Bacolód City and Negros Occidental Province [Archive] - Page 18

Fraulein

November 1st, 2009, 01:53 PM

Isa pa!

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national guard

November 2nd, 2009, 11:50 PM

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NBS recommends mysteries and memoirs
The Philippine Star (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=519194&publicationSubCategoryId=86)
Updated November 01, 2009 12:00 AM

My Life In France
By Julia Child
P335

MANILA, Philippines - Julia Child single-handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn’t know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.

Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever. Julia’s unforgettable story unfolds with the spirit so key to her success as a cook and teacher and writer, brilliantly capturing one of the most endearing American personalities of the last 50 years.

Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories, A Touch Of Dead
By Charlaine Harris
P995

Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is no typical southern belle. She can read minds. And she’s got a thing for vampires. Which, in a town like Bon Temps, Louisiana, means she’ll have to watch her back — and neck.

New York Times–bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her “spunky” (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written — together in one volume.
Stories include “Fairy Dust,” “One Word Answer,” “Dracula Night,” “Lucky” and “Giftwrap.”

True Blue
By David Baldacci
P655

Mason “Mace” Perry was a firebrand cop on the DC police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything — her badge, her career, her freedom — and spent two years in prison. Now she’s back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot at being a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister on her side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive US attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy Kingman enters her life. Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
ByJeannette Walls
P985

“Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, in Jeannette Walls’s magnificent, true-life novel based on her no-nonsense, resourceful, hardworking, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town — riding five hundred miles on her pony, all alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car (“I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn’t need to be fed if they weren’t working, and they didn’t leave big piles of manure all over the place”) and fly a plane, and, with her husband, ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle.

Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds — against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t fit the mold. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa or Beryl Markham’s West with the Night. It will transfix readers everywhere.

Rough Country
By John Sandford
P1,129

Virgil’s always been known for having a somewhat active, er, social life, but he’s probably not going to be getting too many opportunities for that during his new case. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, he gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot while kayaking. The resort is for women only, a place to relax, get fit, recover from plastic surgery, commune with nature, and while it didn’t start out to be a place for many with Sapphic inclinations, that’s pretty much what it is today.

Which makes things all the more complicated for Virgil, because as he begins investigating, he finds a web of connections among the people at the resort, the victim, and some local women, notably a talented country singer, and the more he digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion that point in many directions, encompassing a multitude of motivations: jealousy, blackmail, greed, anger, fear. And then he discovers that this is not the first murder, that there was another, seemingly unrelated one, the year before. And that there’s about to be a third, definitely related one, anytime now. and as the fourth… well, Virgil better hope he can catch the killer before that happens.

NBS Stores in Bacolod :

Gaisano- Bacolod
Ground Floor, Gaisano City Mall, Araneta Street, Singcang, Bacolod City

Robinson's Place- Bacolod
Ground Floor, Robinsons Place Bacolod, Lacson Street, Mandalagan, Bacolod City

SM City- Bacolod
Ground Floor, South Wing, SM City Bacolod, Barangay 62, Poblacion Reclamation Area, Bacolod City

national guard

November 2nd, 2009, 11:53 PM

CAB GELATO
Bob's Lacson

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ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM!:lol: Sorry sa kamanol ko, this CAB GELATO is exclusive to Bob's only?

national guard

November 3rd, 2009, 01:02 AM

BNEFIT to host 2010 ICT national summit
By Ranie Azue
Panay News (http://www.panaynewsphilippines.com/bacolod%202.htm)

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT), Inc. is set to formally accept the hosting of the 2010 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) national summit as it accepts the chairmanship of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) on Thursday.

In a formal ceremony, Metro Clark ICT Council (MCCCI) Inc. President Aristoteles Elvina will turn over to BNEFIT Chair and Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue the said responsibility along with the Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT).

“It is a privilege for Bacolod and BNEFIT to be acknowledged as one of the leaders in the ICT industry and it is with pride that I shall represent the city and the province during the plenary discussions where I am invited as one of the key panel reactors along with Cebu, Davao and Iligan and Iloilo,” Batapa-Sigue said.

Batapa-Sigue said BNEFIT and IFIT are both pioneer members of the NICP along with nine other councils when it was founded in 2008 in Iligan City.

During the 2nd NICP National ICT Summit from November 5 to 7 at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, 32 local government–based councils, federations and organizations have already become members.

These include the Aurora ICT Council, Albay ICT Association Inc., Bataan-Olongapo-Zambales Subic Educational Development Organization for IT, BPO/ITEs Council of Quezon City, Cagayan de Oro ICT Business Council, Cavite ICT Council, Cebu Educational Development Foundation for IT, City of San Fernando Pampanga ICT Council, ICT Association of Dumaguete and Negros Oriental, ICT Davao Inc., Iligan City ICT Council, Laguna Industry Network for Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Foundation, Technology of Information and Communications in Koronadal, Lipa ICT Council, Tarlac ICT Council, Cagayan Development Federation for IT, Bohol ICT Council, Bulacan ICT Council, Dagupan ICT Council, Balanga ICT Council, Cabanatuan ICT Council, CARAGA ICT Council, Urdaneta City Council for ICT, Vigan City ICT Council, Metro Ilocos Norte ICT Council, ICT@Bicol Council, ICT Solutions Association of Region 12-General Santos City and Pasay City ICT Council.

Current NICP chair George Sorio of MCICTCi has invited President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to convene the summit on November 5 and to open the “NICP Council Exhibition” and the “Convergence 2009” at the Fontana Convention Center, Clark Freeport Zone.

Bacolod has been given a free booth to showcase its potential in the outsourcing industry as well as its tourism packages.

There will also be a business matching activity with investors in coordination with the Board on Investments and the Department of Trade and Industry.

MCICTCi is leading all the NICP members in this bold campaign to explore possible new markets for non-voice talents and tourism, access latest information and communication technologies, enhance still developing IT and tourism capabilities, and to encourage outsourcing partnership with foreign investors./PN

national guard

November 3rd, 2009, 02:00 AM

Jollibee launches merriest, spaghettiest photo contest
11/01/2009

The search is on for the many and merry ways you can enjoy Jollibee Spaghetti.

In Jollibee’s Quest for the Spaghettiest Moments, you can win exciting prizes just by having your camera ready when you enjoy Jollibee Spaghetti with your family, friends or officemates. Savor the goodness of Jollibee Spaghetti on its own or enjoy it with its perfect combinations like Regular Yum or Chickenjoy.

Send in your pictures enjoying the Jollibee Spaghetti or any Jollibee Spaghetti value meal combination in any of the following categories: 1) the happiest moments with your family, 2) the wackiest moments with your barkada and 3) the funniest moments with your officemates.

Great prizes will be given away to the lucky winners in each category. For the Family Prize Package, the winner will receive a Jollibee family party package worth P7,000, Jollibee gift certificates worth P5,000, and a Sony digital photo frame.

The Barkada Prize Package includes a Jollibee barkada party package worth P7,000, Jollibee gift certificates worth P5,000, and a Sony digital camera.

For the Officemates Prize Package, a Jollibee officemates party package worth P7,000, Jollibee gift certificates worth P5,000, and a Sony photo printer await the lucky winner.

All entries must include a one-line caption describing the photo. An individual may submit a maximum of three entries, or one entry per category.

Entries must also include the contestant’s full name, residential address, email address and contact numbers. Mail-in entries should be placed inside a sealed short brown envelope containing one 4R photo entry and the corresponding details (caption and participant’s information) typewritten on a short bond paper.

Entries may be submitted online at photos@spaghettiest.com or mailed to BCI-ENAV, 30th Floor Tycoon Centre, Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, 1605 Pasig City.

Deadline for the submission of entries is at midnight of Nov. 22. See posters and print ads, or visit www.jollibee.com.ph for more details.

The Daily Tribune (http://www.tribune.net.ph/etc/20091101etc5.html)

JOLLIBEE BRANCHES IN BACOLOD/NEGROS OCCIDENTAL:

*Jollibee Robinson's Place-Bacolod

*Jollibee Bacolod Gatuslao

*Jollibee Bacolod La Salle

*Jollibee Bacolod Lacson

*Jollibee Bacolod Libertad

*Jollibee Bacolod Luzurriaga

*Jollibee Gaisano City-Bacolod

*Jollibee Lopue's East

*Jollibee SM City-Bacolod

*Jollibee Gaisano-San Carlos City

*Jollibee PCI Bldg., Guanzon St.- Kabankalan City

*Jollibee Gaisano-Kabankalan City

*Jollibee -Cadiz City

*Jollibee- La Carlota City

Thanks to @bacolodchamp for the list :)

c6josh

November 3rd, 2009, 08:29 AM

TIP's Future department store, a possible Robinson's may lease the space at the second floor.
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c6josh

November 3rd, 2009, 08:32 AM

TIP's Houston Home Depot Interiors November 2009
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Linguine

November 3rd, 2009, 08:33 AM

ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM!:lol: Sorry sa kamanol ko, this CAB GELATO is exclusive to Bob's only?

