It is not surprising to have this year’s MICE Convention choose Merzci Food Products as one of the destinations for the day tour presented to its delegates. The MICE-Con was held in Bacolod City on November 27 to 29, 2018 and the city became the showcase of Negrense Culture. The national convention attracted executives from […]
Author: Betsy Gazo
The older I become, and the longer I live in Negros, the more I love this island. Especially, my side of the island. Negros Island is probably the only island in the Philippines where its two provinces do not belong to one region. Negros Occidental belongs to Region VI, while Negros Oriental belongs to Region VII. […]
I should learn how to take good photographs. The pictures that I took of La Purissima Concepcion do not do justice to the structural beauty of this decades-old two-storey wooden building. La Purissima Concepcion Building (LPCB) is probably the oldest commercial building in Bacolod City. Built in 1936 and named after the owner Dona Concepcion […]
Now is the time to inject some culture into our day-to-day living. The Performance Laboratory or PerfLab is coming up with a staged reading of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. To be performed on November 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and December 1, 2018, The Cherry Orchard has been translated into Tagalog by prolific and […]
Congratulations are in order for the winners of the Street and Arena Dance Competition – School Category! Education Training Center School II (ETCS) and Mandalagan National High School were declared champions during the Street and Arena Dance Competition Elementary and High School Categories, respectively, Saturday, October 27, 2018. For the elementary category, Montevista Elementary School, […]
The LIHOK Visayas was held this year from August 4-12 in Bacolod City with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts partnering with the Negros Museum. The LIHOK Visayas is “a 4-day Festival and Conference that features Visayan artists and craftsmen in a showcase of interdisciplinary and collaborative performances and exhibits bringing out traditional […]
PRESS RELEASE RAH sets Guinness World Record as greatest number of people assembling hunger relief packages simultaneously at multiple locations! Employees of Globe Telecom joined hundreds of volunteers from USA, Italy, India and South Africa, in helping international non-government organization Rise Against Hunger (RAH) achieve its goal of entering the Guinness World Record with the […]
Find out what’s in store for you and discover the best of Bacolod at #GlobeMasskara! The happiest and brightest festival is upon us again! The city of Bacolod is gearing up for the annual MassKara Festival, a celebration of the successes and transformations the Bacolod community has achieved. As Bacolod prepares for its Festival of […]
It was a pity that I was not able to complete the half-day Baybayin Writing Workshop sponsored by the Provincial Tourism Office over three days from October 19-21. This lady expected too much. After all, our esteemed instructor Sanghabi Director Leo Emmanuel Castro has 15 years of Baybayin studies behind him. Yet, our pre-hispanic ancestors […]
When I agreed to an ex-deal with the Bacolod branch of a national chain of hotels, I knew that I wasn’t going to be sipping a margarita on the roofdeck bar, or sunning languidly by the pool for a sweet hour or so. This was work, so I went off to work-disguised-as-a-staycation one weekend with […]
