Friday 18th May 2012

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Philippine Blog Awards Visayas Successfully Held in Museum City of Silay

The 2011 Philippine Blog Awards Visayas could not have been held in a more fitting venue than Silay City. Its vibrant local economy and a local government supportive in the preservation of its rich cultural heritage cannot be matched by any city in Negros Occidental. Silay has the most number of declared Heritage houses in [...]

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The Philippine Blog Awards – Visayas Today!

All roads for Visayas bloggers lead to Silay City today for the 2011 Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) – Visayas. The PBA is a an annual event that aims to give recognition to outstanding blogs in the Visayas. The PBA-Visayas will be be held at 2pm today at the Sen. Jose C. Locsin Cultural and Civic [...]

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ExperienceNegros.com Nominated for Best Travel Blog

ExperienceNegros.com is one of the finalists for Best Travel Blog Category at the 2011 Philippine Blog Awards Visayas. We’d like to thank all our readers and followers for this nomination. If we don’t end up with the award, we’re already a winner because of you. The winners of the 2011 Philippine Blog Awards Visayas will [...]

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Ancestral Houses

Sen. Jose C. Locsin Ancestral House, Silay City

One of the most notable sons of Silay was the late Sen. Jose Corteza Locsin. He was born on August 27, 1891 in Silay to parents from Molo, Iloilo who were one of the pioneers in the sugar industry in Negros Occidental. Locsin obtained his bachelor of arts degree at the Liceo de Manila in [...]

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Ready to Experience the Great Adobo Lunch?

The 14th Adobo Festival on Saturday, November 5, 9am-2pm at the Balay Negrense boasts of the The Great Adobo Lunch which will highlight past winning recipes of the annual food competition and fair. The menu will include last year’s winner Adobo Crevette A L’Anglaise by Robert Harland. The other champion Adobo dishes and heirloom recipes [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Silay, Cinco De Noviembre and the Philippine Independence

Celebrate 113 years of Independence in the very place where it started! When the Spanish civil guards in Silay under Lt. Maximiano Correa signed the Acta de Rendicion or surrender papers on that fateful 5th of November 1898, our revolutionary leaders and the people of Silay who joined the struggle for freedom were not aware [...]

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Caido del Cielo: Heaven Sent for Our Enjoyment

Before they wore the hat of restaurateur, they were already engineers, educators and inventors. Caido del Cielo was not in their immediate plan but as the name suggests, it’s a blessing in disguise sent from heaven for a purpose. The space at Sta. Isabel Bldg. in Yakal St. was initially rented by a friend of [...]

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Coffee Shops

Kaffe Sadtu: No Frills Coffee

Way before fancy coffee drinks were introduced to us, we drank coffee plain or with milk and sugar. We Filipinos drink a lot of coffee since we’re the only Asians who drink more coffee than tea. Just like tea, coffee drinking is a social thing that’s why local kapehan flourished where you get to drink [...]

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MassKara Queen 2011 Winners

Bacolod City will wake up with a new MassKara Queen. Alexis Danica “Nikki” Drilon was crowned MassKara Queen 2011 at the pageant night held at the University of Saint La Salle (USLS) Coliseum Monday night (Oct. 17). Drilon, a Biology senior at USLS, was also a crowd favorite and corporate sponsors’ choice. Here is the [...]

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MassKara 2011 Streetdance Competition Winners

Here are the official MassKara 2011 Streetdance Competition Winners for Barangay Category: Barangay Banago was declared champion in the 32nd MassKara Festival street and arena dance competition Sunday night (Oct. 16), besting 14 other groups that competed in the barangay category. Choreographed by William Bangcaya, Banago also won the special awards for Best in Concept [...]

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Merci Lights Up Lacson Strip for Electric Masskara 2011

Electric Masskara 2011 will again light up the Lacson Tourism Strip on October 14 and 15. Now on its 5th year, Electric Masskara will feature mask-wearing dancers on lit-up floats. The Performing Float Competition will include participants from different barangays on the first day while the second day will showcase electric floats from the corporate [...]

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