Festivities officially open today By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The 39th MassKara Festival will officially kick off today in Bacolod City with the cutting of a birthday cake, marking the city’s 80th anniversary. During a press conference over the weekend, Festival Director Eli Tajanlangit; MassKara Festival action officer, Bacolod City Councilor Em Ang; and City …
Monthly Archives: October 2018
City Councilor’s mother running to replace kin
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Councilor Caesar Distrito, who is on his third and final term, recently announced he would be taking a rest from politics after the 2019 midterm elections and said his mother would run in his place. In a statement furnished to local reporters, the city councilor, who is the …
MassKara Festival 2018
BCPO to implement strict security measures By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With the 39th MassKara Festival opening today in Bacolod City, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will be implementing strict security measures. BCPO spokesperson, Police Chief Inspector Sherlock Gabana, urged festival goers to refrain from bringing sharp objects and non-transparent backpacks in order to …
Minor quake strikes Basay
A minor 2.1-magnitude earthquake struck last Friday evening in the waters west of Basay, Negros Oriental. According to a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology bulletin, the tremor, which occurred just after 11:00 p.m., did not cause any damage, nor were there any anticipated aftershocks. The town was struck by several minor earthquakes last month, …
Megaworld opens first The Marketplace by Rustan’s in Western Visayas at Festive Walk Mall
Festive Walk Mall, Megaworld’s first and biggest full-scale Lifestyle Mall in Visayas and Mindanao, opened The Marketplace by Rustan’s on October 5, 2018—the first-ever branch of the popular supermarket chain in the entire Western Visayas. Located inside Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park, the upscale supermarket is the newest supermarket chain to open inside the Festive Walk …
Wealth can destroy a family
All business owners, meaning anyone who owns anything of value that will be passed on to the next generation have the potential to destroy their families through poorly planned and unclear succession and wealth transition process. And it is never enough to seal family harmony when you require your children to regularly troop to your …
2018 SBP-Passerelle
SJI, BTTHS defend Bacolod City leg titles St. John’s Institute (SJI) and Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) each defended their Small Basketeers of the Philippines-Passerelle (SBP-Passerelle) Bacolod City leg titles over the weekend at the Negros Occidental Teachers’ Federation gym. SJI beat BTTHS, 70-44, in the SBP division. The eventual winners opened the …
Spend Halloween Weekend at Richmonde Hotel Iloilo
It’s that time of the year when kids go trick-or-treating, jack o’ lanterns come out on display, and everyone dresses up in their scariest costumes. Celebrate the Halloween long weekend at Richmonde Hotel Iloilo and enjoy the spookiest holiday with a luxurious staycation with family and friends. Have a horror movie marathon as you delight …
Bacolod City dengue cases surpass 900
CHO: Nine dengue-related fatalities By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Newly-released data from the Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) revealed there are currently 914 reported dengue cases in the city as of September 29. Last month, data recorded up to September 8 showed a total of 747 suspected cases. They also noted, there were …
Local militant groups slam ‘Red October’ plot inclusion
Rosales: KMU has been demanding Duterte’s ouster By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local chapters of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) slammed the inclusion of their groups in the ‘Red October’ plot, which seeks the removal of President Rodrigo Duterte from office. BMP-Negros Occidental Secretary-General Jun Año said …