BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
Bacolod was named as one of the top five among the 10 next-wave cities for Information Communication Technology during the Nine e-Services Global Sourcing conference and exhibition at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia in Pasay City Monday.
It topped the criterion of business environment because of the presence of ready IT parks [...]

 (visayandailystar.com)
The 16th year of Panaad sa Negros Festival will be celebrated April 18 to 25, at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, a Capitol press release said.
Gov. Isidro Zayco, festival Executive Committee chairman, said this year’s celebration is even more significant after Panaad sa Negros Festival was adjudged as the country’s [...]

BY CARLA GOMEZ (visayandailystar.com)
Gov. Isidro Zayco yesterday said the Negros Occidental provincial government is allocating P15 million for food-for-work programs for sugar workers during the dead season in the industry.
Zayco said he has also written to the National Food Authority for the purchase of 15,000 bags of rice from part of the fund to be [...]

 BY CARLA GOMEZ (visayandailystar.com)
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has created a task force that will coordinate with the President’s Bridge Program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on the construction of the proposed two flyover projects in Bacolod City, City Administrator Roger Balo yesterday said.
He said the mayor has suggested that he chair the task force [...]