20 professional tour guides organized and offered free half-day tours for students, retired teachers, and government employees to celebrate Tourism Week. With the valuable sponsorships of local elite transportation providers (many, many thanks to Merczi Pasalubong Center, Meka-J Rent-a-Car Bacolod, Jomabo Island Paradise Beach Resort, the City of Silay, BMG Travel and Tours, Board Member […]
Author: Betsy Gazo
I have a dream and this dream is for our farmers to make a decent living. In this province touted as the Organic Bowl of the Philippines, we still have a long way to go in terms of food security considering that most of our farmers are poor. As an agricultural country, we are blessed […]
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Fly Cebu Pacific to Negros Occidental Where the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary, and Rice Becomes Extra Rice
There are many things we locals take for granted like, for example, how our seafoods in Negros are fresh, our organic farms supply us pesticide-free produce, how our restaurant bills are so affordable, and our dishes so delicious. Our desserts are so heavenly that even angels want to visit because they feel at home among […]
UNIQLO’s 2nd branch in Bacolod City opened at Ayala Malls Capitol Central to the delight of many of its fans. Featuring LifeWear which means “everyday clothes designed to improve life for everyone,” UNIQLO is apparel produced along classic lines. The Ayala Mall Capitol Central store is the 60th in the Philippines, joining over 2,000 stores […]
Hubad and Walang Iwanan are two of the latest theatrical productions of the PerfLab, Inc. was staged at the Black Box beginning on September 20 at the Negros Museum. Nothing is wholesome in either of the two short plays. They are steamy, sensual, sexually-laden. Prudes are not allowed to sit in for no one has […]
Bacolod City Ordinance No. 825 sets every 28th of September to the 4th of October as Bacolod Animal Welfare Awareness Week or BAWAW. Our furbabies are surely howling and purring in delight as BAWAW highlights R.A. 9495 as “The Animal Welfare Act of 1998” that “provides the protection and promotion of all animals in the […]
A recent familiarization tour sponsored by the City of Bago confirmed the thrust of the government to go the way of farm tourism. With the issues of food security and the sustainability of farming as important topics to tackle, the farms visited gave an empirical view on how one can farm and make a decent […]
The Vintage Glasses Museum at Sum-ag seems far but entering its gates makes the trip worthwhile. When the wrought-iron doors to the museum open, it’s like entering Aladdin’s cave or a candy store. A dazzling display of gem-colored glasses brings us to an unforgettable era in the United States of America. The Great Depression (1904-1940) […]
Huwag na tayong mag –plastikan. We all are polluters of our planet and the Philippines is unproudly on the list of top contributors of plastic trash. Our fields, our canals, our seas, our farms, our mountains and our coasts are littered with garbage. Mag-pakatotoo tayo – we need to face this life-endangering problem. It was while […]
As far as I can remember, my late Dad had always been a country boy at heart. He was a businessman first, and an urban farmer second. We lived in the second floor of his building near Downtown Bacolod so I grew up in the midst of a concrete landscape. Then, he had a weekend […]
