Sunday 5th February 2012

February 2009

Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) Language

Filipinos from other regions have a general impression of the Ilonggos as “malambing”, meaning sweet or affectionate. It can be attributed to our language. We speak with a sing-song intonation that could sound very sweet to the ears of a non-Hiligaynon speaker. I am sometimes torn whether to refer to our language as Hiligaynon or [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Queen of Peace Church (Hua Ming)

The Queen of Peace Church in Bacolod City is located inside the St. John Institute (SJI) campus better known as Hua Ming in a 5,000-sq. m. lot donated by Alfredo Montelibano Sr. The SJI and the Queen of Peace Church are still referred to as Hua Ming by the locals which came from Hua meaning [...]

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Featured

Sharyn’s Cansi House

Cansi is the Ilonggo’s version of bulalo or boiled bone-in beef shank which come with the customary cardiac delight bone marrow. In Bacolod City cansi is synonymous to Sharyn’s Cansi House. Sharyn’s cansi is considered as the best-tasting in Bacolod City. When I transferred here in Bacolod five years ago, it was the food destinations [...]

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Featured

Sweet City Captel

I recently discovered a new budget accommodation in Negros Occidental. The Sweet City Captel was inaugurated last February 2, 2009 by Gov. Isidro P. Zayco. The hostel located at the North Capitol Road corner Gatuslao Street in Bacolod City is now being managed by the Capitol Government Employees Multi Purpose Cooperative (CAPGEM). The newly renovated [...]

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Education, Governance, & Business

New Proposed Sites for Bacolod Flyover

Due to oppositions from business estalishments along Lacson St., the proposed sites for the Bacolod flyover were changed from Lacson – B.S. Aquino and Lacson – Burgos junctions to Lacson-Circumferential (Bangga Pepsi) and Araneta-Magsaysay. It was reported that the project consultant Woodfields Consultants Incorporated was on the stage of designing the flyover together with Geoscience [...]

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Featured

MV Doulos Schedule in Bacolod City

MV Doulos will be docking at BREDCO Port 3 in Bacolod City on February 12 and will be open to the public on February 13 until March 2. On March 3 they will again sail to their next destination. MV Doulos returns to Bacolod City and to other key cities in the Philippines to bring [...]

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