Williamor Magbanua)

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The
provincial capitol of North Cotabato here is bustling with lights expressing
joyous season and peaceful holidays, officials said today. Lights and Christmas decors
enveloped the three-story provincial capitol building in Barangay Amas here
converting it into a tourist attraction among locals. The capitol building is bordered with
assorted Christmas lights deliberately placed all over the structure and the
decorations of every office which make the area more eye-catching. And because Christmas is really

KORONADAL
CITY - To solve the increasing problem on firecracker and other pyrotechnic
devices related injuries during the Holiday season, the provincial board has
already approved on third and final reading a provincial ordinance that regulates its uses. ”An ordinance regulating the
manufacture, sale, distribution, possession, or use of firecrackers and other
pyrotechnic devices within the
territorial jurisdiction of South Cotabato and providing penalties for

KIDAPAWAN CITY -International environmental advocates, tourism officials from South and Central Mindanao region, lumad leaders, and the local chief executive here signed on Wednesday a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to preserve, protect, and develop carefully the environment’s resources, especially in Mount Apo.

COTABATO CITY - The Barangay Fiesta sa Plaza has opened here as part of the Shariff Kabunsuan Festival commemoration, officials said.

The REIGNING Miss Earth Philipines 2014 and the RAGING 2nd Hikong (Falls) over which Lake Sebu zipline crosses...

MAGUINDANAO - About a hundred bikers, among them military and police officials, on Sunday pedaled through the scene of the November 23, 2009 Maguindanao Massacre to show solidarity with families ofthe 58 people that perished in the incident. The bikers were led by Assemblyman Khadafy Mangudadatu of the 24-seat Regional Assembly in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Major Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, who is commander of the Army's 6th Infantry Division, Senior Supt.

Fishport worker in Gen. Santos City carry huge tuna bigger than him in a fish port in Gen. Santos City.(dot12.gov.ph)

SWEET CASCADES The waters of Panigan Falls flows down in a gracious descent from steep rocks downwards. The rare bluish water atop the mountain, set smoothly intertwined with the environs to form a picturesque view seemingly resembling a paradise. Photo taken from Plamango, Barangay Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat byMichael John Genilla

MIDSAYAP, Cotabato – Newly crowned Miss Tourism World Philippines 2014 Mary Grace Jedaver Opingo visited more than 100 young student leaders in North Cotabato during the Cotabato Young Leaders Congress (CYLC) in Camp Anatolia, Barangay Kimagango, Midsayap, officials said.Opingo, who herself hails from the village of Lower Glad, Midayap was warmly welcomed by the participants of CYLC who were so excited upon seeing her.She is the second native of North Cotabato who brought prestige to the province by winning country's beauty contest after Mary Jean Lastimosa, 2014 Binibining Pilipinas Unive