July 2, 2009
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In celebration of the 53rd Anlaw Ta Sumilao, San Miguel Beer and San Miguel Foods proudly present “SAN MIG ROCK ‘N REGGAE” – a live band concert featuring reggae masters Native In Town and a Cagayan de Oro City-based band.
This event is happening on Friday, July 3, 2009, 7 PM at the Kisolon Gymnasium, Municipality of Sumilao, Bukidnon.
Fun prizes and freebies to be given away! So come one, come all. And oh, this event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! So yup, FREE ENTRANCE! 
Native In Town is best known for their infectious reggae beats and songs. This group is a regular during Bukidnon’s Kaamulan Festival and they used to play in various bars in CDO. Their last gig was in Oroquieta City.
Meanwhile, if you guys need an events organizer in the CDO / Bukidnon / Iligan / Davao and Butuan areas, don’t hesitate to CONTACT ME We can also provide artists, lights and sounds, video and photo coverage services, publicity, advertising and manpower. You may also call (+63) 919 238 6575
LikeJune 6, 2009
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After invading Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao last May 23, 2009, TM ASTIGFEST will soon hit Valencia City, Bukidnon, Mindanao! TM ASTIGFEST is an event where the “Republika ng TM” promos are highlighted.
The TM ASTIGFEST Republika ng TM Bukidnon leg will be held on June 12, 2009 at Plaza Rizal, Valencia City, Bukidnon.
And of course, my alagas — the members of Cagayan de Oro City-based Southrace Band — will perform during the event. I’m really very happy and proud that we will again be part of another TM event! My Southrace boys also performed during the CDO leg, where other artists included Budoy and his band Junior Kilat, Itchyworms, Aegis and TM endorser Cesar Montano. Read more about the TM ASTIGFEST CDO event HERE. You can also find the photos that I took of the boys in that entry.
Which reminds me — in case you need a Mindanao-based photographer and/or a videographer to cover your weddings, events, debuts, concerts, fairs, conferences etc, please don’t hesitate to LEAVE A MESSAGE HERE or contact (+63) 919 238 6575 / (+63) 922 478 5218 – thankies!
Anyhoo…the Republika ng TM Valencia City event will also see the participation of Shamrock Band. Led by Marc Tupaz, Shamrock is known for their songs “Alipin,” “Hold On (Theme From “Jumong”) and “Wag Kang Matakot” (Love Theme From “Joaquin Bordado”) So that’ll be Southrace and Shamrock back-to-back…sharing one stage. June 12, 2009. Plaza Rizal, Valencia City, Bukidnon, Mindanao.
I hope you guys can come! There will be booths offering free services there plus you can avail of the various Republika ng TM promos! Please help spread the word, too, and wish me and my Southrace Band boys luck, aiight?
~oOo~
Among the Republika ng TM promos are the TM ASTIGTAWAG 20 (where subscribers can call numbers even in other networks for 15 minutes and for only P20), TM ASTIGTXT 15 (for P15, subscribers can send 150 text messages to TM/Globe numbers plus they can also send up to 10 text messages to numbers in other networks) and TM SuliTXT 5 (where subscribers can send up to 25 text messages to TM/Globe numbers for only P5).
Are you from Bukidnon? Or were you born in Bukidnon but you’re now living in a different place? Or do you wish to learn more about the latest in Bukidnon – Bukidnon news, updates, features, photos, events etc? Bukidnon Online might just be the website you’re looking for!
A little over a year old, Bukidnon Online now sports a different look. Now made with Wordpress, this website about Bukidnon aims to showcase the province’s rich culture, various tourist spots, fun-filled events and amazing people. Bukidnon Online will also feature exclusive photos, interviews, profiles of Bukidnon personalities etc. Considered the food basket of Mindanao, Bukidnon is also the home of the only remaining authentic ethnic festival in the Philippines – the Kaamulan Festival.
Do check out the spanking brand new Bukidnon Online – and do subscribe via email so you can always be kept updated with the latest in the Province of Bukidnon.
