The Cagayan de Oro Bloggers (CDO Bloggers) group is set to play host to the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, which will be held on October 24, 2009. With the theme, “Mindanao: Bag-Uhon Ang Panan-aw,” the MBS 3 aims to uphold the beauty and strength of the island and to expunge the negative notions the world has about it.

(Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines – October 21, 2009) – It’s all systems go for the Cagayan de Oro Bloggers (CDO Bloggers) as they play host to the much-awaited Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, an annual gathering of Mindanao-based bloggers, IT industry experts, community leaders and new media advocates, on October 24, 2009 at Pearlmont Inn, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City. Roughly 300 bloggers are expected to attend this year’s summit.

With the theme, “Mindanao: Bag-Uhon Ang Panan-aw,” (Changing The Way People See Mindanao) the event aims to uphold the beauty and strength of Mindanao, to highlight the diverse cultures and fascinating tourist spots that are uniquely Mindanao and to provide a platform where bloggers and other new media practitioners can discuss concerns related to Mindanao – all with the help of new and emerging technologies.

“Mindanao is the home of everything fascinating or in bloggers’ lingo – bloggable. Through the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, it is the hope of the CDO Bloggers, along with our partners and generous sponsors, that we listen to knowledgeable resource persons, meet other Mindanaoan bloggers, share and maximize all of our skills and resources and adopt tried and tested practices that can help us to fully promote Mindanao and for us to become better bloggers as well,” emphasized Chiq Montes, president of CDO Bloggers.

“Of course, we also want all of the participants to have a good time and experience the sights and sounds of Cagayan de Oro,” Montes added.

Montes said that apart from Mindanaoan bloggers, the summit will also see the participation of some bloggers from Luzon and Visayas.

Expected to grace the summit is United States Embassy’s new Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett, Atty. Adel Tamano, Agusan Lone District Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Tinnex Jaraula.

Considered unprecedented in the Philippine blogosphere, a top ranking United States Embassy dignitary is set to deliver the keynote address. Bassett’s trip to CDO will be her first trip to Mindanao since assuming office in June. She previously served as DCM in Mexico.

“We are deeply honored. We’re certain that the summit participants will be delighted to meet her and we can’t wait for her to see our beautiful city,” Montes said.

Other speakers during the whole-day affair include Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Tinnex Jaraula, Agusan Lone District Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza and Atty. Adel Tamano.

Google’s Philippine representative Aileen Apolo, whose talk will focus on beginners, Digital Filipino’s Janette Toral, who will discuss blog advertising and Lyle Santos, who will talk about making money online will also be present. Representatives of other blogger groups including those in Davao City, General Santos City and Zamboanga will also give updates.

After the summit proper, participants have the choice of joining either the city tour (Xavier University Museum, Cathedral, Divine Mercy Shrine, Opol Aviary, Limketkai Mall) or the whitewater rafting adventure.

Also happening on October 24, right after the MBS 3, is the Philippine Blog Awards – Mindanao awarding ceremonies.

CDO Bloggers, Inc., a group duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is the lead organizer of this year’s Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3. Previous summits took place in Davao City and General Santos City.

The Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 is generously supported by SMART Telecommunications, Nokia, Syntactics, Inc., STI, Rafting Adventure Philippines, MakatiAve.com, Majesty Sales Center, Havaianas Philippines, OLX Philippines Free Classifieds, Clara Shoppe, ASTERISK Events and Communications, RG & K Construction, Paguia’s Cottages, The Pacifica.com Companies, The Site, Spruce, The City Government of Cagayan de Oro, Office of CDO First District Rep. Rolando “Klarex” Uy, SM City Cagayan de Oro, Ultra Craft Advertising Corporation, Magnet Advertising, Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental and the Mindanao Bloggers community. Media partners include Papa Ardie’s Concepz, STI, ABS CBN, MOR 91.9 and HOT FM 106.3.

For more information about the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, log on to http://www.mbscdo.com

About CDO Bloggers

CDOBloggers or Cagayan de Oro Bloggers, Inc. is a duly SEC-registered organization that promotes Cagayan de Oro through blogging. Among the group’s goals are to create impact in society through blogging, to help promote Mindanao to the world as a bustling and peaceful land, to promote Cagayan De Oro City and Kagay-anons around the world with a sense of pride and to use blogging as a media platform.