Yes migo, ila gid ni obra......:)

national guard

November 3rd, 2009, 08:37 AM

Yes migo, ila gid ni obra......:)

Thanks Sir @Linguine!:):)

c6josh

November 3rd, 2009, 08:48 AM

TIP's tenants located outside, November 2009
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November 3rd, 2009, 08:54 AM

TIP's tenants inside located at the ground floor
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c6josh

November 3rd, 2009, 08:58 AM

TIP's Robinson's Supermarket
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c6josh

November 3rd, 2009, 09:01 AM

^^this is good news...more IT's in Bacolod more Jobs...more developments.

c6josh

November 3rd, 2009, 09:02 AM

national guard

November 3rd, 2009, 09:30 AM

IN SAN CARLOS
Pintaflores streetdancing,ritual competition slated

The annual Pintaflores Festival streetdancing and ritual competition will be held in San Carlos City , Negros Occidental, on Nov. 3 to 5.

San Carlos Mayor Eugenio Jose Lacson said it was in 1992 when the Pintaflores originated and it involves the painting of the bodies, and flowers.

Pintaflores was coined from the word “pintados”, the concept behind the Nabingkalan Tattoo Festival and “flores”, the Spanish word for flowers that led to the theme of the Dances of Flowers.

The successful holding of the two activities in 1992 as highlights of the city's fiesta resulted in the creation of the Pintaflores Festival of San Carlos City .

Lacson said that, like any other fiesta, the idea there is to make it as colorful and as attractive as possible.

He said they have also joined Sinulog a couple of times carrying their fiesta name and in the last two years, they have also opened up the competition to other local governments in the Island of Negros – both Oriental and Occidental.

Lacson said that for this year they will have participants coming from Negros Oriental and Occidental.*CGS

The Visayan Daily Star (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/03/people.htm)

SUV111

November 3rd, 2009, 02:25 PM

PULI SA KABANKALAN

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KABANKALAN CATHEDRAL
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KABANKALAN PLAZA AND THE FORMER CITY HALL
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CLEANER AND GREENER STREETS
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JOLLIBEE GUANZON
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JOLLIBEE GAISANO
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TEDS OLD TIMER LA PAZ BATCHOY
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MANG INASAL GAISANO
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MERCI PASALUBONG, GAISANO
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MERCURY DRUG PLAZA BRANCH
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AND SOON TO OPEN NATIONAL HI WAY BRANCH HERE
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LOPUES KABANKALAN
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GAISANO KABANKALAN
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UNITOP
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RIVSON COMMERCIAL
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BIG BEN
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FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST COLLEGE
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SUV111

November 3rd, 2009, 05:00 PM

ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM!:lol: Sorry sa kamanol ko, this CAB GELATO is exclusive to Bob's only?

yes migs...and its delicious....less fat!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

SUV111

November 3rd, 2009, 05:01 PM

TIP's Robinson's Supermarket
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i hope mayo lang na department store ang mag open dira...

SUV111

November 3rd, 2009, 05:06 PM

national guard

November 3rd, 2009, 07:48 PM

national guard

November 3rd, 2009, 07:53 PM

yes migs...and its delicious....less fat!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Lactose Intolerant ko galing, huhuhu.:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

Sige lang, agwantahon ko lang!:lol::lol::lol:

lgseccionph

November 3rd, 2009, 11:37 PM

L'fisher Hotel. :banana:

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Nice shot at neomind!

lgseccionph

November 3rd, 2009, 11:38 PM

Starbucks Coffee.

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:cheers:

lgseccionph

November 3rd, 2009, 11:49 PM

Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol

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One beautiful day at the Provincial Capitol :):)

lgseccionph

November 4th, 2009, 12:01 AM

photos byMr. Kalamay

BANKS IN KABANKALAN CITY

ALLIED BANK
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BANCO DE ORO
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RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION
GUANZON ST., KABANKALAN CITY
TEL. NO. 471-2316
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CITY SAVINGS BANK
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DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
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LANDBANK
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BANK VICTORIAS
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PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK
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BANK OF COMMERCE
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NOT IN PHOTO

BANGKO SANG KABANKALAN
RURAL BANK OF MARAYO
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boy muscovado

November 4th, 2009, 12:13 AM

Lactose Intolerant ko galing, huhuhu.:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

Sige lang, agwantahon ko lang!:lol::lol::lol:

Ahay....sige, pangitaan ta ka migs goat's or carabao's milk kay ubrahon ta ice cream...
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

bacolodchamp

November 4th, 2009, 02:32 AM

Sugar output to reach 2.19-million tons for crop year 2009-2010
By Marianne V. Go (The Philippine Star) Updated November 04, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Sugar production for crop year 2009-2010 is expected to hit 2.19 million tons, according to Reynaldo P. Bantug, chairman of the Negros/Panay chapter of the Confederation of Sugar Producer’s Associations Inc.

The sugar crop year starts in September and ends in August of the following year.

However, of the expected 2.19 million ton sugar production for crop year 2009-2010, Bantug explained that only 2.15 million ton will be raw sugar, while about 40,000 tons would be used for the production of ethanol.

In a talk with reporters, Bantug also said that domestic sugar prices are rising due to lower global production primarily by Brazil and India and higher international sugar price.

World market price for sugar, according to Bantug is up at 23 US cents a pound, while domestically, sugar in 50 kilogram bags sells at P1,350 in Negros.

The higher sugar price, hopefully, Bantug said, would spur higher production.

However, the sugar sector is still apprehensive over the influx of imported sugar from its ASEAN neighbors next year with the effectivity of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement-Common Effective Preferential Tariff (AFTA-CEPT) scheme.

The sugar sector’s apprehension stems from the still unresolved tariff dispute between Thailand and the Philippines over maintaining a 38 percent tariff rate for sugar under the highly sensitive list protocol of the AFTA-CEPT for the period 2010 to 2014.

While there had been some assurance from Thailand that it is agreeable to the Philippines’ request for sugar, the issue now appears to be part of a much tougher bargaining on a similar request for continued tariff protection for Philippine rice for which the Philippines also wants to maintain a tariff cover of 40 percent.

The sugar sector, Bantug admitted, particularly fears the influx of Thai sugar whose sugar production is more efficient than that of the Philippines and is subsidized by the Thai government in the form of loans.

The Philippine sugar industry, on the other hand, Bantug pointed out, does not enjoy such subsidies and is thus relying on the government to successfully protect the sector through tariff walls.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=520076&publicationSubCategoryId=66

SUV111

November 4th, 2009, 03:18 AM

^^SUPER SUPER GREAT gid ya migs!:lol: Daw wala ni mayo ma-notice sa main thread ta when I posted it there kay parti sa sunog in Brgy. 19 ang main topic naton didto kaina.:)

Something to watch out for in 2010!:banana::banana::banana:

yeah!!!! were all focused on the tragedy...it happened already and we need to move on...we are seeing a jam packed 2010 with rotary convention and this one...its ooohh lala for Bacolod again!!!

SUV111

November 4th, 2009, 03:20 AM

^^ beautiful!!!

SUV111

November 4th, 2009, 03:22 AM

Lactose Intolerant ko galing, huhuhu.:wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

Sige lang, agwantahon ko lang!:lol::lol::lol:

hahahahaha!!!! ako amo man ko na before but i dont know what happened na daw indi na..sometimes naga tukar lang...

Ahay....sige, pangitaan ta ka migs goat's or carabao's milk kay ubrahon ta ice cream...
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

ano na sabot man?

SUV111

November 4th, 2009, 04:10 AM

Mall 888

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Bacolod's Divisoria mall is the best place to shop for a not-so-expensive gifts this Christmas Season

boynegro$

November 4th, 2009, 07:06 AM

boynegro$

November 4th, 2009, 07:33 AM

^^ Exactly mig SUV. Katahum sang view kag nami sang ambience. Thanks for the pics Neo.:)

boynegro$

November 4th, 2009, 08:09 AM

BPO revenues up 21% in 2008
By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes (The Philippine Star) Updated November 02, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines – The 29 largest business process outsourcing
(BPO) providers in the Philippines, mostly engaged in contact center activities, reported P94.4 billion in combined revenues in 2008, up 21 percent or P16.1 billion from the P78.3 billion they posted in 2007.

“The Philippines has definitely secured its position as a leading player in the global BPO market, judging from the sustained double-digit revenue growth of the local branches of mostly multinational BPO providers,” Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, chairman of the House information and communications technology committee, said.

Santiago cited the need to further build up the BPO industry through ample infrastructure support, proper human resource development, sound policy environment, adequate fiscal incentives and effective business development.

He said the P94.4 billion in combined revenues reported by the top 29 BPO providers alone translate to almost $2 billion at the current exchange rate of P47.63:$1. Overseas clients pay BPO firms in dollars.

“What is remarkable about the BPO industry is that it is highly labor-intensive. Since the industry employs a growing number of Filipinos, it also supports an increasing number of families,” Santiago said.

