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Nomination is on going for the Top 16 Faces of Kidapawan- male or female, fresh, young, good looking, smart and, of course, popular.

To be eligible, the nominee should be a high school or college student of any educational institution within the province of North Cotabato, ages 16-25. For out of school youth or college graduates, he/she must be a resident of North Cotabato.
The search, however, not only look the part of a figure but someone who epitomized all the good qualities.
It’s easy to enter. Just e-mail a solo picture with …

Kidapawan City- The Philippinel Red Cross and the City Social Welfare and Development Office will start distributing food assistance to more than 6000 families affected by the El Niño phenomenon here.

Said assistance consists of 5 kilograms of rice for families affected by the calamity. The packed rice is among the initial assistance to be given by the government to the affected families after the Sangguniang Panlungsod declared the City under the state of calamity due to the longer period of the dry spell.
Prior to the said assistance, City Mayor Rodolfo …

There so much assumption in that phrase; Peace and Development. It is the idea sold to us by Peace sellers. An idea that has deeply rooted into our subconscious.
But are Peace and Development conginital twins? Can’t Development be attained under the cloud of conflict. My observation here in North Cotabato is of the opposite. That; economic development could still be achieve even under heavy rains of bullets and bombs.
Mindanao is bombarded with negative image, that the conflict between the Moro seperatist and the government is the main reason for the …

This is a selection of wall and floor ceramic tiles products from Eurotiles, Philippines that are samples on display for sale in the SMA Lumber & Construction Supply shop in Lanao, a barangay of Kidapawan.
I’m so glad that we were able to visit the shop as I was interested in looking for some tiles for a small project at home. Whilst there we took some pictures to be able to look at them at home and to post them here so more people would know about this great shop.
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