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KORONADAL CITY -- The country's third and fourth highest officials will be among the guests when South Cotabato celebrates T'nalak festival and foundation anniversary.South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance Fuentes confirmed to Radyo Bida Koronadal that Senate President Aquilino Koko Pimentel and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez will be the guests when the provincial celebration culminates later this month.At the opening day on July 13, Senator Juan Edgardo Sonny will be the special guest, Fuentes said.

COTABATO CITY -- Officials launched on Tuesday a monument honoring a 14thcentury Arab cleric who taught southerners Islamic peace activism present outcast Islamic militants are trying to destroy.The seaside landmark monument on where Arab preacher Karimul Makdum first set foot on Simunal, now an island town in Tawi-Tawi, was constructed using funds from the executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).ARMM and provincial officials led the inauguration of the monument on Tuesday, an event capped off with the launching of P80 million worth of infrastructure projects

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SEN. NINOY AQUINO, Sultan Kudarat -- The Notre Dame of Kulaman, Inc (NDK) bested other delegates to the recent foundation anniversary of Sen. Ninoy Aquino in Sultan Kudarat.NDK was declared champion in the Battle of Festivals 2017 in celebration of the town's 28th foundation anniversary.The school's delagation was also declared over-all champion in the 16th Sulok Festival and 19th Coffee Festival.Dressed in colorful attire, the well-choreographed delegation bested other groups. Its victory was a tribute to Dulangan Manobo tribe.

sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/16736109_10211920739561740_170302666_n.jpg?oh=4b6773d24d239192a3cd4100eb29d323:ampoe=58A4B376 Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Medina and Ms. International Kylie Versoza take a groupie during light moments with Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu and son Board Member King Mangudadatu during the beauty queens courtesy call Sunday.

MAGUINDANAO-- The 2016 Miss Philippines-Universe Maxine Medina on Sunday committed to help promote the Inaul fabric Maguindanaons have been wearing for generations.Medina, accompanied by 2016 Miss Philippines-International Kylie Versoza, discussed with Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu in Buluan town on Sunday the market potentials of the Inaul fabric his administration is now trying to keep alive.Medina, who finished a bachelor’s degree in interior design, and Versoza were in Buluan to join a pool of judges in the Palamata Nu Maguindanao pageant on Sunday night.

BULUAN, Maguindanao -- Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Medina and Miss Philippines International Kylie Versoza who joined Maguindanaons in its first Inaul Festival were glad to learn women behind Inaul hand weaving school is giving hope to wives and widows of rebel groups.
Medina, who made it to top six during the recent Miss Universe pageant night in Manila, expressed her support to the efforts of empowering women with knowledge and skills like Inaul weaving.

MAGUINDANAO -- Officials are banking on the on-going Maguindanao Inaul Festival to bind local noble clans together in helping sustain the fragile peace now in the province.Gov.