Tag: Bacolod City
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Tree planting at Upper Caliban-Imbang Watershed in Bacolod
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Adopt an Animal at NFEFI-BCC As progress and development continue in the Philippines, the onslaught on the natural environment has also been going on for years. The combination of climate change and man-made disasters have created a huge dent in our ecosystem. The country’s forest cover of 27 million hectares…
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The Inns Bacolod: Catering to Your Travel Preferences
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Different kinds of travels demand different kinds of needs, such as your accommodation, for instance. Business trips often take a whole day of meetings and conferences and it is appropriate if your stay is in a business or luxury hotel, where these activities happen and where there are facilities that can…
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Villa Iska Beach Resort: A Place To Relax By the Sea
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Since I got home in 2014, I never had the opportunity to go out for a swim, especially on the beach. I miss my travel buddies with whom I constantly plan our yearly excursions. We make it a point to travel each year to one destination within the Philippines and…
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Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation: Nature in the City
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I’m entering my 12th month as a returning resident of my hometown, Bacolod City, in Negros Occidental, Philippines. I’m beginning to feel as if it’s a long-term travel. There are still more roads to take, more food to try (yup, yup!), and more leaves to turn as I continue to…
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Things To Catch at the Panaad sa Negros Festival at Night
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The Panaad sa Negros Festival is the much-awaited event in the province of Negros Occidental. The Panaad Park and Stadium come alive whenever this festival is celebrated every April. The pavilions of the 13 cities and 19 towns of the province display the best of their respective places, from food…
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A Nostalgic Visit to Sta. Fe, Bacolod’s Iconic Resort
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It has been years, maybe a decade or more, since I last visited Sta. Fe resort. As I entered the now more modern look of the resort’s gate, my thoughts were flooded with childhood memories when we would head to their pools to cool off the summer heat. It is…
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Kuya J Restaurant: Serving Delicious Filipino Food
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When you happen to be in the Philippines, you’ll definitely hear the word “kuya” a lot. It means big brother, but it is also used to call an older person, like a street vendor, a jeepney driver, or a man you meet on the road, as a form of respect…
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First-time in Orange Karenderia, Originally from Cebu
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The good thing about visiting – or, in my case, settling back in – Bacolod is that you will never run out of restaurants to try. Another new eatery that arrived in the City of Smiles is Orange Karenderia. How uncanny, we thought, that it sits next to Pizza Republic…
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Cafe Uma and Trattoria Uma: Serving Good Food in Bacolod
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When you’re in Negros Occidental, the “sugar bowl” of the Philippines, where vast sugarcane plantations meet your eyes as you hit the road, you’ll consistently encounter the word “uma” (with stress on the second syllable), which translates to “farm” or those areas that are often called “haciendas” by the locals.…
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Tom N Toms Coffee: A Taste of South Korea in Bacolod
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Who would have thought that a South Korean brand will arrive in the quiet city of Bacolod and give a jolt to the already vibrant food scene in the City of Smiles? Tom N Toms Coffee, which first opened ApGuJeong-Dong in Seoul in 2001 and now in the US, China, Australia,…
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My First Christmas Party with the Negrense Bloggers
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The microphone has been passed and it was my turn to belt it out in the videoke. Good thing I was surrounded by enjoyable and exciting individuals who share the same passion as I am – singing and blogging! It was my first-time to join the Christmas party of the…
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The best of Negros at the SMX launch
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SMX Convention Center finally had its formal opening to set the stage for a more vibrant MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibition) sector in the province of Negros Occidental, particularly in the city of Bacolod. It was a launch like no other as locals and visitors from other cities and abroad…
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First-time in Peñalosa Farms
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It was a bright sunny morning when we drove from Bacolod City in Negros Occidental, the Philippines to nearby Victorias City. There were six of us online media partners of the 9th Negros Organic Farmers Festival that were given this exciting farm tour sponsored by Peñalosa Farms, Fresh Start Organic…
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An Encounter with a Cannes Film Best Director
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Every October, some friends and I would troop to Greenbelt 3 Mall to watch as many movies as we could in Pelikula, the Spanish Film Festival that happens each year in Manila. And, of course, I also watch local independent films during the Cinemalaya Film Festival. Movies are a reflection…
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SMX Convention Center arrives in Bacolod
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When I was working with Hands On Manila, I had the opportunity to hold our annual Servathon culmination with thousands of volunteers at the SMX Convention Center, a modern, state-of-the-art events venue in Pasay City. Since then, I had been receiving regular updates from them via email. While in Manila,…