The top 29 BPO providers and their corresponding 2008 revenues are: TeleTech Customer Care Management Philippines Inc. (P8.1 billion); Convergys Philippines Services Corp. (P8 billion); eTelecare Global Solutions Inc. (P7.9 billion); Sykes Asia Inc. (P7.5 billion); Aegis PeopleSupport Inc. (P5.7 billion); ICT Marketing Services Inc. (P4.3 billion);

Telus International Philippines Inc. (P4.2 billion); HSBC Electronic Data Processing Philippines Inc. (P4.1 billion); Sitel Philippines Corp. (P3.7 billion); Telephilippines Inc. (P3.6 billion); Deutsche Knowledge Services Pte. Ltd. (P3.2 billion); IBM Daksh Business Process Services Philippines Inc. (P3.2 billion); IBM Business Services Inc. (P2.9 billion);

Sutherland Global Services Philippines Inc. (P2.5 billion); JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Philippine Customer Care Center (P2.4 billion); Dell International Services Philippines Inc. (P2.4 billion); SPI Technologies Inc. (P2.3 billion); Advanced Contact Solutions Inc. (P2.2 billion); ePLDT Inc. (P2.1 billion); APAC Customer Services Inc. (P2.1 billion); Cyber City Teleservices Philippines Inc. (P1.8 billion); Sitel Customer Care Philippines Inc. (P1.8 billion); Parlance Systems Inc. (P1.7 billion); ePerformax Contact Centers Corp. (P1.6 billion); Synnex-Concentrix Corp. (P1.4 billion); West Contact Services Inc. (P1.2 billion); Vision-X Philippines Inc. (P1.1 billion); Genpact Services LLC (P1 billion); and ePLDT Ventus Inc. (P1 billion).

The 2008 revenues of the local units of the following large BPO providers were not readily available: Accenture Ltd., Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Citigroup Business Process Solutions Pte. Ltd., INFONXX Philippines Inc., Hinduja TMT Ltd., and Vocativ Systems Inc.

Santiago pointed out that the country has more than 400 other BPO providers that generate annual revenues of anywhere from a few million pesos to just under P1 billion.

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Tatlo gid gali ang nadala sa Bacolod nga mga companies mga gords. Telephilippines and Teleperformance is the same.:)

SUV111

November 4th, 2009, 01:17 PM

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Westown Hotel San Juan

bacolodchamp

November 5th, 2009, 09:58 AM

^^kag kon ano ang dal-on sang mga bisita migs para sa bacolod migs ang pinaka-importante. i'm sure it will open more doors of opportunities for bacolod once business leaders and movers see it first hand what bacolod can offer.

bacolodchamp

November 5th, 2009, 10:04 AM

New biofuel production facility planned in Negros Occidental

BACOLOD CITY -- A group of businessmen and sugarcane farmers led by Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Roberto L. Montelibano is partnering with foreign investors to build an ethanol plant in Negros Occidental.

Mr. Montelibano, president of Biofuels International Phils., Inc., said his company is now finalizing a joint venture agreement with the yet undisclosed investors.

The ethanol plant, which will cost P3 billion-P5 billion, will be built in the central Negros town of Murcia. It will be a multi-feedstock, autonomous cogeneration facility that will use sugar-cane and sweet sorghum as feed-stock and agricultural waste as fuel. The plant will have a production capacity of 200,000 liters of ethanol a day and 19 megawatts, or 19,000 kilowatts-per-hour, of power.

Mr. Montelibano said the initial capacity is seen to meet about 7% of the ethanol needed for the 10% ethanol blending with gasoline between 2011 and 2012.

The excess power from the plant will be supplied to electric cooperatives in Negros Occidental, he said.

Mr. Montelibano said they will tap small farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries as contract growers for sugarcane and sweet sorghum.

Sweet sorghum is capable of being ratooned like sugarcane under a three-month cropping cycle. Thus, Mr. Montelibano said, it is ideal for small farmers who have no tractors or advanced farm equipment.

He said that a farmer cultivating between one-and-a-half to two hectares and harvesting at least two crops -- a ratoon and another crop -- yearly can earn about P80,000-P100,000 a year, including the sale of his field trash to the ethanol plant.

Mr. Montelibano said that the short cropping cycle of sorghum, and its ratooning ability for the entire year, is expected to provide livelihood opportunity to about 9,000 farmers.

The local government of Murcia has identified 12,000 hectares as marginally used lands belonging to agrarian reform beneficiaries. About 9,000 to 10,000 hectares of these can be used for sweet sorghum, Mr. Montelibano said.

Last September, San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. inaugurated the country’s first integrated ethanol distillery and power cogeneration plant in the northern Negros city of San Carlos. The P3-billion facility, which uses sugarcane as feedstock, is designed to produce close to 40 million liters of ethanol yearly, supplying about 10% of the country’s ethanol needs. It will also supply eight megawatts of power to the local grid.

Also expected to be finished soon is a 100,000-liter-a-day ethanol distillery in La Carlota City of Roxol Bioenergy Corp., in joint venture with India firm, KBK Chem-Engineering Pvt. Ltd.. -- Nanette L. Guadalquiver

http://beta.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=908

^^another multi billion project for negros occidental

bacolodchamp

November 5th, 2009, 10:15 AM

^^and here's another one for us.
Corporate News

Energy firm eyes hydro, wind projects

Constellation Energy Corp., a local company with Singaporean and Italian partners, is planning to put up two wind farms and three “run-of-river” hydro power plants in the country.

“Our first two wind projects are in Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. We are looking at other wind areas in the country,” Jose P. Leviste, Jr., Constellation Energy chairman, said.

Mr. Leviste said his company has three applications with the Department of Energy to develop hydropower plants in Bongabong and Alag in Mindoro Oriental, and Tubinga in Nueva Ecija.

The Bongabong plant is expected to have 28 megawatts (MW) in capacity; Alag, 3 MW; and Tubinga, 39 MW. The capacity of the two wind projects has yet to be determined.

“In the middle of 2011 we’ll have a better idea of the next steps to be taken,” Mr. Leviste said of the wind projects.

Mr. Leviste also said the cost of the projects have yet to be pegged as they are still in the feasibility stage.

The average investment for wind and hydro projects stand at $2.5 million per MW.

Constellation is also on the lookout for other possible partners.
“It is our intention to go beyond our existing partners now [and] to move further and get larger companies to work with us,” Mr. Leviste said.

The Department of Energy is seeking renewable energy investors following the passage of the Renewable Energy Law, which offers perks such as income tax holidays for the first seven years of operation, tax-free carbon credits from renewable energy projects, as well as tariff exemption and duty-free importation of machinery and equipment for the first 10 years of operation.

Power from renewable energy sources are also exempted from the value-added tax. Non-fiscal incentives include a renewable energy portfolio standard, which includes the mandatory utilization of renewable energy power in grids, and priority dispatch for power produced from renewable energy resources. -- J. B. F. Santos

http://beta.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=841

SUV111

November 5th, 2009, 02:09 PM

MISS EARTH Pre Talent Competition IN BACOLOD

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SUV111

November 5th, 2009, 02:09 PM

MISS EARTH Pre Talent Competition IN BACOLOD

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c6josh

November 5th, 2009, 02:33 PM

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Westown Hotel San Juan

^^the owners made the right decision in building another Westown hotel in this area...nag nami ang downtown area...I'm also excited on what the new Lopue's will look like when it finish...hope it will be start of a new look for all Lopue's branches.

national guard

November 5th, 2009, 06:38 PM

Ahay....sige, pangitaan ta ka migs goat's or carabao's milk kay ubrahon ta ice cream...
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

hahahahaha!!!! ako amo man ko na before but i dont know what happened na daw indi na..sometimes naga tukar lang...
ano na sabor man?

Soya milk na lang Doc!:)

national guard

November 5th, 2009, 06:39 PM

Halloween party held
The Visayan Daily Star (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/05/people.htm)

Lopue’s East Centre in Bacolod City celebrated its 12th year of Halloween Fun Games recently, a press release from the management said.

The sold-out event turned up participants in some of the creepiest and most imaginative costumes that wowed the crowd and the judges.

The event started with a costume parade, where the best costumes of 10 different categories were awarded with toys and gift certificates from Lopue’s East Centre. Children then enjoyed a trick-or-treat tour around the store, hoarding candies and showing off their costumes, followed by a visit to the Adventure Room and the side games for more goodies, the press release said.

In the Adventure Room, which opened to the public from Monday through Wednesday, children and adults were led through Captain Thomas Black’s hall of horrors and into his haunted Treasure Room where more prizes were given to those who dared answer the Captain’s riddle, the press release added.

national guard

November 5th, 2009, 06:59 PM

RE POST FROM OUR MAIN THREAD. THANKS TO MIGA GLADITA FOR THE PICS.:)

Speaking of Chinky's, here is the restaurant owned by Chinky, the namesake of Chinky's where her brother is also the chef.

Puffs N' Tarts
Cake Factory and Restaurant

#77 San Sebastian St.,Bacolod City
(formerly occupied by Ang Sinugba)
Tel. 7088719

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lgseccionph

November 6th, 2009, 12:04 AM

Before I go to sleep... I want to share the pictures of me and my friends from work in our trip to mambukal... nag enjoy guid sila as in and i love the SLIDE FOR LIFE... bast nami guid... as in... :)

Hope you like it!!!

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Nice pix @ sugar.

lgseccionph

November 6th, 2009, 12:08 AM

Mambukal Adventure Part II... Yeah... Ay Lab ET!!! My friends said they will be coming back for sure... THIS DECEMBER!!! hehehe this time ma go na guid kami sa 7th Falls kay asta lang kami sa 3rd Falls sang nagkadto kami last week... hehehehe

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AY LAB ET too @ sugar lol

lgseccionph

November 6th, 2009, 12:10 AM

After namon sa Mambucal... Derecho kami daya RUINS... they SUPPPPPER Love it there... Nag Enjoy guid ang mga Bruha!!! hehehe here are some of our Pics... :)

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And isa guid ka batalyon ta nga mga friends from EUROPE were there that night for their Dinner... nag ugtas man kami kay super check guid ya ang bill nila... hehehehe mga 23 sila kabilog that night including FILIPINO Friends (6) occupying a large tabel outside the veranda of the Ruins... mga 20 mins kami naghulat sang bill namun kay guin isip guid sang isa nila ka tourguide ang bill which if i heard it right amounted to 15,600 something kay baw joshku... 6 guid bala ka wine ang naubos nila and 1st class wine guid ha kay nakita ko MOET and CHANDON ila guin order... ambi ko gani guin include nalang nila ang guin eat namon that night sa bill nila... hahahaha... hahahaha as in guin isip ko guid ya ang bottles sang wine nila... hahahaha anyhoo... i superrrr love the ruins!!!

