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Sep152024 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Bacolod gears up for excitingMassKara Festival in October

As the festival draws closer, Bacolod City is ramping up its preparations for a thrilling 45th Masskara Festival celebration.Bacolod Yuhum Foundation along with members of the Inter-agency Committee are determined to ensure that the celebration will be spectacular, more exciting, colorful, and vibrant, its press release said on Friday, Sept. 13.In meeting with members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod at the Seda Hotel on Friday they discussed key preparations for the highly anticipated event on October 11-27.This includes deployment of security personnel for public safety and security, food inspection, waste collection and traffic, the press release from Yuhum said.Councilor Jason Villarosa, Chairperson of the Committee on Tourism, expressed hisfull support for the Masska...

Aug72024 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

New president takes over Marapara Rotary

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President Igie Villarosa (center) and the new officers*The Rotary Club of Bacolod-Marapara inducted a new set of officers for Rotary Year 2024-2025 with Virgil Rupert "Igie" Villarosa as the club's 32nd president.The induction was held at the Acacia Hotel, Bacolod City, on Tuesday, August 6. Past District Governor Dr. Rafael "Biboy" Jocson, Rotary District 3850, was the inducting officer, a press release from Robert Harland said.Dr. Villarosa was ushered into the one-year term by his predecessor Dr. Eric Malo-oy, who turned over the bell and gavel as a symbol of the transfer of power and authority.In accepting the club's leadership, Dr. Villarosa thanked members for their support and expressed his excitement working in this new Rotary Year with the theme "The Magic of Rota...

Jul222024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Miss U NegOcc pageant to be held in November

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Toots Jimenez, Jonas Gaffud - Miss Universe president and chief operating officer, Mags Cue, Kashmere Granada and Arnold Mercado (l-r) after the signing of the franchise contract on Monday.* A Miss Universe Philippines - Negros Occidental pageant will be held in Bacolod City in November. This was announced following the signing of a Miss Universe Philippines - Negros Occidental franchise by local director Kashmere Granada with Mags Cue - director for national search and Arnold Mercado - director for local and Asia Pacific search at Sugarland Hotel in Bacolod City, Monday, July 22. The signing was witnessed by Jonas Gaffud, Miss Universe president and chief operating officer. The screening of aspirants for the Miss Universe Negros Occid...

Jul12024 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Over 2K Teleperformance employees join PH-wide Pride marches

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The TP Bacolod employees.* William Doctolero photo Teleperformance (TP) Philippines, a leading global digital business services company, marked Pride Month 2024 with an all-out participation by its workforce, with over 2,000 TP employees joining the Pride March activities in different parts of the country. In Bacolod City, Teleperformance employees joined LGBTQIA+ advocates and allies in a march from Bacolod City Public Plaza to the Provincial Capitol Lagoon and Park on Saturday, June 29, culminating the month-long celebration organized by Negros Pride. Meanwhile, employees in Manila joined what was hailed as the "largest Pride March in the Philippines" held in Quezon City on June 22. Teleperformance also supported similar marches in Baguio, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, a...

May182024 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Negrense chaplain receives US Presidential award

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Negrense Don Biadog Jr. (center) receiving his award from Maj. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, commanding general of Third Marine Aircraft Wing, and Lt. Col. Robert J. Weingart.*US President Joseph Biden Jr. awarded a Lifetime Achievement award to Negrense Don Biadog Jr., a retired Navy chaplain, for his “lifetime commitment to volunteer service”.The award was presented to Biadog by Maj. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, commanding general of Third Marine Aircraft Wing, and Lt. Col. Robert J. Weingart, executive officer of headquarters and headquarters squadron at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, California in April.“On behalf of the American people, I extend my heartfelt appreciation to you for your volunteer leadership, and I encourage you to continue to answer the c...

May112024 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Juan Calatrava Movement launched

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The Juan Calatrava Movement, founded by Calatravanhons seeking to discover and develop potential leaders, was launched at the Jose Valmayor National High School in Brgy. Refugio, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, May 9. It was attended by 80 students, and a symposium with the theme “Role of the Youth in Nation Building and Values Formation” was conducted, a press release from Andoni Llantada said. Speakers at the symposium were Juan Calatrava Movement convenors historian Dick Dedicatoria and and Andoni Llantada, youth advocate and political scientist. The speakers stressed the importance of active participation in good governance, no to selling of votes, choosing the right leaders and how to become pro...

May102024 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

DOLE Usec joins NFSP graduation

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DOLE Undersecretary . Benjo Santos M. Benavidez (right) at the graduation rites with (l-r) ) DOLE VI Regional Director Sixto T. Rodriguez Jr., Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba, Assistant Secretary Lennard Constantine C. Serrano, TESDA Specialist Josie Aurelio and NFSP Vice-President Jaime G. Golez.* Undersecretary Benjo Santos M. Benavidez of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Workers’ Welfare and Protection Cluster attended the 63rd Closing Exercises of the NFSP Sugar Workers Foundation Technical Skills and Livelihood Training Center at Bacolod City, recently. “Congratulations to the graduates of the NFSP training center! We are happy to witness your graduation, and we pray that you ...

May92024 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Negrense writer, teacher Gawad Balagtas awardee

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Negrense writer, teacher and researcher Ma. Cecilia Locsin-Nava was one of the awardees of the 37th Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas at the University of the Philippines-Dilliman in Quezon City, Metro Manila, recently.Locsin-Nava is one of the nine awardees of this year’s Gawad Balagtas awards, which are given to Filipino writers for their exceptional work in the Filipino language and their contribution to Philippine literature.The Gawad was awarded to Locsin-Nava under the Kasaysayang Panitikan at Salin sa Ingles or Historical Literature and English Language Translations category.Locsin-Nava is acclaimed for her specialization in literature and culture in Negros and Western Visayas and is a former dean of the College of Arts a...

May82024 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

Bacolod launches dance tilts to promote Chicken inasal fest

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Bacolod City officials promote the famous charcoal-grilled chicken through a teaser video of the Chicken Inasal Dance Challenge.* Organizers of this year’s Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival, which is set from May 24 to 26, launched dance competitions as added attractions to the annual event, which puts the spotlight on this city’s famous charcoal-grilled chicken. To take chicken inasal global, new events include the dance challenge and modern movement competition as well as the global beats or street dance competition. Videos of Bacolodnons taking on the Bacolod Chicken Inasal dance craze were posted on social media on Wednesday after the release of the teaser video earlier this week. “This 2024, the celebration shall focus on creating platforms and portals fo...

Apr242024 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

‘Stories with a Smile’ sought for Bacolod maiden film fest

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The Bacolod City government on Tuesday, April 23, called for entries to the first Bacolod Film Festival with the theme “Stories with a Smile” set in September this year.Bacolod, known as the “City of Smiles”, is looking for short films with the “potential to inspire laughter, warmth, and a renewed appreciation for the brighter side of life”. “Bacolod should be proud of its creatives. We have very artistic directors, and actors,” Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, who chairs the Bacolod Film Festival Council, said. The competition is part of the city’s initiative in line with the implementation of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act, with additional funding from the Department of Trade and Industry. Qualified to join are producers, directors, ...