Friday 18th May 2012

Silay City

El Ideal Bakery: Serving Good Food Since the 1920s

Silay City in Negros Occidental is famous for mansions and good food. El Ideal Bakery is both. Housed in a National Heritage Site, El Ideal is also famous for its heritage recipes which it has served since the 1920s. El Ideal is more than just a bakery, it’s an institution, a cultural heritage, a story [...]

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Featured

Seafood Restos at Brgy. Balaring, Silay City

Balaring, a small barangay in Silay City, is one of our family’s frequent lunchtime destination. We usually go here after the Sunday morning mass especially when the weather is breezy and the skies are clear. Hectares of sugarcane plantations hide rows of seaside restaurants such as this. (Tama Plaza, the largest among them) They offer [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Cinco de Noviembre: The Day Negros Bluffed Its Way To Freedom

Today, Negrenses celebrate the Al Cinco de Noviembre to commemorate the Negrenses’ uprising against the colonizers on November 5, 1898. The uprising led to the surrender of the Spanish troops in the province and the establishment of the short-lived Cantonal Government of Negros reuniting Negros Occidental and Oriental. Led by Gen. Juan Araneta from Bago [...]

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Festivals & Fiestas

Welcome to Bacolod, City of the World

Last October 1, no less than the Philippine President Gloria Arroyo officially opened the 29th MassKara Festival. It was a historic event since it was the first in the 29 years of MassKara Festival that a Philippine President graced the occasion. This year’s theme is “Bacolod, City of the World” truly reflects the recent wave [...]

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Education, Governance, & Business

7 Negros Occidental Cities Ready to Streamline Business Licensing System

Seven cities in Negros Occidental yesterday forged a Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for the implementation of Streamlining Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) Project. This project is aimed at upgrading their business permits and licensing issuance system, a common backlog in starting a [...]

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