General Santos City, Mindanao is not just known for its Tuna Festival. It’s also host of the Kalilangan Festival, which aims to highlight jubilation and the unity of the people of General Santos. Here’s the full schedule of the GenSan Kalilangan 2010:
Pre-Festival Activities
02/05/2010, Friday 03:00:00 PM Raprapan Screening @ Gaisano Mall
02/06/2010, Saturday 03:00:00 PM Sayaw Barangay Screening @ Gaisano Mall
02/07/2010, Sunday 03:00:00 PMLakan at Lakambini Screening @ Gaisano Mall
Continuing Events
02/08 – 03/03/2010 Fiesta Carnival
02/08 – 03/03/2010 Kandagang sa Padiyan
02/15 –02/28/2010 Garden Show and Exhibits
02/15 – 02/28/2010 Coca-Cola Food Zone
02/15 – 02/28/2010 Asia Brewery Pistahan Zone
02/15 – 02/28/2010 SMB Barkada Zone
02/23 –02/26/2010 Bakbakan sa Gensan @ KCC
02/26 –02/28/2010 Kasalang Filipino @ Gaisano
February 12, 2010
07:00:00 PM Opening: Coke Happiness Zone & Food Court @ Oval Plaza
07:00:00 PM Opening: San Miguel Beer Barkada Zone @ Oval Plaza
07:00:00 PM Opening: Asia Brewery Pistahan Zone @ Oval Plaza
February 13, 2010
09:00:00: Kandagan sa Padiyan Flea Market @ Oval Plaza
03:00:00 PM Opening: Fiesta Carnival @ Oval Plaza
February 15, 2010
09:00:00 AM Kumpetisyon Para sa Karangalan at Kagandahan
Morning –Workshop & Seminar
Afternoon –Hair & Make-up Competition
Evening –Fashion Show
09:00:00 AM Opening: Garden Show & Exhibits
February 20, 2010
09:00:00 AM Pintura at Pananaw Mural Painting Competition @ PBA Sports Arena
03:00:00 PM Lakan at Lakambini Talent Night & Parade of Festival Costumes @ Gaisano Mall
February 21, 2010
09:00:00 AM Alay Kapwa sa Kalilangan
03:00:00 PM Mini-concert: Raprapan & Sayaw Pambata finalists & Fashion Show of Lakan at Lakambini finalists @ Gaisano Mall
LikeAugust 8, 2009
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General Santos City, Mindanao is set to celebrate the Tuna Festival 2009 this month of August until early September. If you’re thinking of visiting that part of Mindanao, then you’re in luck — Mindanaoan found this GTX 2009 Schedule of Activities (updated as of August 7, 2009) online. Check out the schedule below. Thank you to Scribd subscriber Orman for uploading the schedule.
Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a budget hotel in General Santos City, you might want to read my review of La Tierra Del Sur. My brother and I stayed there last year when we joined the Tuna Festival 2008…and when we learned that our uncle, whom we haven’t seen in more than 10 years, died seeing his brothers and sister without proper homes. You see, my other uncle and aunt’s homes were demolished and until now, they still live in makeshift shanties along the National Road of General Santos City. You can read more about our very sad visit here.
GTX 2009 Schedule as of August 7, 2009
By the way, as of this writing, I still have not yet received an answer to the one question that I want to ask General Santos City Mayor Jun Acharon (who, by the way, I later learned is a distant relative of ours!) I guess my relatives will have another shelter-less Christmas.
I learned from Senator Richard Gordon today that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is set to revive the investigations into the brutal murder of Mindanaoan journalist Marlene Esperat. Esperat, who exposed an alleged illegal procurement of P432 Million worth of fertilizers, was slain in her own home in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao by an assassin who later on reportedly confessed that he was hired by two officials in the Department of Agriculture – Central Mindanao. What really dismayed me was the fact that she was even gunned down in front of her own children.
“This time we will investigate why a resident Ombudsman in the Agriculture Department in Mindanao was killed because she wanted to expose an anomaly. So far, the case has made some progress in courts but the masterminds have never been revealed,” Senator Gordon said.
“The anomaly allegedly involves as much as 460 million pesos involved, it was done by certain personalities, and the person who wanted to expose it was killed. This is what badly needs to be investigated,” he added.
Hopefully, with these investigations, the public will really know who’s behind the Esperat slay.
In 2003, Esperat filed a graft complaint against Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, former Agriculture Secretary Luis “Cito” Lorenzo Jr., and other officials of the Department of Agriculture.
What can you say about the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s plan to revive investigations on the Esperat case?
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Sen. Chiz Escudero urges Malacanang to diverte imported rice to Mindanao refugees
July 9, 2009
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At least someone’s thinking about Mindanao and Mindanao refugees! Opposition Sen. Chiz Escudero yesterday said that the government should act immediately to divert shipments of imported rice to central Mindanao so that the 380,000 refugees in evacuation centers won’t go hungry after a UN agency halted its food relief operations in the region.
“We are faced with a humanitarian crisis that could become a disaster if this administration fails to act quickly to fill in the gap left by the UN World Food Program,” Escudero said.
“Part of the rice we have been shipping in from abroad can be diverted to the ports of General Santos and Cotabato City. This will not make a dent in the NFA’s 82-day buffer stock,” he said.
He also called on the government to ensure the safety of the staff of the UN agency which suspended its program on Wednesday after a series of bombings in Cotabato and Iligan cities that killed six and wounded dozens of other people.
At the same time, Escudero reiterated his call for the resumption of talks between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) even as he condemned the brutal terrorist attacks which have mostly killed civilians.
“We are now reaping the results of a failed peace policy. The old ways of thinking have not worked. Perhaps it is time for the people to find novel ways to stop the bloodletting,” he said.