Cotabato City’s official entry to the float design competition of the 2009 Aliwan Festival placed second in the tight race for the country’s most colorful display of craftsmanship and culture.
Called the LEMBA, the float consisted of an array of Magindanawn decorations most of which were hand woven from native materials.
THE Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) is currently on extensive preparations for the 'repackaging' of Hagimit falls.
Administrator Cleto Gales, Jr., in an interview last week, said they expect the influx of tourist once the 'retouching' of the falls is completed.
Talikud Island lies in southwest coast of Samal Island has excellent scuba diving sites and a handful of quiet but rudimentary beach resorts. Talikud Island has a wide variety of soft and hard coral gardens that is home to numerous exotic small tropical fishes. Not only small tropical fish,
Luck can sometimes be on my side. The day before our flight from Zamboanga to Bongao Island, the sky was dark and overcast. This spelt misfortune for my sun-dependent camera. Yet on this day, in the one hour plane ride, the sun opened its splendor, allowing full saturation of the sights that are the islands of Tawi-Tawi.
Islets just across Bongao Island, the capital of Tawi-Tawi province, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, the Philippines
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Cagayan de Oro City or (Dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro in Cebuano term), lies along the coastline of northern Mindanao Region; located in the heart of Misamis Oriental Province and serves also the capital city of the province. The city is the Regional Center of Northern Mindanao (Region-10) and it is most populated and highly urbanized city in the region with estimated population of 553,996 inhabitants. Cagayan de Oro City is also known as City of Golden Friendship. 
Davao City (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Dabaw; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dabaw) is one of the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area which has 2,444 square kilometers and also tag as one of most progressive city of the country. The City of Davao has International Airport and seaport are the busiest ports of Mindanao.
Mindanao has six (6) political divisions; Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX), Northern Mindanao (Region X), Davao Region (Region XI), SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII), CARAGA (Region XIII) and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).