BAKBAKAN NATIONAL 10-STAG DERBY RAGES ON

                   BAKBAKAN NATIONAL 10-STAG DERBY RAGES ON
           
With a whopping guaranteed cash prize of  P35,000,000.00 at stake, high level pit competition rages on in the ongoing Bakbakan National 10-Stag Derby with the number of entries continuously building up that could probably eclipse the 2,700 bets that took part last year

Set on October 29 are regional eliminations in Cagayan de Oro at the Octagon Coliseum among the Northern Mindanao Gamefowl Breeders Association; at  the Laoag City Sports Center, Laoag Coliseum, Laoga City featuring the United Ilocandia Gamefowl Breeders Association; in Lipa Games among the Barangas Breeders Club members and also the national elims in Pasay Cockpit

Stag fighting at its best shifts to Bicol as the members of the Bicol Gamefowl Breeders Association (BIGBA)  collide to settle who will advance to the semis and eventually represent the “oragons” in their bid for their first ever Bakbakan title. On the same day are the eliminations of the Zamboanga Gamefowl Breeders Association at the Zamboanga Square Garden in Zamboanga City; The Socsksargen Gamefowl Breeders lock horns at the Apopong Gallera, Gensan City; the Laguna Gamefowl Breeders Ass’n at the  Fantastic Coliseum laminos, Laguna at the Dagupan City Sports Center among the Gamefowl Breeders Association of Pangasinan.

Hosted by the National  Federation of Gamefowl Breeders (NFGB), the 2010 Bakbakan 10-Stag National Derby is composed of 101 derby days quality stag competition presented by NFGB  & Bmeg Derby Ace together with Sagupaan  and Supremo Gamefowl Feeds.

For further information contact your associations’ president or the NFGB
Secretariat – 0920 9823237 ; (02) 709-1851

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MANILA TIMES (SUNDAY) EDITORIAL - AUG. 23

Sunday, August 23, 2009

EDITORIAL

Sabong goes to Congress

We wonder why it has taken this long for the Alyansa ng Sabungero to seek party-list status and congressional representation. The cockpit workers belong to one of the oldest occupations in the country but conditions of life and work have hardly improved.

Critics are wrong to say that the major heirs of sectoral representation are the wealthy cockers and cockpit owners. For every gambler, there are scores of kristo, sentenciador, casador, mananari, largador, matchmakers, takilyador and backyard breeders who depend for a living on betting money and on the tahor they work for winning and making a bundle.

Cockfight toilers claim a national constituency because a cockpit inhabits almost every city and major municipality. It is not known what cause—apart from improving their lot—the sabong workers will espouse in Congress. They might ask for a bigger share of the winnings and the losing cocks.

We heard the party would have for its motto, “Karangalan at Kaunlaran,” because cockfighting has a strong code of honor. Every player honors his bet; nobody cheats. The Alyansa said it hopes to infect the congressmen with its tradition of honesty.

A strong caucus is expected to lobby for the group—sportsmen like Chavit Singson, Peping Cojuangco, Ronnie Puno, Manny Pacquiao and Jun Santiago, among others. Many congressmen breed gamecocks and gamble a lot. National Artist Anding Roces, who has chronicled life in the cockpit, could be expected to write the group’s manifesto.

The entry of alyansa is one of the good news in the party-list scene. We heard the community of artists—writers, painters, composers and others—has applied for membership. They claim Malacañang has marginalized them. They claim under-representation in the boards of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts as well as the Appeals Committee in the Palace.

The Comelec commissioners, some senators, opinion writers and other kibitzers find the Alyansa move amusing and the fact that more than 250 groups have applied for accreditation. They should re-read the Party-List Act which says that the state shall promote representation for marginalized and underrepresented Pinoys who could contribute to the drafting and passage of laws that will benefit the nation.

What is good for the cockpit workers could be good for the country. And that goes for the other threatened sectors—like the jueteng collectors, mistresses, smokers, gays, prisoners, call-center workers and housemaids—who are integral to society and who deserve a voice in the important task of lawmaking.

