The MassKara Festival highlights is now permanently set every fourth Sunday of October. This is following the approval of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Bacolod City last May 24 of an ordinance setting the MassKara Festival highlights. The ordinance amended City Ordinance No. 686, Series of 2014 entitled “An Ordinance Amending City Ordinance No. 33 Dated October […]
Archives for May 2017
Rafflesia Rediscovered in Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park
The Mount Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) has so many hidden natural gems that it is slowly revealing to us. A group composed of staff from MKNP and DENR discovered the very rare parasitic plant Rafflesia yesterday inside the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park. This particular species is the Rafflesia speciosa, the same species found in Antique and is endemic to […]
Bacolod Named Philippines’ Top Model City
Bacolod was named by Manila Times as the Top Philippine Model City among the 145 cities in the country making it the most livable urban center in the country. The Manila Times, one of the most respected broadsheets and the country’s oldest newspaper at 119 years old, has chosen Bacolod as the No. 1 Model […]
