Lifestyle

The Negros Occidental Garden Club highlighted the health benefits and culinary versatility of guava during its recent September general assembly at the Acacia Hotel, framing the common backyard crop as an essential local superfruit.Hosted by the club’s Waling-Waling Group under Vice Chairs Jean Visitation and Zeny Guzon, the presentation—titled “The Poor Man’s Humble Fruit”—aimed to reshape perceptions of guava from a basic household staple into a key source of affordable nutrition, a press release from the club said Monday, Sept. 21.Presenters detailed the fruit’s high nutritional value, noting that guava delivers more than two grams of protein per 100 grams, along with high levels of Vitamin C, dietary fiber, and antioxidants. It also contains essential minerals like potassium an...

The Bacolod AR Mural*BCCO photoThe Bacolod City government, in partnership with La Consolacion College Bacolod (LCCB), formally launched the Bacolod AR Mural at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds on  Monday, Sept. 14,  providing residents and tourists with a new, interactive way to experience the city’s art, culture, and heritage.Mayor Greg Gasataya, together with the project’s proponents and partners, Councilors Em Ang and Israel Salanga, and other city officials, led the unveiling of the QR signage that activates the augmented reality (AR) experience, a press release from the Bacolod City Government Center said.The Bacolod AR Mural features hand-painted artwork depicting iconic city landmarks, enhanced by an augmented reality layer accessible through a QR co...

Mila C. Chiu, Board Secretary, and Lyn B. Gamboa, President, The Negros Cultural Foundation, Inc., and Angelica U. Berrie, Founder, and Alan S. Gensoli, Creative Director, NEGROSNEX Network Corp. (l-r) signing the MOU*The Negros Cultural Foundation, Inc. (NCFI), which supervises The Negros Museum, and NEGROSNEX Network Corporation, owner of the Negros Season of Culture, formalized their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing held at The Negros Museum on Friday, Sept. 4.Under the partnership, selected digital content from the Negros Season of Culture featuring arts, history, heritage, and culture will be made available as supplemental learning resources for The Negros Museum’s educational tours, programs, and other cultural initiative, a press release said S...

Local artist Doreen Dofitas has launched her first solo exhibition, "Permission To Play, No Expiry Date," at Ugsad Creative Space on Molo-Makiling Streets, Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City.The exhibition features mixed-media artworks that explore the concept of play as an ongoing creative process rather than a stage of life to be outgrown. Through her work, Dofitas challenges traditional artistic constraints and highlights the reuse of discarded materials.A self-taught, Bacolod-based contemporary artist, Dofitas utilizes handmade and recycled paper, fabric, acrylics, pen, and ink in her pieces. Her technique combines textured layering, negative space, and contrasting color backgrounds to form dream-like compositions incorporating folk and botanical motifs.According to the ...