The CDO Bloggers group is the main organizer of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 (MBS 3). For more information about MBS 3, log on to http://www.mbscdo.com

For more information about CDO Bloggers, visit http://www.cdobloggers.com or send email to cdobloggersinc@gmail.com

About Mindanao Bloggers

Mindanao Bloggers aims to unify the island through this exciting new medium — the way of the blog — thereby promoting deeper understanding of our different cultures and beliefs. Thus, it is hoped that this community blog will help in presenting to the world at large the true beauty of the Philippine South, as well as the marvelous diversity of the peoples of Mindanao. For more information about Mindanao Bloggers, visit http://www.mindanaobloggers.com

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Last August 29-31, 2009 CDO GUIDE went to Cebu to experience the new adventure in life together with the Co-CDOBLGGERS and some friends. This trip was planned two (2) months ago; we went to Cebu with three reasons. 1^st is for the business reason ( try to visit the Online Shopping) and 2^nd is to try and experience the first and tallest Edge Coaster in the Philippines and their Skywalk which is located along Osmena Boulevard Cebu at Crown Regency Hotel and the 3^rd and last is to meet Cebu Bloggers Society (CBS).

We arrived Cebu ahead of our schedule, so instead of getting some taxi to ride on to the city we decided to walk and explore their airport the Cebu Mactan Airport. We just simply ride a jeep going to Mandaue and approaching Mandaue we hire a taxi to our next distinction, the Pacific Pensionne House. After check in, we text ChiQ Montes to meet us at Crown Regency to start our first freaky adventure in life the Edge Coaster which is located at the 38^th floor of the Crown Regency Hotel (521 feet below the ground). Correct me if I’m wrong but I think this hotel is the tallest hotel in the Philippines. The experience of Edge Coaster is so atrocious which you feel you were hanging at the building, the position of the coaster is like 45 degrees angle but your position is 90 degrees angle, but you have an option on what angle you would like because you are the one who control the angle of the coaster.

Edge Coaster Cebu

Edge Coaster 3

After this weird adventure of Edge Coaster we try also the Skywalk which is located at the 37^th floor of the hotel. So from 38^th floor we go down just one floor for the Skywalk adventure. In this adventure, we just walking the path around the Regency Hotel and the experience is just like you are in the moon walking with our nice attire suit and harness for our safety. But before we walk around there is a short briefing for our safety. By the after this two adventure we receive a certificate each of survival.

SkyWalk Adventure 3

SkyWalk Adventure 1

In the next day of craziness in Cebu we try the Kart and it was so fun. For 300 pesos per person plus 25 pesos for the rent of their helmet which is 325 pesos all in all you can now ride kart for 30 minutes which is not enough for fun.:-). And by the way before I forgot, we fail to meet CBS and only ChiQ meet them:-( But we are waiting for you guys in Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3

Crocodile Farm

Crocodile Farm Ding and Bang

Crocodile Farm

Ding and Bang Crocodile Farm

wwwwhhheeeewww..I do know where to begin this post, I did not expect that the place Palawan is so huge and has great blessings of natures. With great forestry and blessed nature abode, Palawan is a great place for it. Palawan (Puerto Princesa)specifically in the southern part has a lot of tourists spots from Crocodile farm, Baker’s Hill, Rancho Sta. Monica, Iwahig Penal Colony, Binuatan Creations. The place is quite historically.Aside on this, Palawan is slowly improving and blooming city.

What you can see at Crocodile farm is off course crocodiles, with the tour guide we went to the park and we can see lots of crocodile from babies to adults. If you were here in this place, don’t forget to hold and make some picture to their baby crocodile. Aside from the featured largest 17feet crocodile with its skin and bones, you can see also the bone of the head of the Sperm Whale.

The Binuatan Creations are known in making the different bags, wallets, souvenirs by the using of the grasses that they, actually they have 12 kinds of grasses that they and this grass are be found in there farm only.

Iwahig Penal Colony is the biggest colony in the Philippines and it was located only in Palawan the inmates was separated into 3 different colors of there shirt, in short it is a color coding. The colors are Blue which is the new arrival inmates and under observations, the color brown is minimum inmates and the color orange is the maximum which means they have a life sentence judgment in their life.

Rancho Sta. Monica is the place called little Tagaytay in Puerto Princesa owned by a prominent politician whom loves fighting cocks. The house of the politician was designed to such (’sabungan’) because the owner of Rancho Sta. Monica loves ’sabungan’. You can see the  hunda bay islands in their spot. It would be best to there at night time for a romantic view. Before they let the tourists get in into their house but since the grandma wants peace and serenity, they don’t allow now the tourists to get inside their house even in the balcony.

Baker’s Hill is known to be famous in their bakery. The owner is not purely born here in Puerto Princesa but a tourist years back. He was in search for a land and had made a great idea of putting up a bakery here in Puerto Princesa.

Here are some pictures that we taken during the City Tour at Palawan.

Our next day destination is Island Hopping..