Mambukal Resort Slide for Life Video

Have you tried the Mabukal Resort Slide for Life? Not yet? Well, you are missing a lot. Watch this video if you are not yet convinced to try the Slide for Life. Yes, I’m one of the two shrieking women in the video. Once you get the hang of it, you will actually be looking [...]

25th Negros Trade Fair at Rockwell, Makati

Celebrate 25 years of Negrense ingenuity & resilience at the Negros Trade Fair: Silver Tiangge 25 Years which will be held at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City on September 8-12, 2010. Different products from Negros will be featured, Negrense chefs will showcase local cuisines and there will also be a get-together of sugar industry stakeholders. [...]

Mila’s Royal Bibingka

Most people would always associate the town of Hinigaran with talaba (oyster). However, for those with a sweet tooth, it’s Mila’s Royal Bibingka which they look forward to. Mila’s Restaurant is one of those establishments in Hinigaran that you may consider a household name. It’s located along the highway, near the plaza, so it’s easy [...]

Meet Your New Tour Guides

August 17, 2010 – Our graduation was the culmination of our journey as aspiring tour guides.  Yet another journey begins, that of us taking a bigger responsibility of promoting Negros Occidental as a tourist destination. Taking part in the 2nd NITI Tour Guiding Course has been a most rewarding one. Not only did I meet [...]

We’re at Negros Daily Bulletin Too!

The Negros Daily Bulletin has featured our posts in their weekend edition for several weekends already under the Blog It column.  Fellow Negros bloggers Eric of Byahilo and Ruby Ricafrente of PinayMommyOnline were also previously featured in the same column. It’s a good thing that our mainstream media are beginning to recognize blogs as important [...]

Negrense Inventors Triumphed at the 2010 Visayas Islands Invention Contests and Exhibits

Negrense inventors won in various categories at the 2010 Visayas Islands Invention Contests and Exhibits of the Department of Science and Technology held at Amigo Plaza Mall in Iloilo City last August 12-14, 2010. With the theme “Filipino Inventions and Innovations: The Way Forward”, the event showcased inventions from all over Visayas. Mr. Ramon Uy [...]

NFEFI Biodiversity Conservation Center: A Haven for Endangered Negros Wildlife

The Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation, Inc. (NFEFI) has been fighting to reforest hundreds of hectares of denuded forest areas since 1984. Intensive agriculture and logging has reduced the forest cover of Negros to only 4% by 1992 from almost 95% forest cover 150 years ago. Deforestation does not only strip the forest of endemic [...]

Spotting the Rarest Deer in the World

The Visayan spotted deer (Cervus alfredi) is considered as the most endangered deer in the world. They used to be widely distributed in the six islands in the Visayas but are now considered extinct in four of these islands and are now believed to exist in the islands of Negros and Panay. It is listed [...]

Saving the Visayan Warty Pig

The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) or  baboy talunon, as we locally call it, is considered the most critically endangered species of wild pigs in the world. The Visayan warty pigs are endemic to the six islands in the Visayas but are already extinct in four islands. They can only be found now in their [...]

Nine Lives Are Not Enough to Save the Visayan Leopard Cat

The first time you see a Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori) kitten, the first thought that might cross to mind is Puss in Boots in the movie Shrek. They look so adorable and vulnerable that you would want to take them home as pets. They are vulnerable, yes, but they are not suitable as [...]

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