Tuesday 7th February 2012

Capitol Shopping Center

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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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

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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