TV5, the country’s fastest growing Network, will be looking for good looking and talented Davaoeños who has the potential to be the country’s next teen celebrities in the day-long auditions to be held at SM City Davao’s Event Center this Sunday, August1 from 10-00a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

TV 5′s upcoming reality based search Star Factor will screen 13-18 year olds showbis hopefuls with the total package of good looks, exeptional talent and charm, and all-important star quality.

Requirements:

• copy of birth certificate




• two passport size photo




• two full body photo




• parental consent for those below 18




• fill up the Star Factor registration form available at the venue

Star Factor will start airing sometime in September, hosted by Ruffa Gutierrez.
The Star Makers (Star factor’s panel of judges):

• Talent 5 head Audie Gemora




• multi-awarded writer and director Joey Reyes




• Photgrapher of stars Raymund Isaac




• maestro of Philippine music Ryan Cayabyab




• talent manager Ms. Annabelle Rama

For those who are interested, head to SM City Davao’s Event Center and don’t forget to bring the necessary requirements.

Kadayawan 2010 Events, Dates and venues!

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Here they are:

Engr. Manuel A. Medros 2nd Solo Art Exhibit for Painting

August 11,- September 11, 2010
Venue: Museo Dabawenyo

Agri-Trade Fair
August 13-30, 2010
Venue: SM City
A trade fair participated by farers, plant growers, handicraft producers and manufacturers.

Panagtagbo
August 16-22, 6-8 PM Venue: Peoples’ Park.
The converging of the Ata Manobo, Ubo Manobo, K’lata, Tagabawa, Matigsalog, Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug, Sama and Kalagan tribes, celebrating thanksgiving of their oneness with the earth through performances, culinary fiesta and age-old craftsmanship integrated in a program that showcases their strength as diverse peoples of Davao.

Fair Trade Opening
August 16-22, 2010
Venue: Sanguniang Panlungsod Lobby
A bazaar of proudly Davao-made goods produced and manufactured by organizations that encourages entrepreneurship and empowerment participated by the women of Davao City.

Festival Opening
August 20, 2010
Venue: Rizal Park
The official launch of the 25th Kadayawan Festival highlighted by performances of the different tribes of Davao City.

Hudyakaan
August 20-22, 5:00 PM-2 AM
Venue: Bolton Street (Beside Sanguniang Panlungsod)
An evening street event that features music and food. A street festival, Davao-style.

Hiyas sa Kadayawan
August 20, 2010, 8 PM
Venue: Almendras Gym,
Search for the Kadayawan symbol, the indigenous lass who is knowledgeable of her indigenous culture and wisdom through a pageantry of Mindanaoan myths and legends.

Indak indak sa Kadalanan
August 21. 2010, 8 AM
Venue: Major thoroughfares of the city
The Indak Indak sa Kadalanan or the street dancing parade showcases the different colors, cultures and traditional dances of the different tribes of Davao and Mindanao.

Pamulak Floral Float Parade
August 22, 8 AM
Venue: Major thoroughfares of the city
Venue: Major thoroughfares of the city The grand finale of the Kadayawan Festival, the Pamulak is a mobile display of the blooming of flowers and ripening of fruits in creatively decorated floats on parade, showcasing the abundance of vegetation in the Davao Region.

1st Malagos Farm Fair is scheduled at the Malagos Garden Resort from August 7 to 8, 2010. This is the first Agri-Tourism event here in the city of Davao.

The Malagos Farm Fair was conceptualized as an occasion to sell the menagerie of farm animals the Puentespina Family grows. In Malagos Farm they are raising dairy goats, cows, sheep, cocks, horses, peacocks, pheasants, ostriches, fancy chickens, dogs, and ornamental birds.

Farm fairs like the one set to be held in Malagos next month, are regularly held in Europe and the United States but not in the Philippines. Puentespina said they are hoping to make the Malagos Farm Fair an annual event and make it another attraction for the city.

The event is perhaps the only opportunity for people to see as many as 300 pure-bred dairy goats in one setting. An additional attraction would be the cows and the ostriches which will also be on display and for sale.

The Malagos Farm is usually closed to the public the whole year through and this is the first time they are opening the farm gates to Dabawenyos and visitors from other areas.

The Puentespina family is a strict observer of sustainable farm management so there is actually zero waste in the farm as everything is reused, sold and recycled.

Grass from under the coconut and cacao are fed to the goats and cows with their waste going to the biogas digester or to the vermin composting to become fertilizer that goes back to the earth. Land use is thus maximized responsibly.

For a P250 entrance fee per day, inclusive of lunch of roast beef and sea bass from Alsons, guests to the Malagos Farm Fair will get the rare opportunity to get on board the hay ride for the farm tour.

The entrance fee is also inclusive of all the scheduled seminars and shows for the day such as the Cooking Demo by Purefoods, Farm Games by Coca Cola and Habagat, Techno Demo by DCTech and the evening concert by San Miguel Beer on the first day.

