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Friday 18th May 2012

Healing Through Healthy Food with Kusinero Negrense Series 3

by Glady on May 16, 2012

Ever since I featured the “Healing Through Healthy Food” lecture series of Kusinero Negrense Ronnie Guance, I received several inquiries for the next schedule. Fortunately, you don’t have to wait long. This Friday, May 18, 2012 at 8am to 11am the Session 3 of Ronnie’s talk and cooking demo will be held at Aboy’s Restaurant. [...]

News & Events

Pacquiao beats China to end Standoff

Who would have thought it will take Manny Pacquiao to beat China to end the Philippines and China’s month long standoff at Scarborough Shoal? Well, at least in this anime video produced by a Taiwanese news site New Media Animation TV. The site called China’s claim of the whole South China Sea as “ridiculous” and [...]

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Healing Through Healthy Food with the Kusinero Negrense

Meet Ronnie Guance, he doesn’t want to be called Chef but rather wants to be referred to as Kusinero Negrense. I’ve known Ronnie since I started working here in Bacolod eight years ago as one of our clients. When he learned that our agency is assisting a group in developing a product from sugarcane juice [...]

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Rinjin Japanese Restaurant

Rinjin Japanese Restaurant opened only a few months ago at Eroreco Subdivision but it has already gained a lot of attention through word of mouth. Rinjin means neighbor in Japanese and the fact that it’s located in a residential subdivision that makes it your neighbor if you live in the area. The restaurant was on [...]

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Real Estate

Capitol and Ayala Finally Signs Deal

After much controversy and court battles, the contract for the sale and lease of the 7.7-hectare prime property of the Negros Occidental provincial government in Bacolod City was signed by AyalaLand and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental last April 27, 2012. The signed contract will be ratified by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in a special [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Eata: Indigenous People of Negros Occidental

Gary Consing, the Chieftain of an Eata tribe in Cadiz Cit, addressed the small crowd that gathered at the Negros Museum last February 29 during the launching of the exhibit of the Saulog! Celebrating an Ancient Culture & Way of Life in the Visayas. Albeit quite shyly, Manong Gary thanked the organizers for giving them the [...]

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Bacolod MassKara is Showtime Inter-Town Grand Champion

Bacolod MassKara was adjudged as the Showtime Inter-Town Grand Champion. Despite a slight technical problem at the start of their performance, the Bacolod MassKara dancers went on with their world-class performance garnering a perfect 10 score from all the judges. The group went home with the P2M prize and another P1M for the City of [...]

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Join the Google Map Maker Summit in Bacolod and Help Map the Sweet Spot of the Philippines

Google will sponsor Google Map Maker Summits in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The summit is envisioned to kick off Mapping Activities to help Philippine tourism and disaster preparedness all over the country with the use of Google Map Maker. Google Map Maker allows you to add and update geographic information for millions of users to [...]

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Nature, Travel & Tourism

Bacolod-Boracay Flights Through Sky Pasada

Summer is here and the beach beckons. Southern Negros Occidental has some of the beach beaches in the country but Boracay is still the Philippine’s top beach destination. Traveling from Bacolod to Boracay used to be a grueling 6 to 8 hours boat and bus ride but fortunately, Sky Pasada will connect Boracay and Negros [...]

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Scholarships

2012 DOST Scholarship Exam Results

The result of 2012 DOST Scholarship examinations held last November 20, 2011 were released by DOST-SEI, with a total of 3,400 high school students passing th exam. The scholarship offered two (2) programs: RA 7687 and DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program. There are 3,000 national qualifiers for RA 7687 and 400 for the DOST-SEI Merit Program. [...]

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Panaad 2012 Schedule

Experience the best of Negros Occidental in Panaad sa Negros Festival 2012. It is always the best time for Negrenses to reconnect with their roots and rediscover their culture and heritage. For visitors, it is the best place to savor Negors Occidental’s native delicacies, buy fresh produce, and native products which are showcased in each [...]

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