TOURISM

GENERAL
SANTOS, Philippines (Sept. 14) -- Fisher folks in the sub-village of Minanga in
Buayan district here regularly see fish catching bird. But about a week ago, they saw the big one
which turned out to be an Australian Pelican, a foreign avian migrant bird.

Local birds
gliding from afar to catch a fish off Gen. Santos bay every morning has been a
daily thing for 62-year-old Levy Discamento, a local resident.

LAMITAN CITY --- There is a scenic waterfalls here officials are trying to develop into an eco-tourism site to lure visitors and disprove notions projecting the city and nearby towns as unsafe for outsiders.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- All is set for the September 1 celebration of the 102nd founding anniversary of North Cotabato province, to be capped off with activities meant to highlight the ethnicity of the local communities.
The September 1 event is the start of the week-long Kalivungan Festival” in the province, which covers 17 towns and all 40 barangays in Kidapawan City, seat of the provincial government.
North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza on Tuesday said she is expecting national and foreign dignitaries to come and witness the festivities.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Precious Joy Enriquez, 19-year old budding beauty bested ten other equally talented, smart and beautiful young ladies of Kidapawan as she bagged the Binibining Kalikasan title held at city gymnasium. The Meagan Young look-a-like Enriquez is the second beauty queen crowned as the city government changed the former Mutya ng Kidapawan into Binibining Kalikasan in 2015. Enriquez, is a second year civil engineering student of Notre Dame of Kidapawan College (NDKC) has long been dreaming of becoming abeauty queen, with her advocacy to protect the environment.

KORONADAL CITY-- South Cotabatenios are beaming with pride because one of their own will represent, not only the province but the country as well in an international beauty pageant next year. I will try my best, I will do all to win to give honor to our country, said Hazel Templonuevo Arbening, this year's Miss Planet Philippines International, who hails from Surallah town. sand//scontent.fmnl4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/l/t31.0-8/s960x960/12841298_1688654961407303_593765753881904313_o.jpg On Monday, Arbening paid a courtesy call to South Cotabato Gov.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -Some 200 mountain climbers from at least six entry points in the provinces of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur in Southern Philippines have started trekking on Wednesday the trails leading to the peak of Mount Apo to collect the garbage left by trekkers last summer. Joey Recimilla, chair of the Eco-Tourism committee of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), said the volunteers have come from Magpet, Makilala, and Kidapawan City in North Cotabato and Santa Cruz, Bansalan, and Digos City in Davao del Sur – areas covered by the Mount Apo National Park.

KORONADAL CITY - About 300 students from various private and public schools in the city have benefited fromthe 5th Mayor Peter Miguel Summer Training Festival Music and Voice Lesson.The free training was conducted from April 6 to May 22 where the young underwent training using various musical instruments such as guitar, drums, piano, violin and many others.Among the graduates wasEarl John V. Vasquez, a 4th grader of the Koronadal City Central Elementary School.

COTABATO CITY - The successful tribal village inside the compound of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) last yearwill rise anew ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadhan, a tourism official said.Sec. Marites Manguindra of theARMM Department of Tourism said the tribal village will form part of the Ramadhan celebration next month.The project, started last year, aimed to show the culture and history of various tribal groups in the region.As in last year, this year's tribal village will featureChildren's Day, Indigenous Arts and Handicrafts Exhibits, Zumba,

White Water Tubing in Pangi River, Maitum, Sarangani

TACURONG CITY - The 20,000 egrets and heron in Baras Bird
Sanctuary greeted at least 500 local tourists from all over the region during
Tacurong City’s 1st Bird Festival on May 9-10, 2015.

Tacurong City Bird Festival was the third
local bird festival that sprung from the Philippine Bird Festival of the Wild
Bird Club of the Philippines or WBCP. First was in Balanga in Bataan and the
second was in Zamboanga City.