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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 …

Are you tired of soap commercials showing orange soaps that promise to whiten your skin? Well, just beware. Those are just colorings and additives to keep these soaps attractive and hard. Adding preservatives and unnatural ingredients to make more suds and last long makes you think you are buying detergents, not beauty soap.

These soaps are not of this kind, it is handmade and created using cold process, meaning it does not undergo by heating. It uses only true ingredients and allowed to cure for 30 days to finish its process. …

Kidapawan City- It is final! Kidapawan City was adjudged as the Most Outstanding City in Region XII for its efficient and effective implementation of the Nutrition Program for CY 2008.

The award is based on the evaluation being conducted by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) last year. Also awarded was Ms. Wenefreda Barrete – a BNS of San Isidro village here, who was declared as the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar for Region XII.
In a letter from the Department of Health’s National Nutrition Council Office XII in Cotabato City dated …

Kidapawan!  The City of Fruits and Highland Springs- ranked as one of the richest city in Mindanao and has a lot to offer.

It has the ingredients of mountains, springs and the fruit baskets as blessed with fertile soil, lush forest cover and unexplored mineral resources. It is flourished with nature’s flora and fauna.
The rebirth of Kidapawan Bloggers with its new line, Southern Catch is by way of introducing to you the city and its neighboring municipalities of the Province of North Cotabato.

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 …

South Cotabato Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. and Provincial Government of South Cotabato will host the 18th Mindanao Business Conference (“One.Global.Filipino. Rising above the global challenges”) on September 17-18, 2009 at Fit Mart Mall convention center, City of Koronadal, South Cotabato.
The event’s sponsors are: City Government of Koronadal, BDO, Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry, BusinessWorld, Holcim Cement. Business matching, trade and travel fair, tours to Lake Sebu and golf tournament are some of the scheduled activities during the scheduled conference.

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 …