Residents of Bukidnon Province, Mindanao are highly anticipating the showing of the Angel Locsin-Piolo Pascual starrer “Love Me Again (Land Down Under)” come January 15, 2009. However, there’s one catch – they need to either travel to Cagayan de Oro City (which is roughly 2 hours away from Bukidnon’s capital city Malaybalay) or Davao City (which is about 5 hours away by land) OR wait for the DVD version of the movie (hopefully some won’t resort to buying pirated copies of the film!). You see, there aren’t any movie houses or cinemas in the entire province of Bukidnon.
After the Belyca cinema in Malaybalay City closed down years ago, no other movie house has operated in the capital city of the said province that’s considered the food basket of Mindanao. (I actually remember those days when my relatives and I spent the weekend watching movies at Belyca…wow, that was a lllooonnngggg time ago LOL) The Gaisano City branch in Valencia City (which is about half an hour away from Malaybalay) used to have cinemas but the management discontinued the operations a few years ago as well. (I also had a chance to watch movies in Gaisano Valencia City. I remember the cinemas then were the places “to be seen” or to have dates with your sweetie) So no cinemas in the entire province of Bukidnon – Is that major ouch for solid Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin fans in Bukidnon or what?!
So ever since the cinemas in Bukidnon closed down, residents have resorted to renting DVDs and VCDs (Video City outlets can be found in both Valencia and Malaybalay) or traveling to Cagayan de Oro City, where the Lim Ket Kai mall, SM Cagayan de Oro, Ororama and Gaisano Mall CDO have cinemas. Of course, we also can’t deny that some of the residents resort to buying pirated CDs — there are a lot of vendors of pirated VCDs and DVDs along Fortich Street in Malaybalay City and within the downtown area of Valencia City — but hopefully this won’t happen especially with the upcoming release of “Love Me Again (Land Down Under).”
The movie, which is reportedly part of Star Cinema’s 15th Year Anniversary celebration, was partly shot in Bukidnon particularly in the Municipality of Impasug-ong, in Barangay Dalwangan in Malaybalay City and in the Kaamulan Tree Park. The movie’s lead stars have also been declared adopted children of Impasug-ong town. Other tales from the movie shoot can be found HERE.
Just in case you fall in love with Bukidnon after watching the film, you can find tips on how to get to Bukidnon here. There are no commercial airports in Bukidnon (there are privately-owned airstrips, though) so you need to start from either CDO or Davao. Don’t forget to read this. And yes, you might want to visit the province during its yearly celebration of the Kaamulan Festival (the festival is actually discussed in the movie). The official schedule of activities of the much-anticipated Kaamulan Festival 2009 can be found in Bukidnon Online.
Read more about the much-talked about Star Cinema production straight from Bukidnon HERE.
So are you looking forward to watching “Love Me Again (Land Down Under)”?
So how much did you receive as Christmas bonus this year? If you think your ten or twenty thousand pesos is already a big amount, think again. Government employees in Bukidnon received fifty thousand pesos for their bonus this December. Yes, Provincial Government of Bukidnon (PGB) employees received P50,000.00 each (more than a thousand US dollars) this year.
Don’t be too surprised, though, because the said amount is actually LESSER than what the regular Bukidnon provincial government employees received last year. The year 2007 saw each and every regular provincial government of Bukidnon employee receiving a staggering eighty thousand pesos (P80,000.00)
Interestingly, some of my friends working in the PGB said that the P50,000.00 still wasn’t enough. They said that they still have to pay a lot of IOUs.
“Daghan pa gihapon mi utang nga pagabayran (We still have a lot of debts to pay off). Nag-hope gyud ko nga more than eighty thousand ang bonus but kini ra man (I really hoped that the bonus would be more than eighty thousand but this is all we got),” one of my female friends said. She recently got hitched and has a baby boy. Still, my friend admitted that the fifty thousand bonus was a big help for her and her family. She admitted it was definitely a far cry from the usual five thousand bonus most private employees in Bukidnon received this year.
Which brings me to ask…how come a province like Bukidnon can afford to give this much as bonus to its government employees?
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