Sunday 5th February 2012

January 2009

SM Bacolod Hotel Soon To Rise

Despite the global economic downturn, SM Investment Corp. is said to be constructing the SM Bacolod Hotel near SM City Bacolod. The rumor has been going on in online forums and a source from SM City Bacolod disclosed that the construction may commence this year. Truth be told, SM Bacolod Hotel may soon become not [...]

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Education, Governance, & Business

Flyover Soon to Rise in Bacolod City

Two flyovers will soon rise in Bacolod City in order to help ease the heavy traffic experienced during peak hours. The two flyovers proposed are to be located at the Lacson – B.S. Aquino junction and Lacson – Burgos junction. Lacson Street is a main thoroughfare in Bacolod City where north bound vehicles pass by [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Do you know where Fr. Ferrero Street is?

The City Council recently approved the ordinance naming the street marked Road Lot 4 and Road Lot 9 in the Reclamation Area as Father Mauricio Ferrero, OAR Street. The street was inaugurated last January 19, in the eve of the Feast of San Sebastian The street is bounded on the north by the property of [...]

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Featured

Bacolaodiat 2009 Opening

Kung Hei Fat Choi! The Bacolaodiat 2009, Bacolod City‘s own celebration of the Chinese New Year has officially opened with grandiose activities that showcase the best in Filipino and Chinese cultures. The Lopues San Sebastian booth was the center of attention since it was all covered with Chinese lanterns. A cultural show was held at [...]

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Education, Governance, & Business

Bacolod City in Rated K

Different places in the provinces were featured in Rated K last Sunday for being The Best or Number One in different areas. Bacolod City was featured because the city was named the Best Place to Live in the Philippines by MoneySense Magazine last year. According to Heinz Bulos, Editor-in-Chief of Moneysense, Bacolod has the best [...]

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Featured

MV Doulos to Revisit Bacolod City

All book lovers in Bacolod City will surely rejoice on the return of MV Doulos on Feb. 12 to March 3, 2009. I was one of the thousands of people who went on board MV Doulos several times when it first visited Bacolod City in December 2006. We got drenched by the rain several times [...]

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Education, Governance, & Business

And So There Was Light

Several areas in Bacolod City including the downtown area experienced black-out last Friday night. Except for business establishments with generators, the rest of downtown area had no electricity. The “power struggle” between the city government and the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) had shown its ugly face and the consuming public are caught right in [...]

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Featured

All Set for 2009 Bacolaodiat

You don’t have to be a Chinese to enjoy the festivities of the Chinese New Year. Experience once again the merging of two cultures as the City of Bacolod and the Filipino-Chinese Communities bring you the 2009 Bacolaodiat Festival, the 4th time for the city to hold the festival. Bacolaodiat was coined from Bacolod and [...]

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Education, Governance, & Business

San Carlos Bioethanol To Operate This January

The country’s first locally-produced fuel grade ethanol from the P2.5-billion ethanol refinery plant of San Carlos BioEnergy Inc. (SCBI) is expected to push through by mid-January in time for the January 2009 mandate of a 5% ethanol-blend in gasoline as provided by the Biofuels Law. The integrated bioethanol distillery and power co-generation plant located in [...]

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