On March 12, 2011, Rivermaya will be performing here in Davao City. The band will be featured in LIWANAG SA DILIM: Rivermaya Live in Davao, a Benefit Concert for SOS Children’s Village. The concert will be at 7:30 pm at the CAP Auditorium.
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The RAIN Chase Fun Run for Autism
AIESEC Ateneo de Davao will be holding a fun on February 13, 2011, 5 am, entitled R.A.I.N.: An Advocacy for Autism. RAIN stands for Raising Awareness for Individuals with Needs.
The beneficiary of the event is the Rainbow Intervention Center for Autism Foundation, Inc. (RICAFI), a special school that seeks to give hope to children with autism and to their parents.
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May Minamahal Valentine Concert
Love is in the air!
Celebrate love this Valentines with your spouse, your family
and friends, or that special someone in your life, in the company
of three of the most versatile performers in the country today.
A memorable evening of delightful music and entertainment awaits you
as we bring you Hajji Alejandro and Rachel Alejandro and Karylle – live in Davao City -in “May Minamahal”, a Valentine concert on February 18, 7 PM, at the Bangko Sentral Convention Center.
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SPMC Department of Dermatology Run to Serve Fun Run
The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) – Department of Dermatology would like to invite everybody to join the Run to Serve Fun Run for the benefit of the Psioriasis Club of the SPMC. The event is on January 16, 2011, 5 am at the SPMC Parking Area. There will be 10k, 5k, and 3k runs with a registrations fee of P200 without a singlet or P250 with a singlet.
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Winners of the 6th Mindanao FilmFest
Davao filmmaker and educator Ronald Gary Bengil Bautista did it again. After taking home most of the trophies during the 5th Mindanao FilmFest, Bautista and his crew at Studio Beta Productions took home 4 trophies at this year’s 6th Mindanao FilmFest. Bautista’s collaboration with his younger brother Leo George Bautista, an action martial arts film entitled Ang Sipyat won Best in Sound.
Meanwhile, Gary Bautista’s Bakak won for him the Best Director Award, the Best Guerilla Film Award, and the Best Film Award. The jury, composed of NCAA’s Teddy Co, columnist and artist Rudolph Alama, and lifestyle columnist and blogger Ria Jose felt that Bakak is a film that is both technically excellent and a good representation of a new direction that Mindanao films will take.
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6th Mindanao Film Fest
3 Documentaries. 11 Short Films. 10 Guerilla Films.
24 films will be available for viewing for the 6th Mindanao Film Fest, from December 3 – 5, 2010 at Cinema 5 at the Gaisano Mall of Davao.
The documentaries joining the film fest are “The Empowered Filipina” by Kamil Roxas, “Rhose, Where Do Your Dreams Go?” by Nawruz Paguidupon, and “This is my water” by Jeff McGary.
For the Short Films Students’ Category, the following are the MFF entries:
- “Thy Will be Done” by Kristian Somera
- “Lumon” by Leo Jeorge Bautista and Mark Nicholas Dapitanon
- “Tulay” by Zenas Harvey Apal
- “Kwerdas” by Jon Jose
- “The Red Balloon“





