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Mar102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

IYAS La Salle nat’l writers workshop fellows named

The 22nd Iyas La Salle National Writers’ Workshop of the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City, announced its fellows for 2023 on Thursday, March 9.The fellows are:Lakan Uhay D. Alegre (English Creative Non-Fiction);Ivan Ridge A. Arbizo (Cebuano Balak); Agatha Faye J. Buensalida (Filipino Tula); John Mark Capiñanes (English Poetry); Maria del Carmen R. Castillo (English Poetry); Ella Leenail M. Deduro (Hiligaynon Creative Non-Fiction); Rey A. Isidto (English Short Story); Carlo Moldes (Cebuano Short Story); Jhio Jan A. Navarro (Hiligaynon Binalaybay); Khristian Ross P. Pimentel (Filipino Maikling Kuwento); Rommel A. Pamaos (Filipino Sanaysay); and Fe Esperanza P. Trampe (English Short Story)The IYAS Workshop Director is John Iremil Teodoro, and the panelists for this year are Ma...

Mar72023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Panaad sa Negros fest launching March 14

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The launching of the Panaad sa Negros Festival will be held on March 14, Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Tuesday, March 7.He said the launching will be held at the Capitol Lagoon Park or the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, depending on the weather.The actual Panaad sa Negros Festival will be held at the Panaad Park in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod, April 17 to 23.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson is set to approve the logo for the festival, which is a fusion of four art works, Diaz said.The winners of the logo contest will be announced during the March 14 launching, he said.The festival music is also almost ready and just needs a little tweak, he added.The theme of the festival, which is returning after a three-year hiatus caused by the CO...

Mar52023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Tenor marries childhood crush

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Tenor Jenmai de Asis Buntalilid and his bride, KJ Cabrera, with their godmother Dulce.*Tenor Jenmai de Asis Buntalilid married KJ Cabrera at the Bacolod Cosmopolitan Christian Church on Friday, March 3, and delighted their guests with a music-filled reception.Among those who performed were Asia’s Timeless Diva Dulce, the couple’s godmother, and the Filipino tenors composed of the groom and Christian Nagano, Ervin Lumauag and Richard Supat.The love story of KJ and Jenmai started when they were pre-school classmates in 1988 at Cosmopolitan Evangelical Church in Bacolod City.The Fortenors Christian Nagano, Jenmai Buntalilid, Ervin Lumauag and Richard Supat (l-r) performing at the reception.*Asia’s Timeless Diva Dulce at the wedding.*Jenmai had a crush on KJ and h...

Mar22023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

SineMargaha 2023 top winners named

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Kent John Desamparado *A film about a grandfather’s love for his granddaughter expressed through letters and songs is this year’s best picture of the Margaha Film Festival, which was announced during the awarding ceremonies at the Sagay City Public Plaza, Saturday, March 25.The film entitled “Ang Kining Ambahanon kag Binalaybay ko Para sa Imo” was announced as SineMargaha Best Short Film for 2023 by the five-person panel of jury during the awards night, as it showed “a story that challenges the concept of the family.”The Jury’s Citation stated that despite the sentimentality and drama inherent in the story, the film avoided romanticizing the adventures of two persons, a decision that renders it even more realistic.This year’s panel of jury was composed of ...

Feb222023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Sagay, Cadiz artists win visual art painting grants

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The entries from the cities of Sagay and Cadiz won the Visual Arts Scholarship Grants of the Negros Occidental provincial government and were given the Linangan Art Residency Program Scholarship.The Visual Arts Exhibition that was open to all LGUs in Negros Occidental was launched at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City Wednesday afternoon, February 22.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, and Board Members Rita Gatuslao and Araceli Somosa led the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the art exhibit. Also present was Board Member Pal Guanzon.The activity is themed, “Abanse Negrense: Reimagining Our Future”.It is an initiative of the Negros Occidental provincial government through Gatuslao, to give young Negrense artists the creative space to engage in...

