Congratulations to Mr. Jonathan Lo for being the pride of Bacolod! Congratulations are in order for Southwall Magazine for being the go-to glossy for glitz with substance! After 12 years, Southwall Magazine re-emerged from its hiatus to bring back stories of glamour and success featuring men and women of the south. The Cebu-based publication recently […]
Who would have thought that the heritage city with the small-town feel would be getting so much attention and be bustling with visitors. The Silay-Bacolod airport barely thirty minutes away from the capital city Bacolod, Silay’s place in local tourism is deeply anchored in its graceful mansions, history, culture, natural beauties, and food. Very few […]
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 […]
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 […]
