With P31B premium income for 2017, the sun shines brighter for Sun Life in the Philippines. It was Sun Life Financial that first introduced the concept of life insurance in the country in 1985. With over a hundred years of experience in the insurance industry, Sun Life knows how it is to go through the […]
Author: Betsy Gazo
What is a great way to start Monday in Negros Oriental? Why, it is sipping a hot cup of sikwate (chocolate) paired with puto (that’s suman to us Occidentals). At the Dauin market, the tsokolate is served in demitasse cups. It is neither “eh” nor “ah”, so, one has a choice to sip, or dip. […]
I made sure to attend the second of the concert series organized by the Negros Cultural Foundation last July 13 featuring, this time, bass-baritone Jonathan de la Paz Zaens. The 2018 Summer Concert Series is chaired by this dynamo of a lady Ma. Lilia V. Villanueva as a fund-raiser for the Negros Musem. Three performances […]
When my five Bhutanese guests rushed to the shore to enjoy a brief one-hour frolic in the blue waters of Lakawon Island Resort, I asked the only female in the group, “Aren’t you going to change into a swimsuit?” She was in a short, sleeveless dress and was in a hurry to go down to […]
This Christmas, some special gifts you can consider for yourself are Negros-made products that not only fill your need for retail therapy, but also fill your need to make a difference in other people’s lives. This may sound like the “same old, same old” spiel for the season, but, hey, guys, if we need to […]
Springtime got us agog over cherry blossoms that make their profuse appearance at this time of the year, no, not in Japan but somewhere at Mount Kanlaon. In Negros. Who would have thought? And who wouldn’t want to see these beauties up close? So, up we went to see what everyone was talking about. “Up” […]
When Art meets Energy, Passion results and becomes the building blocks that make up the very successful duo of Architects Bogoy and Cathy Sicangco Hagad. Armed with their degrees from the University of the Philippines (for Bogoy), and the University of Sto. Tomas (for Cathy), the Hagads started Art Energy as an architectural firm cum […]
If there’s a rags-to-riches story worth knowing and emulating, it is the leathercraft store 4-G Shoes. With over 20 years of experience in the business mainly of shoe repair, it is the go-to store for genuine leather supplies and other materials, for military-related items, for genuine leather belts that last for years, and for shoe […]
I congratulate the opening of DIRI SA AMON: A Watercolor Exhibit of All Things Negros at the 2nd Floor of SM City Bacolod’s North Wing. Organized by the Tampisaw Watercolor Painters who call themselves the Tampisawers for convenience, DIRI SA AMON takes us to where the artists come from. Thirteen talented watercolorists, i.e. Jenevieve Abeto, […]
Why do “S” words sound salty? “Stormy”, “scoundrel”, “scheming”, “sinful”, “sinister”, and (cover your ears, youngsters) “salacious” – sibilants that susurrate delicately yet have a sneaky quality to them. In fact, this next word can render you speechless – “snakes”. People shudder when they think of snakes. Snakes are some of the most unpopular creatures […]