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:banana::cheers:

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 6th, 2009, 02:54 AM

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 6th, 2009, 02:57 AM

SUV111

November 6th, 2009, 03:04 AM

STARBUCKS BACOLOD

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pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 6th, 2009, 03:15 AM

more of CARRIBEAN

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pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 6th, 2009, 03:16 AM

SUV111

November 6th, 2009, 03:41 AM

ay abaw nagpacarribean ang toto... :)

c6josh

November 6th, 2009, 05:15 AM

c6josh

November 6th, 2009, 05:18 AM

WHAT'S NEW IN CARRIBEAN RESORTEL

obviously,,this is the Poseidon's place..ehehhe:lol::lol::lol:
the area is very cool that's similar to a themepark...ahhahha...

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one should try this one....:banana::banana::banana:
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^^kanami mag check inn di for one night daw ka sadya gid sang ila nga pool attraction, first adventure park in Negros Occ. better than sta Fe. hope they built a huge resort water park in the future with alot of water slides and wave pool.

boy muscovado

November 6th, 2009, 07:46 AM

yeah!!!! were all focused on the tragedy...it happened already and we need to move on...we are seeing a jam packed 2010 with rotary convention and this one...its ooohh lala for Bacolod again!!!

^^SUPER SUPER GREAT gid ya migs!:lol: Daw wala ni mayo ma-notice sa main thread ta when I posted it there kay parti sa sunog in Brgy. 19 ang main topic naton didto kaina.:)

Something to watch out for in 2010!:banana::banana::banana:

Sige lang mga migs. Next year Bacolod will host the 2010 National Midyear Convention of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, and hopefully will hold the next National Mid-Year Convention of the Philippine College of Physicians...ma bid kami :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

c6josh

November 6th, 2009, 09:14 AM

under construction pa lng d s poseidon.pero sbng..WOW!nami na guid
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subong nami na guid ang Caribbean damu na sila attraction......labi na guid ang ^^^Poseidon,,nag enjoy guid ko kagapon ligo da:lol::lol::lol::lol:

@pompi,,,nice shots,,,nice meeting u there!

good pm sa tanan.....
:):)

re-post ko jmok nice pics

c6josh

November 6th, 2009, 09:15 AM

SUV111

November 6th, 2009, 09:50 AM

we need more of this

yeah...we badly need one :)

SUV111

November 6th, 2009, 10:17 AM

^^da human naman ang poseidon nila? hehehehehe kanami gid ya sang Caribbean a :)

SUV111

November 6th, 2009, 10:23 AM

Sige lang mga migs. Next year Bacolod will host the 2010 National Midyear Convention of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, and hopefully will hold the next National Mid-Year Convention of the Philippine College of Physicians...ma bid kami :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

yehey!!!! ay abaw!!!! mayo ni migs :) daw ako ang gina excite sini na mga conventions :) baw..daw naga karakasa ang Bacolod sa conventions migs :) wow philippines dubbed Bacolod as the convention destination of WV...i guess they are right about it :)

SUV111

November 6th, 2009, 11:06 AM

RE POST FROM OUR MAIN THREAD. THANKS TO MIGA GLADITA FOR THE PICS.:)

pagutom naman ta sini e :) hehehehehe masarap ang bawal :)

national guard

November 6th, 2009, 08:06 PM

national guard

November 6th, 2009, 08:07 PM

^^ not ONLY ONE MIGS, much better TWO, THREE, FOUR ........:lol:

national guard

November 6th, 2009, 08:14 PM

pagutom naman ta sini e :) hehehehehe masarap ang bawal :)

Be prepared for the consequence/s lang galing afterwards migs.:)

national guard

November 6th, 2009, 08:16 PM

boy muscovado

November 6th, 2009, 11:15 PM

Katahum sang SB-Bacolod ah! Up to now, hanggang picture pa lang ko ya sang Starbuko-BCD!:ohno:
Migo SUV, treat mo guid ko sa SB pagpuli ko ha. Stockholder ka daan sang SB :)

Sige lang migs ah. At least ara ka man ya naga "shop and dine" sa mga lugar da sa "land of shawarma" nga wala man diri namon nakadtu-an. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

boy muscovado

November 6th, 2009, 11:23 PM

ay abaw nagpacarribean ang toto... :)

Amu gid wala gid sya nanghagad :bash::bash::bash::bash:

yeah...we badly need one :)

^^ not ONLY ONE MIGS, much better TWO, THREE, FOUR ........:lol:

Well, we could wait man ah for more surprises. May ara pa man ta mga mountain resorts to complement that. At least pampatak-tak bilbil ang mga mountain resorts. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Linguine

November 7th, 2009, 01:40 AM

^^^^

Good Morning Bacolod

One Big Advantage sang Carribean ang ila location, very accessible kag lapit lang......:cheers::cheers::cheers::)

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 7th, 2009, 02:55 AM

GOOD MORNING MGA AMIGOS!!!!!!!!!

share ko lang guys!

VX5t6ReawQU

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 7th, 2009, 02:58 AM

ay abaw nagpacarribean ang toto... :)

Amu gid wala gid sya nanghagad :bash::bash::bash::bash:

Well, we could wait man ah for more surprises. May ara pa man ta mga mountain resorts to complement that. At least pampatak-tak bilbil ang mga mountain resorts. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^^^

Good Morning Bacolod

One Big Advantage sang Carribean ang ila location, very accessible kag lapit lang......:cheers::cheers::cheers::)

morning man tito migs kag sa iban pa nga sscers....gani man to..mayu gid ang location nila...nami tani kung mag expand pa gid sila...my ara pa to sa space sa likod dampi nila...

@migo SUV and @migo doc..sorry gid..ginghagad man lng ko b..hehee...next time ah..nami didto nman tah ma swimming..migo suv...sa monday migs ha...sa hapun..palmas..doc pod ka?....hehhehe...:):):):):)

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 7th, 2009, 03:05 AM

GOOD MORNING MGA AMIGOS!!!!!!!!!

share ko lang guys!

VX5t6ReawQU

boy muscovado

November 7th, 2009, 03:09 AM

morning man tito migs kag sa iban pa nga sscers....gani man to..mayu gid ang location nila...nami tani kung mag expand pa gid sila...my ara pa to sa space sa likod dampi nila...

@migo SUV and @migo doc..sorry gid..ginghagad man lng ko b..hehee...next time ah..nami didto nman tah ma swimming..migo suv...sa monday migs ha...sa hapun..palmas..doc pod ka?....hehhehe...:):):):):)

I-expand nila pati da sa Magsungay River. Ang mga daredevils dira naman ga slide derecho sa suba :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

sus! amo ka man gid na migo @pomz!!!:bash:....:jk: pati ah!.....hisa lang ko kay waay gid ko tyempo

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 7th, 2009, 03:09 AM

I-expand nila pati da sa Magsungay River. Ang mga daredevils dira naman ga slide derecho sa suba :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

sus! amo ka man gid na migo @pomz!!!:bash:....:jk: pati ah!.....hisa lang ko kay waay gid ko tyempo

hahhahhaa..mu gid na ya doc..bc bchan ka daan..kag nd ka gid bala magahisa..ako dapat mahisa gani..kay you have so much time to spend here in bacolod kag sa family mu...hehehe..u know what i mean...hehe..with my profession doc...ako gid dapat mahisa..mu na kung ari ko d..gina sulit ko gid...hehehehe:lol::lol::lol:

boy muscovado

November 7th, 2009, 05:42 AM

hahhahhaa..mu gid na ya doc..bc bchan ka daan..kag nd ka gid bala magahisa..ako dapat mahisa gani..kay you have so much time to spend here in bacolod kag sa family mu...hehehe..u know what i mean...hehe..with my profession doc...ako gid dapat mahisa..mu na kung ari ko d..gina sulit ko gid...hehehehe:lol::lol::lol:

Sige na lang gani.....ahay...te dont worry we will make sur3e nga memorable gid ang time mo diri pirmi :):cheers:

bacolodchamp

November 7th, 2009, 10:32 AM

Petron Withdraws petition for zero tariff on ethanol

The sugar industry and the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines won a temporary relief when Petron, the oil company, withdrew its petition to cut down to only 0 percent the tariff on imported ethanol.

The tariff commission, however, is still locked in their petition plus that of the Sugar Regulatory Administration to raise the tariff from the current one percent to 10 or 20 percent to provide a climate that will induce investors to put their money into ethanol projects.

Tariff Commission chair Edgardo Abon said the increased tariff rate as “pre-operating protection.”

Reynaldo Bantug said it could not be “pre-production protection since already two bioethanol plants are already in production and there are 20 more potential investors waiting in the sidelines for clarification of the government's position vis-à-vis questions of returns on investments.

Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, principal author of the National Biofuels Act of 2006 appealed to the tariff commission yesterday to raise the tariff to 10 percent to 20 percent in the next five years, starting in 2010.

Executive Order No. 449, which reduced the tariff to 1 percent, because at the time it was issued in 2005, there was no local producer of bioethanol fuel and aimed to assure price competitiveness of ethanol blended gasoline vis-à-vis gasoline products.

The present environment however, has changed dramatically. Not only have ethanol production companies started to operate in the Philippines , our locally produced ethanol is competitive with current gasoline prices, Zubiri said.

He also said that potential investors are still reluctant to shoulder the billions of pesos required to put up a plant considering the current tariff of one percent.

Thus, he proposed a graduated rate of from 10 percent to 20 percent in the next five years.

Bantug hailed the intervention of Reps. Jose Carlos Lacson (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) and Rep. Monico Puentevella ( Bacolod ) on the issue.

Puentevella is supposed to deliver a privilege speech in the House when the chamber convenes again next week.

Puentevella pointed out the need for the government to address the tariff issue.

This, he said, has frustrated investors on ethanol, pointing out that government entities are deficient in implementing the provisions of the biofuel law and by imposing lengthy procedures in processing applications for relief.

Puentevella cited the SRA report that some 20 biofuel investors have signified their intention to invest in bioethanol production but are hesitant to proceed without favorable signals from the government.

So far, Puentevella pointed out, there are two bioethanol plants already operating in the country producing 39 million liters of the alternative additive with the mandated five percent blend with gasoline.

He also pointed out what the Nacusip-TUCP had warned - that the depreciation of the tariff on imported sugar to only 5 to 0 percent in 2014 paves the way for entry in the country of low-priced sugar.

Besides, Puentevella pointed out, countries which already have their bioethanol plant such as the United States, Brazil, India, and Japan have put up tariffs to protect their bioethanol manufacturers.*RLE

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/07/businessnews1.htm

bacolodchamp

November 7th, 2009, 11:08 AM

Silay City Gov’t to Welcome Ms. Earth Candidates on Nov. 9

Twenty eight candidates of Miss Earth International 2009 participating in the Preliminary Talent Competition will be welcomed by the Silay City Government at the Silay-Bacolod Airport on Nov. 9, 2009.

The welcoming party is headed by Mayor Jose L. Montelibano, Vice Mayor Mark Golez and the staff of the Silay Tourism Office.

Ver Pacete, tourism officer of Silay and president of the Association of Tourism Officers of Negros Occidental (ATONO), said the Miss Earth candidates will make a running tour at the cultural - heritage area of Silay as part of the tourism promotion.

Candidates will make a quick stop at Balay Negrense Museum for photo ops and to have a glimpse of Silay legacy which includes the testing of hometown delicacies.

Mayor Montelibano said the candidates are here to promote their mission which is the promotion of environmental advocacies.

Montelibano added that they are spokespersons of the country they are representing and they will make us further understand the global effect of climate change and offer measures to face the crises.

From Silay, the candidates will be welcomed by tourism officers who are ATONO members at the Provincial Capitol and a Friendship Lunch will be hosted by the Provincial Government and ATONO. They will have a courtesy call on Gov. Isidro Zayco.

Jennylind Cordero, provincial tourism officer, said ATONO members will be given a chance to exchange views on global warming with the candidates prior to their appearance in a press conference with Negros media.* (Gerle H. Sulmaca)

http://www.ndb-online.com/nov0709v5

　

lgseccionph

November 7th, 2009, 12:20 PM

KABANKALAN SHOWROOM

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ZAYCOLAND HOTEL AND RESORT

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BALICAOCAO MOUNTAIN RESORT

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Thanks for the pics @ Mr. Kalamay.

Linguine

November 7th, 2009, 12:30 PM

SUV111

November 7th, 2009, 02:11 PM

Gaston Mansion
Manapla, Negros Occidental

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SSC Bacolod went on an adventure up north today through the efforts of Gladita (thanks girl!!)...We visited the mansion of the Gastons in Manapla. Its my first time to be there andall i can say is that the 40 minute trip is all worth it...Thanks to Imelda who toured us around and tirelessly explaining everything to us... Its just amazing that all you can see inside are original stuffs...preserved and well maintained...One of the highlights of our visit is the cartwheel chapel... a very unique and beautiful structure that can only be found in Negros. I must say that it is one of the Most interesting architecture I've ever seen. From the walls, roof and its interior...all indigenous materials transformed into one amazing masterpiece. Thanks to Chef Jomi for the sumptuous lunch you served...as promised, we will post pictures of the house and the chapel...thanks sir jomi for checking the thread also :) We had a great time!!! Thank you....

cartwheel chapel

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SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 05:50 AM

The Gaston Mansion
Manapla, Negros Occidental

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The Cartwheeel Chapel

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SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 06:25 AM

Katahum sang SB-Bacolod ah! Up to now, hanggang picture pa lang ko ya sang Starbuko-BCD!:ohno:
Migo SUV, treat mo guid ko sa SB pagpuli ko ha. Stockholder ka daan sang SB :)

wala problema migs a :) ikaw lang e treat ko a :) hahahahahaha!!!! indi ko da stockholder ya migs... ako na da ang mascot :)

Sige lang migs ah. At least ara ka man ya naga "shop and dine" sa mga lugar da sa "land of shawarma" nga wala man diri namon nakadtu-an. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

korek gid migs :)

Koreans @ STARBUCKS BACOLOD

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SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 06:31 AM

^^ dapat si pompi mag balik na di ma spend time gid siya sa aton tanan 24 hours

SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 06:32 AM

:okay::cheers::cheers::cheers:

lets hope that they will grab the second bid. :) para damo naman tao sa Bacolod and of course...mayo ang negosyo :)

Fraulein

November 8th, 2009, 06:38 AM

You know what, hindi ko nadayo ang Starbucks Bacolod. :hilarious

SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 06:41 AM

You know what, hindi ko nadayo ang Starbucks Bacolod. :hilarious

ok lang yan frau....dami naman dyan e :) hehehehe

Fraulein

November 8th, 2009, 06:42 AM

ok lang yan frau....dami naman dyan e :) hehehehe

Hindi naman. gusto ko lang makita ang hitsura rin sa loob. Iba-iba rin kasi ang design nila. Parang sa Cebu nung pumunta kami last August. :)

SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 06:47 AM

Hindi naman. gusto ko lang makita ang hitsura rin sa loob. Iba-iba rin kasi ang design nila. Parang sa Cebu nung pumunta kami last August. :)

simple lang ang interior ng SB Bacolod... pero buti na lang walang customers na ginagawang bahay ang SB :) hehehehehe.,..babalik ka naman dito diba? punta ka dun kasama ssc bacolod :) heheheh

Fraulein

November 8th, 2009, 06:51 AM

simple lang ang interior ng SB Bacolod... pero buti na lang walang customers na ginagawang bahay ang SB :) hehehehehe.,..babalik ka naman dito diba? punta ka dun kasama ssc bacolod :) heheheh

Sige bah! Kulitan lang siguro tayo doon. Hehehehe:)

SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 02:00 PM

Robinson's Place Bacolod

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national guard

November 8th, 2009, 04:45 PM

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Philippines’ biggest contact center claims RP is most sought after site
By EMMIE V. ABADILLA
Manila Bulletin (http://www.mb.com.ph/node/228571/philippine)
November 8, 2009, 4:18pm

Today, the Philippines is the most sought after site for contact center clients due to its affinity with Western culture and its customer-centric approach, according to Convergys Corp. Vice President and Country Manager Marife Zamora.

“The customer experience with Filipino agents is unparalleled. Customers love it,” acquiesced Clark D. Handy, Senior Vice President, Human Resources. So much so, that the company has already exceeded its target this year for client satisfaction.

“We have already delivered 4.02 out of our Philippine target of 4 on a scale of 1-5,” Zamora observed. “Most clients are reluctant to give a 5, the perfect score, but the Philippines consistently ranked higher than all other geographics. Among other things, clients say that when they listen to Filipino call center agents, they can actually hear the smile.”

Convergys, the country’s biggest contact center, has over 30 percent or, 18,000 employees, of its more than 70,000 workforce across the globe, residing in the Philippines.

“This is our biggest site worldwide,” she noted. The company opened recently its newest site in Glorietta 5 at the Ayala Center in Makati City, the first time a Convergys facility was attached to a shopping complex.

Within 5 years, Convergys grew from zero to its current workforce across Metro Manila, Cebu, Bacolod and Sta. Rosa Laguna. Last year, the company announced plans to establish 5 local facilities and todate, has built all but one. Its U.P. Technohub facility will have 300 additional seats and another facility in San Lazaro, Manila will have another 300 when it opens in January, 2010.

Despite the economic climate, Convergys sees growth and development, the two executives confirmed. The company is the biggest in terms of the customer management sphere. “The Philippines is the leader in customer management,” Zamora reiterated.

“We continue to see strong demand from our clients to have their customer management services housed here,” she explained. “To meet this, we work with the local government to ensure that the country remains a rich source of talent and growth. Providing top quality service to our clients and their customers ensure that Convergys continues to retain established business and win new business for all the regions in which we operate.”

The hit rate for recruits is 7 per cent out of 100. Once hired, a personnel has opportunities to develop and train. “We build from within,” Handy remarked. “Beyond pay, our competitive advantage lies in the career and earning growth opportunity provided to our people. Also 95 per cent of our leadership teams come from within.”