Feb222023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Sine Margaha is back with 8 films in competition

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In its goal to become one of the film hubs in the region, Sagay City’s Margaha Film Festival, or “Sine Margaha”, is back on its 4th year, with eight short films in competition that will be screened at Margaha Beach, Brgy. Old Sagay on Friday, February 24.The festival, which started in 2020, will feature eight new short films created by Sagaynon filmmakers which will highlight the tangible and intangible cultural heritage mapped in the city, a press release from Sagay City said Wednesday, February 22.A film still from “Pandayunon” directed by Mery Grace Mission*In the past years, films from Sine Margaha have competed and exhibited at various film festivals and events, including Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, Gawad Alternatibo, Cinema Rehiyon, Sine Negrense, amo...

Feb202023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Japan Town to be established at The Upper East, Benitez says

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A three-hectare area in Megaworld’s The Upper East in Bacolod City will be developed as a Japan Town, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez announced on Monday, February 20.Benitez and Megaworld’s Kevin Tan joined President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during his recent trip to Japan.The mayor said his trip to Japan, which was similar to the president’s state visit to China, was a marketing effort to present and promote Bacolod for future investments. “You would be surprised, some of them did not even know where Bacolod is,” he said.But Benitez said it was a very fruitful trip because there were a lot of people who asked questions.There were a few investors who expressed interest in investing in renewable projects and others in infrastructure, including reclamation work, Benitez said....

Feb192023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod beauty among 40 bets vying for Miss Universe Philippines crown

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Jan Marie Bordon is one of 40 candidates who will vie for the Miss Universe Philippines 2023 crown.*Miss Universe Philippines photoA fourth year tourism student of La Consolacion College Bacolod is one of 40 official candidates set to vie for the Miss Universe Philippines 2023 crown.Jan Marie Bordon, 22, who won the Miss Bacolod MassKara International title in October 2022, said she was "supper happy" when the organizers announced on Saturday, after a rigorous screening, that she was among the top 40 official bets.Bordon said as Bacolod’s Miss Universe Philippines candidate she will promote the city’s tourism destinations, the friendly nature of its people and the MassKara Festival.Carlos Durana, Miss Bacolod MassKara chairperson, also said he is very happy Bordon was chose...

Feb192023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

‘Likha’ art exhibit opens

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Artists Sugar C Tonogbanua, Lea Gargar Gumata, Giljohn Quiamco, Kristine Alonso, Frebruary Cheryl, Juliet Emperado, Rodney Martinez, Patty Jane Ku Ong, Konika Faustino and Jenevieve Abeto.*The Mixlada Art Group recently opened the “Likha” art exhibit at the ground floor of the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City that will run until February 28.The ribbon-cutting ceremony held during the opening day was attended by Art Association of Bacolod (AAB) Founding Member Rodney Martinez, AAB member Patty Jane Ku Ong, and AMCC General Manager Sharon Ciocon.The art exhibit features the works of Negrense artists Agustin Chavez Jr., Mai Cuenca, Anthony Tonogbanua, Malou, Flores Andrea Locsin, Marides Zayco, Bamboo Tonogbanua, Marie Resureccion, Charles Villanueva, Ma. Joeyyanne Lo, ...

Feb152023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

USLS featuring 75 Negrense filmmakers in Bacolod Short Film Festival Feb. 15-17

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Over 80 film works from 75 Negrense filmmakers are being showcased in the 3-day Bacolod Short Film Festival at the University of St. La Salle (USLS) that kicked of Wednesday and will run until Friday, February 17.The Bacolod Short Film Festival (BSFF), formerly known as Bacolod Shorts, is an annual event organized by the USLS Institute of the Moving Image in collaboration with the La Salle Film Society under the University’s Artists’ Hub, and the Museo De La Salle Bacolod.BSFF aims to showcase the growing young talents of filmmaking in the region and highlight the creativity of local filmmakers through an exhibition, a press release from USLS said.Some short films to be showcased in the BSFF have previously participated in various local and national film festivals and have rece...