Global fashion-athletic footwear brand Skechers opened its first store in Bacolod, Negros Occidental located at the ground floor, north wing of SM City Bacolod last October 15, 2015, Skechers officially opened its doors to the Bacolod community just in time for the city’s grand festival, the MassKara Festival. The new store offers Skechers’ latest footwear […]
Maral Jiu Jitsu Kids Club
Summer 2013 was the summer we had many wonderful discoveries around us. I came across an advertisement of a music studio was opening just about 5 minutes from our home. On my next free day, I brought the kids with me to check out the place. It was such an opportune time because I was […]
Be a Biodiversity Champion, Adopt a Threatened Animal at NFEFI
There are still a lot of Negrenses who are not aware that there is a breeding facility for threatened endemic animals in Bacolod City. The Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation (NFEFI) established the Biodiversity Conservation Center (BCC) to be a haven for rescued endemic animals and also serve as breeding center. NFEFI is committed to […]
2015 DOST Scholarship Qualifiers
Qualifiers to the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Scholarship Program reached an all-time high as 5,303 high school students clinch a slot in the country’s premier science scholarship program. The 2015 DOST scholarship qualifiers breached the 3,982 mark of last year’s passers, up by 33 percent, a record for the […]
Negros Farmers Weekend Market: A Good Weekend Habit for the Family
Saturday is a special day for the regulars at the Negros Farmers Weekend Market. It is an exciting gathering of sellers of fresh produce, processed food, homemade delicacies, Filipino and international cuisines, plants, handicrafts among so many wonderful items. The weekend market opened more than a year ago at Magsaysay Street across DC Cruz and […]
Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival
Negros Island is the Organic Capital of the Philippines. There’s no doubt about this if you consider the breakthroughs that the organic movement has made since it started History The provincial governments of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, agreed to make Negros Island as the “Organic Food Bowl of Asia” in 2005. The late Negros […]