City of Koronadal to celebrate 10th Charter Anniversary

Come to Koronadal City and join Koronadaleños as they commemorates their 10th year as a city.

With the theme "Prosperous Business for the Masses", Koronadal City, the fast developing growth and regional center for region 12 is set to celebrates it's 10th Charter Anniversary on October 1-8, 2010. Activities includes nightly fests, beer festivals, concerts, street dancing, side walk bargain shops, funfare and trade exhibits, cheerdance competition and more.

Here's the final list of schedule of acivities:

Koronadal was converted into a component city of South Cotabato now known as the City of Koronadal by virtue of Republic Act 8803 on October 8, 2000. 

At present, Koronadal is a fast developing growth center composed of twenty seven (27) barangays including the four (4) zones in the poblacion. Being the capital town of South Cotabato, it is the center of the province in terms of political, cultural and socio-economic activities. Business firms and other establishments sprout in Koronadal. Identified also as the Regional Center for Region 12. Koronadal boasts of its favorable geographical location, and rich human and natural resources. And with the recent opening of the new city building, Koronadal City proves its potentials conducive for trade business and industry.

The new city hall of Koronadal, a great accomplishment

For more information about the 10th Charter Anniversary celebration, one may visit the following site:

Official Website of the City of Koronadal

City of koronadal on Facebook

June 29 declared special holiday for Koronadal’s Tree-Growing Festival

Malacañang has declared June 29 a special non-working holiday in Koronadal City for the celebration of its first Tree-Growing Festival.

Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr, by authority of President Benigno Aquino III said, “it is but fit and proper that the people of the City of Koronadal be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.”

Tree-Growing Festival is an initiative of the local government of the city, led by Mayor Peter B. Miguel, to celebrate the Environment Month and reforest the denuded mountain ranges in the area.

For the activity, the local government unit is mobilizing 20,000 to 30,000 residents to plant 100,000 fruit and forest trees in barangays within the Roxas Mountain Range, namely: Saravia, Carpenter Hill, San Isidro, Assumption, Mambucal, and Paraiso.

“Everything has been prepared. What we are doing now is only fine tuning of the preparations such as assignment and management of the participants,”Mayor Miguel said.

Seedlings have been delivered to the areas and digging and sticking are on-going, ready for the activity on Wednesday, he announced.

Although the city could come a bit short of its target participants, the mayor said, “we are sure to accomplish planting of at least 100,000 seedlings.”

Besides city officials and employees, among those who have already registered for the festival are academic institutions with their students, faculty members and officials, regional government offices, South Cotabato provincial government officials and employees, nongovernment organizations, civic organizations, business establishments, sports clubs, and many others.

Earlier this week, the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office announced that 4 to 10 buses, 40 dump trucks, 10 Forward trucks, 28 Elf trucks and 90 SUVs, L-300 vans and multi-cabs have been prepared to transport the participants to and from the tree-planting sites.

Some regional government offices and private sector participants have committed additional vehicles to bring their own member, according to CENRO officials.

Registration is still going on at the New City Hall. Some city government personnel are also stationed in malls to receive registrants.

Most of the planting materials that will be used in the Tree-Growing Festival were grown by students of the city.

Earlier this year, Mayor Miguel partnered with public and private schools in the city for the establishment of campus-based seedling nurseries. This scheme, according to the mayor, will assure the city of sufficient supply of seedlings even in the future tree-planting activities.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Provincial Environment Management Office of South Cotabato had also promised to provide additional seedlings for the activity.

For 2012, the city government aims to reforest the Quezon Mountain Range. (PIA 12)

South Cotabato gears up for its 45th founding anniversary and 12th T’nalak celebration

First a multi-million peso modern sanitary landfill, then a P45-M public transport terminal. Soon, South Cotabato’s booming town of Surallah will have its own public hospital.

Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. recently announced that at present the provincial government is pushing for the construction of a district hospital in nearby Surallah town.

He said a technical working group has been constituted to look into this matter.

“Our primary objective in putting up a hospital in Surallah is to decongest the provincial hospital,” Gov. Pingoy said.

South Cotabato Provincial Hospital has been accredited to accommodate 200 patients, but he said the number patients being attended to by the hospital on regular days always exceeds the limits, reaching as many as 280 patients per day.

He disclosed that a private organization has already committed P15 M for the construction of the hospital building.

