Sunday 5th February 2012

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Bacollywood: Cinema Rehiyon 2012 to Showcase the Best of the Regions

February is the Arts Month and this year, Bacolod City will host Bacollywood: Cinema Rehiyon 2012, , a National Independent Film and Video Art Festival, a project of the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on February 8-11, 2012. Bacollywood has featured films in Negros and other provinces in the Visayas since its [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Pureza: Dissecting the Negros Sugar Industry

Pureza: The Story of Negros Sugar is a full-length documentary film dissecting the sugar industry and how it has affected the lives of almost 3 million people in Negros island. Sugar is the oil that runs the economy of Negros. Negros Occidental alone produces more than half of the total sugar production of the Philippines. [...]

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Real Estate

Reviving Capitol Shopping Center as Bacolod Chinatown Center

The Bacolod Capitol Shopping Center is known as the Chinatown of Bacolod City because of the numerous Chinese business establishments in the area. Perhaps, only a few Bacolodnons, especially the younger generations, knew that it is a tragedy which gave birth to Shopping. In 1955, a big fire gutted the area bounded by Araneta, Gonzaga, [...]

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Featured

Bacolaodiat 2012 Schedule of Activities

The Bacolaodiat Festival 2012 will be celebrated on January 20-23 and this year will be the 7th BacoLaodiat Festival which will usher in the Year of the Dragon with the theme “A Majestic Spirit in a Challenging Year.” Bacolaodiat which was coined from Bacolod and Lao Diat (Fookien word for celebration), is Bacolod City’s celebration [...]

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News & Events

Remembering 2011 and Looking Forward to 2012

I know this may already be a little late for a review of 2011 but I hope you’ll understand. I just got married so a little procrastination may be excused. There were a lot of goings-on in 2011 for Negros Occidental and for my personal life as well. It’s been an exciting year and here [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Virgen Sang Barangay Chapel

I believe the Virgen sang Barangay Chapel is one of the most beautiful churches in Negros Ocidental. In fact, I find it so beautiful I got married there. Located inside Sta. Clara Subdivision, considered as the Forbes Park of Bacolod City, the chapel is quiet, intimate and with no unwanted observers. If you’re planning to [...]

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News & Events

Let’s Bring Back Christ to Christmas

Every Christmas, I hear people complaining there’s not enough money for giving gifts and to buy food for Noche Buena. I wonder, isn’t Christmas about the birth of Jesus Christ? He is the gift of the Father to us and He did not ask for anything in return. The best gifts I think are those [...]

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Featured

Fresh Start Organics: Your Partner to a Healthier Lifestyle

Fresh Start Organics in Silay City is more than just a business. It’s a social enterprise helping hundreds of farmers in Negros Occidental with impacts on consumers’ health, fair trade and environmental conservation. The organic movement in Negros Occidental started in the 1980s with players from the NGO sector. It gained a stronger support from [...]

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News & Events

I Just Got Hitched!

It’s the first night after my wedding night and I can’t sleep. Not for the reason you were probably thinking. It’s just now that I can look back on the days leading to my wedding day and ponder on the things that have happened and those I wished happened. This is going to be a [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Silay City Christmas Village 2011

When I agreed to be one of the judges in Silay City’s Christmas Village Arko Competition, little did I know that I will be the only non-artist in the group. It was an honor to be in such an esteemed group of judges. Good thing they have no air and made jokes so I was [...]

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Featured

6th Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival Program of Activities

The 6th Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival will run on December 16-20, 2011 with various activities. There will be trade fairs, lectures, cooking demo, farm ours, fashion show, art workshop and more. The venue will be at the Provincial Capitol grounds, Organic Market, Provincial Capitol Social Hall and NOMPAC Gym. Date Activity Dec. 16, 2011 [...]

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