TOURISM

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi - The much awaited infrastructure project in Bongao has been started with the recent groundbreaking ceremony held to develop the access road going up to the Bongao Peak Eco-Tourism Park.” The park will be the 1st Eco-Tourism Park in the region to be developed by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in consonance with its leadership sense of preservation and conservation, and eventually be a legacy that they can be proud of in the future.

SOUTH UPI, Maguindanao – Indigenous Peoples
and settlers here witnessed a first” beauty pageant that featured pregnant
mothers as they showcased beauty while preggy.

We would like to showcase the beauty and talent of our
pregnant mothers and how they maintain beautiful faces and body, thus we have
this search,” Rebecca Tenorio, public health nurse of South Upi, said of the first
Reyna ng mga Buntis 2015.”

The mothers representing 11 villages acted showed
what they’ve got during the town’s 39th founding anniversary
Tuesday.

COTABATO CITY --A visit to Tawi-Tawi archipelago will not be complete without trekking the province iconic peak- Bud Bongao! Surely it won't be hard to miss this towering sight that has a resemblance to the flat-topped Table Mountain of Cape Town in South Africa and whether you arrive by plane or boat, you will certainly be captivated by its beauty and splendor.

KORONADAL CITY -The SOCCSKSARGEN Pavilion bagged the Best
Booth Award and raked as much as P4.3 millioninbound sales for tourism establishments
in the recently concluded Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) at the SMX Convention
Center, Pasay City.

The Pavilion named SOX featured the different
tourism sites, cultural dances, playing of traditional music and local food tasting
as well as teaching basic dance steps and wearing traditional costumes of the
IPs in Region 12.

KIDAPAWAN CITY– Local officials from North Cotabato met their counterparts in Gangwon Province in the Republic of Korea where they discussed possible cooperation in the fields of medical and health care, tourism, agriculture, and solar lights technology. Cotabato Governor Lala Talino-Mendoza led the delegation from the Philippines. Mendoza was with other local officials, including Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista, Cotabato 2nddistrict Board Member Noel Baynosa, and staff from the Provincial Planning and Development Office.

COTABATO CITY - Efforts to advertise the Maguindanaon inaul” cloth got a boost with the award won by a male model who wore the handmade fabric during the Sept.

COTABATO CITY --- Imam Musa, a Yakan cleric, was so delighted seeing photos on Facebook of the Basilan model village inside the compound here of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that he had them printed and kept in a folder as special memento.The Yakan mock enclave at the 32-hectare ARMM government center here is one of six tribal villages built by regional agencies and support offices to showcase the region’s unique culturally-pluralistic settings.The villages are also meant to educate the public that while the ARMM’s major cultural groups differ in customs and traditions, they are

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Jeanebeth B.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Kidapawan’s grandest festival dubbed as, Kasadyasa TimpupoFestival,” kicked off on Wednesday with fruit float parade and marketing of several fruits at the city’s pavilion. Timpupo is alumadterm for bountiful harvests. The harvest of fruits, like mangoosteen, lanzones, rambutan and the exotic Durian, started early June, months after the province of North Cotabato and other parts of Central Mindanao experienced long dry spell.

KORONADAL CITY - This city proved to all and sundry that it can host, not only a national event, but an international one amid all opposition.Koronadal City Mayor Peter Miguel said Koronadal has took few steps forward and brought the city in the international scene and vice versa.The city is now in the world map of culture and arts after it successfully and peacefully hosted the Council for International Organization of Folklore and Folk Artswhen it hosted the Koronadal International Folklore Festival.