THUNDERBIRD POWERS DERBIES AT PATEROS &ROLIGON

Three consecutive exciting cocking events around Metro Manila gets powered by Thunderbird Bexan XP – the potent blood conditioner and Vetracin Gold Caps – doble galing magpagaling.

Set at Roligon Mega Cockpit on Tuesday, July 14 is the Thunderbird Strongard - backed Hatawan sa Tag-ulan 5-Cock Derby wherein a P500,000 guaranteed cash prize is at stake for an entry fee of P10,000, with a minum bet requirement of P4,400. Also up for grabs is a bonus prize of P50,000 for the fastest winner base on the last two fights. The event is hosted by cockpit owner Rolly Ligon. For more details, those interested to join may contact 851-2275, 853-1638, 852-9812; Globe #0917-7654466; Smart #0929-6904492 / 0928-4965005.

The New Pateros Coliseum comes alive on Tuesday, July 21 with the staging of the P200,000 Special 3-Cock Daytime Derby, with an entry fee requirement of P5,500 and minimum bet of P5,500. The event is hosted by Kap. Ambo Alba – Bionic and Vice Mayor Jojo Sanchez, sponsored by Vetracin Gold Caps.

"SABUNGERO" - the movie

Scenes from the movie, "Sabungero" - coming soon

"PRINSIPE NG SABONG"

MY FRIENDS, A MOVIE WITH A COCKFIGHTING THEME "PRINSIPE NG SABONG" WILL BE SHOWN AT WORLD-FEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS. PLEASE HAVE TIME TO WATCH OR CONTACT FRIENDS AND RELATIVES LIVING IN AND AROUND HOUSTON TO WATCH THIS MOVIE. THANK YOU

Hi Lando,

Thanks again, I really appreciate your offer to help us promote our movie “Prince of Cockfighting”. We have the same goal… to promote to the world our beloved sports of cockfighting. This is the reason that on our very first movie venture the theme is about cockfighting in general.

Because my wife --- Armie Fernandez-Monton knows that I love cockfighting so much, she personally wrote the story of the movie for me. The name of our production company is “When Armie met Monty Productions, Inc” and it was only established last December 2008.

The website of the movie is currently under construction; it is expected to be finished next week. I will forward to you the link once completed. For the mean time here synopsis of the movie:

SYNOPSIS:

It’s a story about the search for Prinsipe Sabong.
The best gamecock that beat Joey’s 12-time Champion cock.

He went back home to look for it.
But Joey found Love instead.

Love of his father.
Love of his brother.
Love of his adoptive siblings…

But the forbidden love of a woman
prompted him to leave his home once again.

So when he finally found Prinsipe Sabong,
The search ended. But not the quest.

For your info… "Prince of Cockfighting" was chosen as one of the finalist among thousands of film entries in this year World-Fest International Film Festival in Houston, Texas and we were invited to attend the Awards Night on the 3^rd week of April.

“Prince of Cockfighting” is scheduled to be shown for the 1st time in its world premier at the World-Fest week-long program on April 22 at 9pm in Houston. We will send our director Yeng Grande to Houston to represent the movie in the Awards Night.

Your column will be a big help to promote and invite our fellow Filipinos in the Houston area to come and watch the Prince of Cockfighting world premier.

Only 3 movies from Asia made it to the finals of the film fest.

1. Prince of Cockfighting - Director: Yeng Grande - Philippines

2. Air - Director: Ryotaro Muramatsu - JAPAN

3. Lahore - Director: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan - INDIA

By the way, if you have friends living in the Texas area please invite them to watch it.

It will be shown on April 22 at 9pm at the 42^nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival,

Address: The AMC Studio 30 at Dunvale – 2 miles west of The Galleria.

For ticket reservations and address of the Festival, here is the link:

http://www.worldfest.org/indexb.html

We are number 44 in alphabetical order in the Featured Film Finalist.

Regards,

Edwin