Convergys agents handle around 1.7 million inbound calls daily for clients of 27 firms in the Fortune 50 list, in a wide array of industries, from financial services, telecommunications, information technology, pharmaceuticals, retail to e-commerce and direct response. Agents provide support via telephone, web-chat and email.

Recently, Convergys was named one of America’s Most Admired Companies in the Diversified Outsourcing category for the 9th consecutive year. The survey, conducted by management consultant Hay Group, asked executives, directors and analysts to rate 1,400 firms across Fortune’s 9 key attributes of reputation.

The attributes include innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality of products and services plus global competitiveness.

SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 05:12 PM

SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 05:26 PM

SM CITY BACOLOD

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SUV111

November 8th, 2009, 05:31 PM

Nature at its Best
Hacienda Rosalia, Manapla

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national guard

November 8th, 2009, 06:17 PM

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 03:48 AM

Lopez firm earmarks P50.2B to develop geothermal areas

By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer (http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20091108-235038/Lopez-firm-earmarks-P502B-to-develop-geothermal-areas)
First Posted 19:54:00 11/08/2009

Filed Under: Economy and Business and Finance, Energy

ENERGY Development Corp., the country’s biggest producer of geothermal energy, has committed to pour in some P50.2 billion to further develop its five existing geothermal service contract areas over the next five years.

The contracts for these areas have been recently converted by the Department of Energy into renewable energy service contracts, which would allow the Lopez-led firm to tap the incentives provided under the Renewable Energy Law.

The fiscal and non-fiscal incentives included a seven-year income tax holiday.

Documents from the DOE showed that the bulk of the spending or about P22.7 billion would be allocated for the 112.5-megawatt (MW) Tongonan 1 geothermal power plant in Leyte, while another P6.74 billion would be used for the 192.5-MW Palinpinon facility in Negros Oriental.

It was only late last month that EDC assumed the operations of the two power plants after winning the bidding in September. Its $220-million bid edged out the Aboitiz group’s offer of $200 million.

Part of the amount may likely be used for a planned rehabilitation of the facilities to have them operating at their maximum capacities.

EDC earlier said it expected to complete the rehabilitation of the facilities within a year or two.

Meanwhile, EDC committed to spend P8.1 billion over the next five years to expand the 150-MW Bacon-Manito geothermal power facility.

The documents showed that EDC also plans to invest P6.11 billion for its 108-MW Mindanao geothermal production field in Mt. Apo, within the North Cotabato/Davao areas.

Another P6.57 billion will also be allocated for the Northern Negros power plant in Negros Occidental within a five-year period, DOE data showed.

It was only in May this year that EDC recommissioned its 49-MW Northern Negros facility after being shut down for almost a year due to insufficient steam production.

EDC had said that the decline in steam production was mainly due to the “clogging of the wells by calcite minerals found in the current geothermal field. The clogging prevents the wells from releasing the steam from its very source underneath the earth.”

However, the steam field is expected to produce steam good for only 15 to 18 MW of electricity due to the small area of operation.
Since 2007, the Northern Negros geothermal facility had actually been operating under capacity.

^^ OK lang maski 15 to 18 MW ah. Basta RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE & makabulig sang power supply sa Bacolod & Negros island.:)

^^another billions of pesos in investment for bacolod and negros occidental. i think we're on the right path of bringing investments for our province. these energy projects will set the tone on how future investments in the province would eventually be because would-be investors will first see how stable power is before they finally decide to settle down. these investments in renewable energy will further boost our claim as the "saudi arabia of the philippines"...how about that guys?...hehe

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 03:50 AM

Upgrading of Bacolod-Silay airport sought
By Carla Gomez
Inquirer Visayas (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20091108-235064/Upgrading-of-Bacolod-Silay-airport-sought)
First Posted 21:51:00 11/08/2009

Filed Under: Infrastructure

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines -- The business community in Negros Occidental urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to get on track a project extending the Bacolod-Silay Airport runway for larger aircraft in international flights.

Opening the Bacolod-Silay Airport to regional traffic is necessary to further boost the Negros economy, according to Roberto Montelibano, president of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry president.

Montelibano said they were hoping the extension of the runway could start before the end of President Arroyo's term next year.

Negros Occidental Gov. Isidro Zayco said the President, in previous visits to the province, already acknowledged the need to open the airport to regional traffic, and had promised the extension of the runway by 500 meters.

With the uncertainty of sugar industry, Montelibano said Negros needed all the help it could get to boost alternative industries such as tourism, call centers and manufacturing.

The airport, which sits on a 181-hectare site in Silay City, 15 km north of Bacolod City, was constructed for P4 billion and opened in 2007. But while it was built as an international airport, it currently accommodates only domestic flights because its runway needs to be extended to handle the larger aircraft used in international flights.

Montelibano, a member of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative Board, also said Ceneco has been doing all it could to buy more power for its coverage area, particularly to meet the power requirement of its growing business community.

He said the Ceneco service area has been consuming 50 percent of the power needs of Negros Island. Ceneco has been using 110 megawatts but needed 10 more megawatts to prevent brownouts during peak hours, and more power to draw in more investors, he said.

He said four more call centers have expressed interest in coming to Bacolod City but they wanted to be assured first of adequate power supply, he said.

Montelibano said he has already spoken to officials of the Energy Development Corp., Green Core, the new owner of the Palinpinon Geothermal Power Plant in Negros Oriental, on the need of Ceneco for an additional 10 megawatts.

Ceneco was also planning to buy power from independent power producers in Cebu for its additional power needs, he said

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

^^:cheers:

boynegro$

November 9th, 2009, 04:53 AM

^^ Mga tenant guru ni sang Central IT Park ta ay.:nuts:

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 04:58 AM

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 05:30 AM

^^good guess migs...hehehe. i was at northgate last night and can't help but compare with how CDITP would eventually look like. aesthetically designed buildings side by side with hotels and a commercial complex and open parks and hopefully more condo buildings in the area.

thats how i see CDIP to look like. more things will come migs :) may ara pa gid... daw ka sure ball na gid sang isa pa gid ka manug abot sa Bacolod but we cant spill it out.... we'll just wait :)

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 05:30 AM

URATEX SHOWROOM
BACOLOD BRANCH
NOW OPEN

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c6josh

November 9th, 2009, 05:48 AM

^^another world class quality product investing in Negros Occ.:banana::banana::banana:

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 05:52 AM

^^another world class quality product investing in Negros Occ.:banana::banana::banana:

Bacolod is their 3rd branch outside Manila Migs...

They will be expanding in Mindanao soon...

were the next city to have our own store after Cebu...if you were just there and heard the story of the owner on why they put up a store in Bacolod..you will really feel flattered :) The story will be featured in experience negros blog :)

c6josh

November 9th, 2009, 05:53 AM

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^^Koreans are a big help in the Bacolod and Negros Occ. economy...

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 05:55 AM

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c6josh

November 9th, 2009, 05:56 AM

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 05:57 AM

^^Koreans are a big help in the Bacolod and Negros Occ. economy...

yes, they love to dine :) hehehehe and they love SB :)

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 05:58 AM

^^the place looks pretty cool, another ruins in a making....

i doubt its gonna be another ruins....they are planning to repaint and restore everything... :) hehehehehe

pero history tells that if it weren't for the American plane who passed by the area and drove Japanese armies away, the place could've been burnt

boynegro$

November 9th, 2009, 08:17 AM

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 08:51 AM

thats how i see CDIP to look like. more things will come migs :) may ara pa gid... daw ka sure ball na gid sang isa pa gid ka manug abot sa Bacolod but we cant spill it out.... we'll just wait :)

haha. i think i know what it is migs. is that the one you discussed with me? can't wait for that...but for now, my lips are sealed. :nuts:

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nice one for bacolod...3rd branch after MM and cebu, that's wow...it goes to sho lang gid nga the demand for such products is high.

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 09:20 AM

^^Koreans are a big help in the Bacolod and Negros Occ. economy...

yes, they love to dine :) hehehehe and they love SB :)

^^based on stats provided by DOT, bacolod raked in some 30 million in revenues in 2008, the highest among the preferred sites by korean students enrolled at our language schools, manila and baguio being the other 2.:cheers:

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 09:22 AM

New equipment for service firm

The latest technology in wheel alignment will soon be available for automobile owners in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental when MA Wheels Autoworx operates its latest acquisition of the top-of-the line wheel alignment facilities from John Bean Company, a press release from the vehicle service provider said.

The John Bean V3D Wheel Aligner will assure the car owners of a very precise wheel alignment process that guarantees the car owners satisfied with the V3D technology.

John Bean is the best equipment available worldwide in their line of business for automobiles like SUVs, sedans, pick-ups, trucks and all types of four-wheeled vehicles.

The company said that the newest technology of their V3D alignment technology could accommodate wheel alignment to up to 26-inch magwheels which is now being used by car owners in Negros Occidental and Bacolod .

Aside from this new service of MA Wheels Autoworx, it also does nitrogen tire inflation, precision tire mounting, electronic wheel balancing, under-chassis repairs and express vulcanizing, the press release said.

The auto shop directs its vision to a wider expansion of auto services available in Bacolod to catch up with the growing demands of car owners in being provided with customer-satisfying technology at reasonable costs.

MA Wheels Autoworx is located at Araneta Street corner Alijis Road , Singcang, Bacolod .

