Finally! A long wait is over. Kidapawan City’s Fruit Festival, also known as Timpupo Festival will be again celebrated this September 21-25, 2009.
Last year, due to fruit shortage, the festival was canceled. To the dismay of many who eagerly awaited for it, many plans were altered. Potential tourists arrivals was not realized. This only show that what started to be a modest attempt to create a festival unique to Kidapawan, the festival had become a league of its own. It has become as famous as the other festivals in …

A young girl from the mountain village of Malibatuan in Arakan town is on the way to fulfilling her dream of earning a college degree from the country’s premiere state university with the help of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
In a letter to Board Member Rodrigo Escudero (2nd District, North Cotabato), Chairman of the SP Committee on Education, 18-year old Keizel Fernando asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to endorse her as a nominee of the province for the “Iskolar ng Bayan” ladderized curriculum program of the University of the Philippines-Manila in Palo, …

Kidapawan City (5 July) — Among City Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco’s first order of business in his new second term is to assure that the increase of salaries and wages of more than 700 employees of the City Government is implemented.
The mayor abides to the memorandum from the Department of Budget and Management which mandates all government line agencies and local government units to a 10% across the board salary increase for all of its employees.
Gantuangco reiterates in a special meeting what he first announced during his first day of …

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The city government is now gearing towards improving tourism potentials, especially of the Mount Apo and its blue lake, considered two of the region’s beautiful tourist spots.
City Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco said this has been laid down after putting in place measures to secure the city from extortion, bomb threats, and other lawlessness.
“We have to move on and focus on development, especially on tourism,” Gantuangco said.
Early this week, the city’s Sanggunian has approved the funding of the campaign against terror amounting to R5.9 million.
A portion of the …

North Cotabato’s Braveheart Boxers really showed Cebu fight fans what our boxers here are made of.
The Braveheart boys rocked Cebu Coliseum in last Saturday’s “Battle of the Bantamweights” and wowed Cebu boxing fans. Cebu sportswriters are all praises for our boys, products of North Cotabato’s “Paboksing Para Sa Masa” program started by then Governor now Vice Governor Manny Piñol.
Vice Gov. Manny has reason to be elated. Eight of the Braveheart boys who fought in Cebu won. More than that, Rolando Magbanua of Pigcawayan now holds the World Boxing Organization …