Virgie’s Homemade Products

Humble Beginnings … “What I am now and how people, especially my customers viewed Virgie’s Homemade Products is a product of the interdependency of all elements in life, but most of all, God’s Divine Providence subsumed them all”, Mrs. Virginia O. Chua, the owner quips. It all started from a mere hobby 34 years ago. [...]

5th Regional Marketing Conference Slated

The Philippine Marketing Association-Bacolod Chapter and the University of St. La Salle Graduate School will be holding the 5th Regional Marketing Conference with the theme 20/20 Vision of 2010 on October 8-9, 2008 at the Santuario de La Salle, USLS Campus, Bacolod City. The theme is premised on the 2010 reduction of tariffs to sugar [...]

There’s No Stopping 2008 MassKara Festival Fever

Everything is set for the staging of the 29th MassKara Festival which is also the 70th Charter Day of Bacolod City. With the theme “Bacolod City, Around the World”, the 29th Masskara Festival will be declared officially open by no less than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 1, 2008 at the New Government Center. [...]

San Carlos City – An Enchanting Experience

I’ve been to San Carlos City, Negros Occidental several times already but last week’s trip was the first time that I get to visit Brgy. Codcod, the Vegetable Basket of Negros. It was on official trip so we asked assistance from the City Government and we were not disappointed. The people of San Carlos City, [...]

23rd Negros Trade Fair at Rockwell

The Association of Negros Producers (ANP) will hold its 23rd Negros Trade Fair from September 30 – October 5, 2008 at The Tent of Rockwell Center, Makati, with the theme “With The Times”. The 2008 Negros Trade Fair will once again feature the best and latest products of ANP producers of furniture, gifts and houseware, [...]

The Ruins, Talisay City: A Gem from the Rubble

The Ruins showcases what is left of the Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson Ancestral Home in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. During its heyday, the mansion was the largest residential structure ever built. It boasted of its garden of lilies in and around the four-tiered fountain on the mansion’s front lawn and the finest furniture, chinaware and [...]

Lifestyle Baking Training to be Conducted

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Association of Negros Occidental Food Processors (ANOFP), Inc. will be holding a Lifestyle Baking Training in Bacolod City. The 2-day training will provide an intensive course for beginners, homebakers, food enthusiasts, coffeeshop owners, etc. who would like to learn about the techniques and theories in baking. [...]

Negros Occidental Products Under OTOP Philippines

Behind the name of every town and city of the Philippines, there’s a distinct product attached to it. Whenever you visit a place in the Philippines, chances are you’re going to bring home a product unique to that place. This is what the One Town, One Product (OTOP) is all about, to bring to the [...]

Palmetto Project Launched

St. Rafael Development Corporation (SRDC) officially launched the Palmetto project during the MulAPO sa Puso concert and celebration of their anniversary last September 5, 2008 at the USLS Coliseum. The groundbreaking for Palmetto was conducted last September 4, 2008. Palmetto is the newest project of SRDC in Bacolod City which will feature condominium units in [...]

The Story Behind the Mask

The MassKara Festival has become an icon for Bacolod as the City of Smiles. It has become the symbol of how Negrenses triumphed over difficult times. The MassKara Festival was conceived in a time when the Province of Negros Occidental was reeling from the effects of the sugar crisis. Having depended largely on the sugar [...]