It has bagged awards in different auto shows in the country. And is operated by skilled local technicians trained and experienced in their field of automotive craftsmanship and technological creativity in the auto industry, the press release said.*

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/09/businessnews3.htm

Linguine

November 9th, 2009, 09:27 AM

Linguine

November 9th, 2009, 09:30 AM

haha. i think i know what it is migs. is that the one you discussed with me? can't wait for that...but for now, my lips are sealed. :nuts:

Haha, baw daw si Maurice Arcache ba......mya lips are sealed.....:)

nice one for bacolod...3rd branch after MM and cebu, that's wow...it goes to sho lang gid nga the demand for such products is high.

We're in good company mig.......:cheers::cheers::cheers:

bacolodchamp

November 9th, 2009, 09:35 AM

^^aw...abi ko anay metrobank migs..."we're in good hands". hehe.

c6josh

November 9th, 2009, 11:43 AM

Bacolod is their 3rd branch outside Manila Migs...

They will be expanding in Mindanao soon...

were the next city to have our own store after Cebu...if you were just there and heard the story of the owner on why they put up a store in Bacolod..you will really feel flattered :) The story will be featured in experience negros blog :)

^^it only shows that more and more companies are starting to have confidence in Negros Occ...

c6josh

November 9th, 2009, 12:36 PM

yes, they love to dine :) hehehehe and they love SB :)

^^HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER SB WILL SOON HAVE ITS SECOND BRANCH.

@SUV ikaw da ang suki sang SB I think you will be the first person to know when they will expand...hehehe.

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 12:45 PM

^^HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER SB WILL SOON HAVE ITS SECOND BRANCH.

@SUV ikaw da ang suki sang SB I think you will be the first person to know when they will expand...hehehe.

nope...they are not going to expand YET!!!! so far one store is enough for Bacolod :) lets make it flourish lang anay then probably once na mag damo pa mga businesses diri or shall we say masuguran na ang CDIP, then maybe maka butang sila didto :)

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 12:51 PM

haha. i think i know what it is migs. is that the one you discussed with me? can't wait for that...but for now, my lips are sealed. :nuts:

nice one for bacolod...3rd branch after MM and cebu, that's wow...it goes to sho lang gid nga the demand for such products is high.

no migs...its the third outside manila...Naga, Cebu and Bacolod...soon Mindanao naman sila mabutang

^^aw...abi ko anay metrobank migs..."we're in good hands". hehe.

huo...metrobank na siya :)

^^it only shows that more and more companies are starting to have confidence in Negros Occ...

this is the right thing to say migs and this is exactly what the owner said...actually he said something that i really want to post it here in our thread pero indi na lang....

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 9th, 2009, 01:47 PM

PALMAS DEL MAR

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:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

pomperadz@yahoo.com

November 9th, 2009, 01:48 PM

SUV111

November 9th, 2009, 03:47 PM

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national guard

November 9th, 2009, 08:01 PM

I LOVE PIZZA & PASTA!:)

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Testing the casual dining pizza market
By Rose De La Cruz (The Philippine Star) (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=521585&publicationSubCategoryId=78)
Updated November 09, 2009 12:00 AM

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MANILA, Philippines - Since 1984 when Pizza Hut was brought into the country by Philippine Pizza Inc., master franchisee, it grew its pizza store network to its current 154 of which 104 is dine-in restaurant and the balance is take-out or delivery counters. This pizza market leader is now branching into the casual dining, pasta segment.

At its press launch last Oct. 28 at the Gateway Mall, Elaine V. Guzman, vice president for marketing of Pizza Hut Philippines, said the local market is ripe for quality Italian pasta that is affordable, compared to current players’ prices.

“No matter if there is a global crisis, we see the Philippine market, especially the middle class sector, as hungry for Italian pasta and would scrimp on other expense items just to enjoy this pleasure,” Guzman told The STAR.

At the launch, Pizza Hut unveiled seven of its planned 12 pasta dishes to the press and some corporate clients.

“We are not here to compete with the quick service restaurants or fastfood chains but more with the Italian-sounding casual dining restaurants, whose products are priced so high that consumers go to them only for special occasion,” said Edgar Allan Caper, advertising and promotions manager.

Our twist is we will offer the consumers a high quality product that they can afford anytime they feel like eating good food, he added.

The goal is to make Filipinos eat pasta as much as they eat rice, to enjoy pasta everyday without feeling guilty about the cost because now the pasta we offer is really affordable for the quality they are looking for, Guzman explained.

Asked if Pizza Hut has any plans of expanding its name to Pizza Pasta Hut, Guzman said “no because we want the Filipinos to continue associating us with good quality pizza and now also good quality but affordable pasta as well.”

Pizza Hut Branches in Bacolod:

-Gaisano Bacolod G/F Gaisano City Supermall, Araneta St., Singcang, Bacolod City

-Robinsons Bacolod Ground Level, South Arcade, Robinsons Place, Lacson St., Mandalagan, Bacolod

-SM Bacolod Ground Floor Bldg. A SM City Bacolod, Poblacion, Bacolod City

c6josh

November 10th, 2009, 10:06 AM

this is the right thing to say migs and this is exactly what the owner said...actually he said something that i really want to post it here in our thread pero indi na lang....

^^hehehe basi may ma react naman da haw?

SUV111

November 10th, 2009, 10:21 AM

^^hehehe basi may ma react naman da haw?

I will just tell you when we meet a :) hehehehehe

c6josh

November 10th, 2009, 11:01 AM

SUV111

November 10th, 2009, 11:10 AM

^^kanami sang Palmas....

ligo ta to migs :) hahahahaha :lol::lol::lol::lol:

BlacRock

November 10th, 2009, 03:13 PM

kanami na gid sang palmas ba.. baw sa bora lang.hehehe

BlacRock

November 10th, 2009, 03:15 PM

ano nada ang plano sa nagsara nga gerrys grill man?:ohno:

SUV111

November 10th, 2009, 03:25 PM

kanami na gid sang palmas ba.. baw sa bora lang.hehehe

hahahahahaha wala da white sand migs :)

boy muscovado

November 10th, 2009, 03:33 PM

Robinson's Place Bacolod
Part 2

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Diri ko lang nakita nga we have a lot of good looking girls and guys worth to be called models and artistas. Ambot ngaa gapalanagu lang ni sila pirmi and only see them during events like the one above

^^HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER SB WILL SOON HAVE ITS SECOND BRANCH.

@SUV ikaw da ang suki sang SB I think you will be the first person to know when they will expand...hehehe.

Palab-uta anay 2 years ang SB before they would open a branch. Well sakto ka gid na migs nga SUV would be the earliest bird to catch the worm :lol::lol::lol:

I LOVE PIZZA & PASTA!:)

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Testing the casual dining pizza market
By Rose De La Cruz (The Philippine Star) (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=521585&publicationSubCategoryId=78)
Updated November 09, 2009 12:00 AM

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Fettuccine A La King

MANILA, Philippines - Since 1984 when Pizza Hut was brought into the country by Philippine Pizza Inc., master franchisee, it grew its pizza store network to its current 154 of which 104 is dine-in restaurant and the balance is take-out or delivery counters. This pizza market leader is now branching into the casual dining, pasta segment.

At its press launch last Oct. 28 at the Gateway Mall, Elaine V. Guzman, vice president for marketing of Pizza Hut Philippines, said the local market is ripe for quality Italian pasta that is affordable, compared to current players’ prices.

“No matter if there is a global crisis, we see the Philippine market, especially the middle class sector, as hungry for Italian pasta and would scrimp on other expense items just to enjoy this pleasure,” Guzman told The STAR.

At the launch, Pizza Hut unveiled seven of its planned 12 pasta dishes to the press and some corporate clients.

“We are not here to compete with the quick service restaurants or fastfood chains but more with the Italian-sounding casual dining restaurants, whose products are priced so high that consumers go to them only for special occasion,” said Edgar Allan Caper, advertising and promotions manager.

Our twist is we will offer the consumers a high quality product that they can afford anytime they feel like eating good food, he added.

The goal is to make Filipinos eat pasta as much as they eat rice, to enjoy pasta everyday without feeling guilty about the cost because now the pasta we offer is really affordable for the quality they are looking for, Guzman explained.

Asked if Pizza Hut has any plans of expanding its name to Pizza Pasta Hut, Guzman said “no because we want the Filipinos to continue associating us with good quality pizza and now also good quality but affordable pasta as well.”

