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The University of St. La Salle held Special Honoring Rites for Golden Jubilarians of Class 1970 and 1971  in the presence of the Lasallian community at the St. La Salle Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 2, after face-to-face recognitions were hampered by the pandemic during the last two years. Nearly a hundred honorees from the grade school, high school and college Jubilarian batches received Lasallian medals from the University, spearheaded by President and Chancellor Br. Joaquin Severino Martinez, a press release from USLS said. In his address to the honorees, the Martinez emphasized the importance of paying tribute to the alumni who all have contributed greatly to the success of the institution today. “So many of you have contributed to the community, the province, to your cities and families in...

Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and members of the Bacolaodiat Festival Organizing Committee*A more vibrant celebration of the Lunar New Year is set to take place in January 2023 after the Bacolaodiat Festival Organizing Committee secured the support of Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez during its meeting at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC)  on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Bacolaodiat Festival President Stephen Sy along with board members Jennifer Gochangco-Ong and Emily Go-Villanueva shared with the mayor their plans for the festival after two years of scaled down celebrations due to the pandemic, a press release said. “We are eager to give Bacolodnons and Negrenses a bigger yet meaningful cultural celebration of the Chinese New Year organized by the Bacolaodi...

Officers of PICE NOC - engineers Zella Lasola, Patrick Mabag, Glia Mabag, president Leah Jamero, Dennis Vega and Romulo Acoyong (l-r)*On every family gathering where a distant relative of mine realizes I have a degree in Civil Engineering, they would often quip, “Inday, ikaw madesign sang balay ko ha.” From casual conversations to Facebook memes, some people are still under the impression that Civil Engineers are mere builders of homes.Honestly, so did I.I always thought I’d end up in the construction site right after I graduate while I oversee a residential or a commercial project. Spoiler alert: I didn’t. Turns out, there is more to Civil Engineering than just hard hats and steel tapes. With seven specialty divisions embraced by the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Inc...

Bacolod lawyer Raymundo Torres Pandan has been named the grand prize winner in the novel category of the 2022 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.He won for his entry entitled "Bittersweetland" and has been invited to the awards ceremony at the Ballroom of the Marquis Events Place at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on November 30.Pandan has been a practicing lawyer for 32 years, and was the country’s youngest law school dean in 1997 at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City.He was co-counsel for the petitioner in the leading freedom of expression case, “Diocese of Bacolod vs. Comelec.”Pandan won the 2015 Cirilo F. Bautista Grand Prize for the novel titled “When Will This War End?”.He has also won two other Palanca Awards, known as the Philippines’s Pul...