In the coming weeks, he said he will seek audience with Health Secretary Enrique Ona for the possibility of an additional funding of at least P15 M under the DOH’s Health Facilities Program, which has already funded health facilities projects of the province in Norala, Tupi, and Polomolok towns.

Surallah LGU’s counterpart in the project is only to provide the lot where the district hospital will be constructed.

“The hospital will have a capacity for 50 beds, but initially will have 15 to 25 beds,” he said.

This health facility is foreseen to serve the residents of upper valley area, including the municipalities of T’boli, Surallah, Sto.Niño, and Lake Sebu.

The construction of a public hospital comes after two major projects that Surallah, considered one of the fastest growing municipalities in the province, has recently opened.

On June 23, it opened its cluster sanitary landfill (SLF), which has already gained prominence among LGUs, especially in Mindanao as the only on of its kind in this part of the country.

On August 10, Surallah inaugurated its P45-M modern Integrated Public Terminal. (PIA 12)

South Cotabato

Get ready for the most exciting, popular and colorful festivals celebrated in South Cotabato- The T'nalak Festival 2010. 

On Video: T'nalak Festival Parade- (Madal Be'lan, Kasadyahan sa Kapatagan, Kadsagan A Lalan) by elzrgarcia

The Grand T'nalak Parade, vibrant and truly South Cotabateño in style.
Streets are come alive to the rousing "T'nalak Beat, with more than thousand of energetic street dancers performing choreographed and time honored movements and decked-out in colorful costumes.

The T'nalak festival is celebrated during the foundation anniversary of the province of South Cotabato, and is held in the month of July in the provincial capital of Koronadal City. Colorful street dancing competition offers unique entertainment. Dancers from around the province, dressed in native costumes of B'laan, T'boli and other tribal groups in Mindanao, are performing on the streets of the city.

These competitions shows the rich and colorful heritage of the several minorities in this area and are just some of the activities to see in this event. They are also the spectacular highlights of the festival. The T'nalak parade is a perfomance that is a feast for the eyes, together with the sound of a pretty impressive tune that will keep you standing on your toes for a long time. The T'nalak festival puts together all the historical and spiritual culture of South Cotabato. It is a great event to see and a great way to see the Mindanao culture in action.. A visual expericience you will not want to miss, you can feel the unifying power of this celebration and the irrepressibly festive spirit of the participants and spectators.

More activities organised for the T'nalak festivities include cultural shows an agri-trade fair, bazaars, visits to various tourism attractions in the province. Concerts by local and national performers and a breath-taking fireworks display competition. with plenty in store to keep visitors entertained.(aliawanenterprises.com)

Government hospital to rise in Surallah, South Cotabato

First a multi-million peso modern sanitary landfill, then a P45-M public transport terminal. Soon, South Cotabato’s booming town of Surallah will have its own public hospital.

Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. recently announced that at present the provincial government is pushing for the construction of a district hospital in nearby Surallah town.

He said a technical working group has been constituted to look into this matter.

“Our primary objective in putting up a hospital in Surallah is to decongest the provincial hospital,” Gov. Pingoy said.

South Cotabato Provincial Hospital has been accredited to accommodate 200 patients, but he said the number patients being attended to by the hospital on regular days always exceeds the limits, reaching as many as 280 patients per day.

He disclosed that a private organization has already committed P15 M for the construction of the hospital building.

In the coming weeks, he said he will seek audience with Health Secretary Enrique Ona for the possibility of an additional funding of at least P15 M under the DOH’s Health Facilities Program, which has already funded health facilities projects of the province in Norala, Tupi, and Polomolok towns.

Surallah LGU’s counterpart in the project is only to provide the lot where the district hospital will be constructed.

“The hospital will have a capacity for 50 beds, but initially will have 15 to 25 beds,” he said.

This health facility is foreseen to serve the residents of upper valley area, including the municipalities of T’boli, Surallah, Sto.Niño, and Lake Sebu.

The construction of a public hospital comes after two major projects that Surallah, considered one of the fastest growing municipalities in the province, has recently opened.

On June 23, it opened its cluster sanitary landfill (SLF), which has already gained prominence among LGUs, especially in Mindanao as the only on of its kind in this part of the country.

On August 10, Surallah inaugurated its P45-M modern Integrated Public Terminal. (PIA 12)