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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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