This PBA 2010 Best Travel and Destination Blog for Mindanao is GenSan News Online Mag by Avel Manansala of General Santos City. Avel has been blogging since 2007. Since then, he has won awards, organized blogging workshops and summits, and founded the Soccsksargen Bloggers.
His blog, GenSan News Online Mag covers a wide range of topic from events to politics, from personalities to food, all about General Santos City and the Soccsksargen region. Soccsksargen stands for South Cotabato, Cotabato City, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City. All of these cities and provinces are part of Region 12.
A respected and well-loved member of the Gen San community, Avel needs to call on the Soccsksargen Bloggers, sponsors, and their community leaders just once and he will receive overwhelming support for his blogging endeavors. And why not? His efforts are not for himself or his group alone, but for the benefit of his community and his beloved hometown, General Santos City.
Truly, General Santos City is lucky to have Avel in the forefront, generating interest for, sharing news and information about, and leading the promotion of General Santos City. He is prolific as a blogger and as a hard-working Heneral.
Other Mindanaoans have promoted travel and their hometowns well through their blogs but Avel stands out in this pack of well-deserving category finalists:
- Andrew’s Travels by Andrew dela Serna (Davao)
- Bukidnon Online by Irene A. (Bukidnon)
- DavaoBase by Chito and Leah de Castro (Davao)
- eskapo by Dominic Hormigos (Basilan)
- Hola Zamboanga by Seed Interactive Multimedia Production (Zamboanga)
- Outdoor Adventures Travel Guide Directory Philippines by Richard Badlisan (Cagayan de Oro)
- Promding Chamimay by Charmie Tamba (Zamboanga)
- Vacation Leave
Congratulations to Avel Manansala and GenSan News Online Mag! 🙂
Image courtesy of Leah Valle.
Hi Ate Ree!
Thanks so much for this feature.
Three years ago, I was just a newbie blogger listening to your animated talk on Blogging 101 at the Notre Dame of Marbel University. You were so effective as a speaker that I was convinced to continue with my advocacy of blogging about the positive developments of GenSan which i started 3 months before that fateful day.
Now, with this feature, I must have come full circle because I have become the subject of the blog of one of Mindanao blogosphere’s most prolific and more famous personalities and someone who have been instrumental in making me the kind of blogger that I am.
What more can a humbled and honored individual say? Nothing much except the my plea for you to accept my heartfelt thanks and the promise not to falter in our dreams to project the truly good, the truly beautiful and the truly dynamic Mindanao of ours.
Mabuhay ang Mindanao bloggers Ate Ree! Mabuhay ka!
Hi Avel! Naluha naman ako sa comment mo. You deserve the award. 🙂 Thank you for the kind words!
A well-written salute to one of the best bloggers of Mindanao. Congratulations, Avel.
Messagecongrats po iba talaga kapag pinoy kaya nga kahit nasa ibang bansa ako eh proud ako na pinoy ako kahit na mababa ang tingin ng ibang lahi saten…good job guys…. 🙂