The seminars scheduled on August 7 include seminars on Cheese in the Philippines by Olive Puentespina, Creating Micro Habitats by Dr. Bo Puentespina and Renewable Energy Application in the Farm by Green Heat, BMEG-sponsored Seminar on Raising Organic Chickens and Pigs and Fresh Water Fish Farming.

Craft-Making sessions with Maej Villanueva happens at the Smart Place, and for an additional registration of P500, Dabawenyos will be treated to a wine and cheese appreciation by Swiss Deli featuring the Italian Wines and the best spread of the local cheeses from Malagos. Farm House “Cabrito” or roasted young goat will be its special menu, The Chocolate Shop Talk with Mars happens on Sunday, August 8, with a repeat of the agri-seminar topics of BMEG and Green Heat.

Tickets are available at Waling Flower Victoria Plaza, Tiny Kitchen, Bouna Terra and Betty’s Bakeshop.

For more information please call 0917-5481867 or 082-2216344.

REGISTRATION for the 34th National Milo Marathon-Davao City eliminations will open on July 29 at the 2nd floor, Tamayo Bldg., Lapu-Lapu Ave, Agdao (beside Banco Filipino) and at Run Club in Bo. Obrero.

The Davao-leg National Milo Marathon’s qualifying will kick off on August 29 in an out-and-back course from Roxas Avenue. This year’s event is dubbed “Championing Dreams with Every Step.”

Milo also recognizes the special need of developing under-privileged children to excel in sports by way of providing rubber shoes to one public school in cities where the Milo Marathon will also be held.

The race will also feature the 3K kiddie run and 5K fun run categories for male and female runners.

Registration fees are P50 for 3K and 5K, P500 for 10K and P500 for 21K half marathon. Registrants, however, are required to bring an empty Milo 300 grams pack upon registration.

Regular side events biggest school delegation, inter-school running competition and the cheer dance competition will add spice to the running spectacle.

Interested participants may contact (082) 296-1300 or mobile no. 0921-5949303.

Watch the video below:

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Join the 12th Jollibee Family Fun Run set on August 15 and which starts and ends at the NCCC Mall Davao Carpark.

The event will feature the regular 3K family or double run and 5K male and female open categories.

The route of the 3K entries will turn from the old Venee’s Hotel and back to starting point while 5K runners will have to turn back until they reach the old GSIS Bldg. along McArthur Highway Matina.

This years theme is, “Jollibee Davao Cares for Watershed”, the run will award trophies, medals, gift certificates and gift packs from various sponsors.

Registration is ongoing at all Jollibee Davao outlets. Fee is P160 inclusive of runner’s shirt, kit, certificate and snacks.

Interested participants may contact Rain or PJ at telephone number (082) 224-5371.

The Davao Cyber Expo 2010 will be held this coming July 23-25 at SM-Davao Event Center. This is an event that showcase not just brand-new computer hardware but also promoting online gaming competition especially for the youth.

“We want to make online gaming above ground; we want to professionalize it, because in some countries like South Korea , online gamers are treated like athletes,” said Kitsi Avila of E-Squared Events the organizer of this year’s event.

Davao Cyber Games or DCG is one of the highlights of the three day expo as teams from Davao, some parts of Mindanao and a team from Manila will battle it out in different gaming platforms like DOTA, Call of Duty 4,5,6, Battlefield 2, Dirt 2 and Bad Company 2.

In the tournament the champion team will be awarded with P25,000 in cash with giveaways from Intel.

A total of 45 teams or about 230 players have participated in the elimination rounds of the event. During the Expo proper a total of 8 quarterfinalists will vie for the top prize.

One of the major events in the Expo will include the much-awaited Tech Xtreme- a unique tech exhibit of high-end personal computer components and accessories, LAN Party Extreme- a gathering of the best computers in Davao it also features a competition on PC modding, performance and online gaming.

Gaming and computer tech enthusiast, this is the event that you’ve been waiting for here in Davao City.

Cristine Reyes was in Davao City last Saturday, July 10 ,2010 for the promo of Colt 45 Vava Vroom for Real Men!

She arrived in time for the press conference at the Taste of Malaysia Restaurant where the press people and the bloggers are waiting for her arrival.  It was a delight to see her in person, cameras were rolling as she arrived. The press conference went smoothly. And she is really a proud endorser Colt 45. She gamely answered the questions thrown unto her.

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If your child has the talent and you’ve got the camera, capture the amazing act for Sony Ericsson’s Wonder Kidz, a video contest to discover the country’s next Web sensation.

Children can sing, dance or act their hearts out, play sports, express themselves through art, or just be fresh, funny or fascinating being themselves.

Upload the videos on the new Sony Ericsson Philippines Facebook page. The top 10 “most liked” entries will qualify as finalists for judging by a celebrity panel of judges.

The winning wonder kid walks away with the new Sony Ericsson Vivaz with HD video, and P50,000 in cash.

From Sony Ericsson’s growing communication entertainment family of handsets, the Vivaz and Vivaz pro offer touch video capture in HD quality.

Vivaz comes with an 8.1-megapixel camera with continuous auto focus for video, 4x digital zoom, touch capture, video light, geo-tagging and image stabilizer.

