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For Love of God, Country & Others

February 20, 2024

February is annually observed as Philippine Heart Month.
While the observance, as mandated by Presidential Proclamation 1096 issued 51 years ago, is focused on the Filipinos’ cardiovascular health and on raising awareness on issues related to heart diseases, it is also a season associated with love – with Valentine’s Day marked in the heart, or middle of the month – on Feb. 14.

Bacolaodiat Festival highlights strong Filipino-Chinese cultural ties in Bacolod

February 13, 2024

The staging of the Bacolaodiat Festival, one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations in the Philippines, highlights the strong connection between the city and the local Filipino-Chinese community.

Lucio L. Co: Entrepreneur and philanthropist

February 10, 2024

As one of the highlights of the 2024 Bacolaodiat Festival, Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio L. Co has been named the “adopted son of Bacolod” and conferred the title of honorary mayor in a ceremony held at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Dazzling Dinagsa

February 7, 2024

Impressive. Breathtaking.
Engaging. Dazzling.
These best describe the scenes and sights in the just-concluded Dinagsa Festival, a top cultural attraction in northern Negros.

Sinulog Sensation

January 29, 2024

The reverberating festival sounds were louder and wilder, the sights more colorful and vibrant.

Sinulog Experience

January 25, 2024

Celebrate Sinulog, the country’s grandest festival, at your favorite SM malls in Cebu! Immerse yourself in the excitement of festive events at the core of the Sinulog Festival this month of January.

Touching Lives in Southern Negros

January 15, 2024

• A.V. DEL CARMEN Touching lives through quality physiotherapy care in southern Negros. And if plans materialize, more southerners will have access to this quality health service. “We are considering

SWEET STRUGGLE: Climate change and sugarcane production in Negros Occidental

January 9, 2024

The effects of climate change are now felt in the vast sugarcane fields of Negros Occidental, the so-called “Sugar Bowl of the Philippines.”

A New Lease on My Writing Life

January 4, 2024

I am dyslexic. At least, that’s what I believe my condition is. During my elementary years at A.L. Jayme Elementary School in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, I failed in every spelling quiz as I struggled in writing words correctly.

2023 IN REVIEW: A year in Moscow

December 29, 2023

Snow is falling steadily in thick clouds, fluttering lightly in the overcast sunlight, before it hits the ground and settles into an immaculate white sheet over the landscape. It is only -4 degrees Celsius on the temperature reading but a relentless wind blows over the frozen Moskva River, stirring up more snow and cold air and sending everything in this cold and inhospitable landscape ashiver.

For Love of God, Country & Others

Bacolaodiat Festival highlights strong Filipino-Chinese cultural ties in Bacolod

Lucio L. Co: Entrepreneur and philanthropist

Dazzling Dinagsa

Sinulog Sensation

Sinulog Experience

Touching Lives in Southern Negros

SWEET STRUGGLE: Climate change and sugarcane production in Negros Occidental

A New Lease on My Writing Life

2023 IN REVIEW: A year in Moscow

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