BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO (visayandailystar.com)
The 4th BacoLaodiat Festival in Bacolod City opened yesterday with the blessing of the Chopsticks Alley along Narra and Tindalo Avenues at the Capitol Shopping Center by Fr. Noli Que and Fr. June Earl Salugsugan, of the Queen of Peace Parish.
Marivic Rio, event coordinator, said diners at the Chopsticks Alley will [...]
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday morning declared Bacolod’s 29th MassKara Festival open at the Bacolod public plaza amid a shower of confetti and balloons filling the sky with a kaleidoscope of colors.
She also did a bit of dancing to the beat of the MassKara music with a festival dancer.
“The masks at the MassKara festival are [...]
In olden times the island of Negros was referred to as Buglas, after the tall reeds that predominated. A map said to have been drawn by Diego Lope Povedano dated 1572 shows an island named BUGLAS INSULIS.
Casa Carmela makes gourmet cookies, preserves, confecionaries and an assortment of interesting and innovative food delicacies using traditional old-world heritage recipes, but redefined/reinvented to a twist to make them distinctive.