Meanwhile, the Vivaz pro, with its full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, also features HD-quality image and video capture through its 5.1-megapixel camera.

Both handsets offer Wi-Fi capability, Facebook and Twitter applications, FM radio, 3D games and impressive music and media players.

Vivaz and Vivaz pro let you capture, view and share spontaneous moments and memories with the clarity of high-definition technology to best record and display your child’s star turns.

To join Wonder Kidz, contestants must upload a 30- to 60-second video of their child to the Sony Ericsson Philippines Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Sony-Ericsson-PH. Label it with Vivaz Wonder Kidz and a video title.

Entries must have a brief description of the video, contestant’s full name, e-mail and contact numbers.

Contestants are encouraged to promote their videos through their various social networks to become the “most liked.” Spread the news about your child’s talents caught on video.

Got videos from last year’s school presentation or past holidays? Sony Ericsson’s Wonder Kidz is about sharing fun and memorable moments from children and will accept past videos as long as the child is still seven years old at the time of the contest.

Wonder Kidz comes on the heels of the successful Sony Ericsson Search for the FIFA Flag Bearer, a video contest that brought the Philippines’ first flag bearer to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Twelve-year-old Megan Lo of Pangasinan carried the FIFA flag with children from across Asia in the England versus Algeria match.

Entries will be accepted until Aug. 31. Visit www.facebook.com/pages/Sony-Ericsson-PH for the contest’s full mechanics.

THE annual Kadayawan Festival Run 2010 is set on August 8 at 5 a.m. in an out-and-back course at the Roxas Avenue, just near the Ateneo de Davao University.

The event will be presented by the Adidas Philippines with Motolite as the major sponsor.

The footrace will have four separate divisions — the

• 3-kilometer,




• 5K,




• 10K




• 21K

Cash prizes, medals and certificates will be awarded.

The registration fees are

• P150 for 3K




• 5K, P200 for 10K




• P250 for 21K.

The finishers of the 21K will also each get a finisher’s medal aside from the medals for the top three winners of the men and women’s open categories.

Registration is now ongoing at the Adidas Store of Gaisano Mall in Bajada and at the newly opened Run Club Davao located at thePlaza del Carmen in Loyola St., Bo. Obrero. For inquiries, participants may contact organizers through tel. no. 2961300 or mobile no. 09215949303.

Kapamilya actress Bangs Garcia is on the cover of M Magazine‘s latest issue!

From a host in local TV variety show to a lead starrer in a top-rating television series, Dabawenya actress Bangs Garcia is definitely making a significant leap in Philippine showbiz. In the latest edition of M (Life and Living in Mindanao) Magazine, Bangs bares her hits and misses, her triumphs and ordeals as she continues to pursue her dreams.

Joining Bangs in the pages of M Magazine’s ninth issue are esteemed Mindanawon civic leaders Atty. Leoncio “Nonoy” Villa Abrille and Irene “Inday” Morada Santiago, together with Sulu’s top visual artist Rameer Amilasan Tawasil and Indonesian Consul General Lalu Malik Partanawa, who shares his country’s longtime friendship with Mindanao.

Thrilled to travel around Mindanao? Get some tips on where and what’s new to explore in the island, such as wakeboarding in Mindanao’s first wakeboard park; nature-tripping in Lake Sebu; conquering the peak of Bukidnon’s Mt. Kitanglad; braving the wild waters of Cagayan de Oro; making a stopover at Tandag City; or joining the epic voyage of the Balangays.

Flip through the fashion section and be mesmerized by award-winning photographer Rhonson Ng’s underwater glam shots of Davao’s top mannequins and Niko Villegas’ dazzling images featuring the gem-inspired designs of Egay Ayag, Joao Tarepe, Patahian, and Argento de Salvador as modeled by Mutya ng Dabaw 2010 Janelle Tee. What’s more, Davao’s premier houses of style, Rue Chephri and Martish, unveil their latest chic and elegant collections of designer brands in this issue.

Also in this issue are fascinating pieces on Zamboanga’s sardine canning industry, Davao del Sur’s healthy coconut products, Butuan’s AQEM theater in education, plus a spotlight on Mindanao’s entertainment and wellness enclaves, parties and festive events, contemporary lifestyle, and many more.

M Magazine, Mindanao’s first and only travel and lifestyle quarterly publication, is available in all National Bookstore, Fully Booked, Power Books, Forewords, and Christian Ventures outlets, and in more than 200 bookstores and magazine stands nationwide. In Davao City, get your copies of M Magazine at Babasahin (Victoria Plaza, SM City, NCCC Mall, Gaisano Mall), MetroLifestyle Complex (Bo’s Coffee, Krua Thai, Metro Gym), National Bookstore (Gaisano Mall, SM City), Farfalla Pasta Bar, Gaisano Mall Supermarket, Lachi’s, Basti’s Coffee, Agencia Nina Jewelry (Victoria Plaza, JP Laurel, Bankerohan, Gaisano South, Gaisano Mall), ProMark and Davao Periodicals outlets. Visit www.m-mag.com.ph.