Pizza Hut Branches in Bacolod:

-Gaisano Bacolod G/F Gaisano City Supermall, Araneta St., Singcang, Bacolod City

-Robinsons Bacolod Ground Level, South Arcade, Robinsons Place, Lacson St., Mandalagan, Bacolod

-SM Bacolod Ground Floor Bldg. A SM City Bacolod, Poblacion, Bacolod City

I suggest @national guard a.k.a. "Mr.Informer" here be our endorser for these nice establishments he's posting :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:...langas lang migs ah...:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

SUV111

November 10th, 2009, 03:42 PM

Diri ko lang nakita nga we have a lot of good looking girls and guys worth to be called models and artistas. Ambot ngaa gapalanagu lang ni sila pirmi and only see them during events like the one above

Palab-uta anay 2 years ang SB before they would open a branch. Well sakto ka gid na migs nga SUV would be the earliest bird to catch the worm :lol::lol::lol:

I suggest @national guard a.k.a. "Mr.Informer" here be our endorser for these nice establishments he's posting :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:...langas lang migs ah...:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

ay abaw a :) hehehehehehe ako gid ya? daw sobra naman :) hehehehehe indi man migs a :)

c6josh

November 11th, 2009, 05:38 AM

bacolodchamp

November 11th, 2009, 08:33 AM

Events in Silay and Isabela:

Towards Breaking the Negrense ‘Cultural Divide’

By Gil Alfredo B. Severino

Last November 4 in Silay City, Mayor Jose "Oti" Montelibano impressed upon a select group of guests, that "it is our duty to pass on to future generations the lessons of the past that has made Silay strong and resilient where customs and traditions are not lost, integrity and honesty are the epitomes of its people." Thus, the technological capture of the Ilustrado settlement history and the Silay-based revolution now known all over the world as "Movimiento de Cinco de Noviembre 1898" were epitomized in "Silay Rediscovered" previewed at the St. Theresita’s Academy.

Using 21st century technical advances, the collaboration of Gary Lake Liza and Solo Locsin created an obra which narrated what Mayor Oti meant, the narration of historical context surrounding Silay from Carobcob in 1565, the first known settlement in Negros, to the undermanned bolo uprising against the Spanish colonizer ignited by the signal from General Aniceto Lacson and his meeting with deputy military commander of Northern Negros Nicolas Golez, Leandro Locsin and Melecio Severino towards Silay’s victory as the first to declare independence.

History consultant, Solomon "Solo" Neil Locsin, moreover corrected the impression that Silay was the "Paris of Negros" to "Paris of the Orient", a phrase made famous by publisher of El Debate Francisco Varona. It is a town way ahead of its time, "Solo" Locsin said, as Paris, France is known as the City of Enlightenment through liberalism, thus the naming of Paris as the Cradle of the French Revolution the same way as Silay was the "Cradle of Independence" in Negros.

As November 5 was observed last Sunday, Bacolod 20/20 Movement convenor Renato "Kid" Bañas gathered close to 50 members at the Sacred Heart Seminary and discussed a seemingly forgotten personality belonging to the "little people" class named in various ways as Dionisio Magbuelas, Dionisio Seguela or Dionisio Papa y Barlucia, who was declared Papa Isio as the leader of the messianic Babaylanes movement.

One interpretation is that Magbuelas, Siguela or Isio operated in Isabela, south of Negros, but his guerilla type movements brought him as far as Murcia (based on oral sightings). His mark as leader of an organized a group in Isabela as his base fighting for freedom from the Spanish colonizers dated back two years earlier than the Silay-based revolution, 1896. Haciendas associated with the foreigners, American or Spaniards, the Babaylanes were predisposed to burn.

Kid Bañas explained that the raw passion of Papa Isio to rebel against foreign colonizers was not tainted with vested interest to the point that Emilio Aguinaldo’s Katipunan recognized his leadership as against the Silay-based revolutionaries and Iloilo-based Negros settlers who had embraced the Americans and the lure of Nicholas Looney for pragmatic reasons of commerce.

Papa Isio fought the American colonizers in 1899-1907, surrendered on August 6, 1907, and one interpretation said that he died at the Manila Bilibid Prison in 1911. A Bacolod 20/20 Movement participant claimed he died fighting and various namesakes continued to operate.

To whom then shall we attribute the fight for the Negrense Independence then?

Sociologists and cultural anthropologists had long been studying responses, interactions and conflict within societies exposed to foreign influences and those marginalized by the same resulting in expressions and behavioral differences called "cultural divide" or "virtual differences" to accommodate influences of technology.

One thing is sure, the "Pelikulang Dokumentaryo"- Silay Rediscovered, as described by Silay’s Tourism Officer Severino Pacete, presented last November 4 and the news about the unveiling of Dionisio Magbuelas "Papa Isio" historical marker located at the public plaza of the Municipality of Isabela last Friday, is not a "completion" of the non-definitive history but a beginning of a breakdown of this great Negrense cultural divide.*

http://www.ndb-online.com/nov1109v1

national guard

November 11th, 2009, 10:10 AM

SRA chief pushes for hike in sugar retail price ceiling

Sugar Regulatory Administrator Rafael Coscolluela is pushing for an increase in the price ceiling for refined sugar from P38 to P41 a kilo in typhoon hit areas.

The national government froze prices of basic goods following the typhoon devastation that hit Luzon .

However, Coscolluela said at the time the price was frozen at P38 a kilo, the millgate price on Sept. 6 was at P1,077 per 50 kilobag of sugar.

On Sept. 27, the millgate price for a 50 kilobag of sugar rose to P1,257, he said.

That is why retailers are holding back on the sale of refined sugar because they do not want to sell at a loss, he said, in explaining a perceived shortage of refined sugar.

“There is no shortage of refined sugar in the country, people just don't want to sell at a loss,” Coscolluela said.

The SRA chief said he endorsed his recommendation to the Department of Agriculture for action by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Price Monitoring Council.*CPG

The Visayan Daily Star (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/11/businessnews1.htm)

national guard

November 11th, 2009, 10:31 AM

^^One nice article migo champ:okay::)

c6josh

November 11th, 2009, 10:55 AM

ligo ta to migs :) hahahahaha :lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^kadugay na bi wala ko ka kadto Palmas...ara pa da ang fishing and boating area nila da?

boy muscovado

November 11th, 2009, 03:43 PM

national guard

November 11th, 2009, 06:58 PM

30% tariff increase on ethanol pushed
30% tariff increase on ethanol pushed
Sun.Star Bacolod (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/30-tariff-increase-ethanol-pushed)
Thursday, November 12, 2009

METRO Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Roberto Montelibano stressed the need for at least 30 percent increase in tariff for ethanol.

The said tariff increase is to protect the "accelerated development" of the biofuels program in the country.

The increase in tariff for ethanol from one percent to 30 percent will encourage more investors to put up more ethanol plants and meet the 10 percent ethanol blend by 2011 mandated under the Biofuels Law, he said in a press statement.

Philippine Government is currently imposing one percent tariff only which Montelibano cited that Executive Order No. 499, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed in 2005, reduced tariff to one percent "because at that time there was no local producer of ethanol."

He, however, cited that in other Asean countries, particularly Indonesia, ethanol producers are given as much as 30-percent protection from imports.

In a petition letter sent last week to the Tariff Commission, the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (Epap) demanded an increase in tariff for ethanol from one percent to 20 percent, Montelibano said.

The local ethanol industry has not progressed much because it lacks equity investments and a stronger political support. It added unless there is strong government support, investors will remain reluctant to commit billions of pesos into the Philippine ethanol industry, said Epap.

MBCCI also urged the Department of Energy to issue a Department Order requiring oil companies to sign supply and purchase agreement with the local bio-ethanol investors and producers qualified under the implementing rules and regulations of the Biofuels Law.

MBCCI director for Agri-Industrial Development Greg S. Lopez said a higher tariff for ethanol is the only plausible solution to the "threats" in our economy.

"The Philippines is importing 90 percent of its liquid fuels which run all its air, sea and land transportations thus the whole economy is dependent on liquid fuel. If there is a threat to this liquid fuel, the whole economy could be crippled," Lopez explained.

To safeguard the country against these threats, whether a simple threat from oil producing countries or a global turmoil like war, will strengthen the local source of liquid fuel, Lopez said, stressing bioethanol as one of the indigenous fuels.

He said a study of Usaid-funded Eco Asia Project cited the Philippines as having the potential to produce as much as 1.7 billion liters of ethanol.

Further, Lopez said that if the 700,000 hectares identified in the convergence survey of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agrarian Reform were deployed, twice that amount or almost 70 percent of the projected fuel needs of the country by 2012 can be produced locally. )GMD)

Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on November 12, 2009.

c6josh

November 13th, 2009, 08:09 AM

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Gaisano City Bacolod
day and night

nice shots...@SUV

bacolodchamp

November 14th, 2009, 02:27 AM

Corporate News

Alcantara-led firm bares hydro-power plant prospects in Sarangani

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- On top of its 200-megawatt coal-fired power plant, an Alcantara-led company announced here on Friday it will construct a mini hydro-power plant.

In a statement, Conal Holdings Corp. said the planned hydropower plant is in response to popular clamor of tapping renewable sources for power generation.

Joseph C. Nocos, Conal Holdings vice-president, said they are on the late stages of completing a feasibility study for a three-tiered 17-megawatt (MW) hydro-power plant along Siguel River.

The river serves as boundary between this city and Maasim, a town in Sarangani where Conal Holdings plans to build the $450-million coal power plant.

Conal Holding bared its plan to put up a hydro-power plant following World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) call for the company to stop its coal plant project. WWF was the latest to condemn the firm’s coal plant project, which is also being opposed by Greenpeace, the local Catholic Church and other local organizations.

Conal is also looking into the possibility of building a hydro-power plant along Kalaong River in Maitum town, also in Sarangani province, Mr. Nocos revealed. Citing the company’s initial study, he added the Kalaong River could generate as much as 30-MW of electricity.

Currently, Conal Holdings is developing a 40-MW hydro power project along Bago River and another 12-MW hydro power plant along Carol-an River, both in Negros Occidental.

Conal Holdings is 60% owned by Alsons Corp. and the rest by the Electricity Generating Public Co., Thailand’s biggest power producer. -- Romer S. Sarmiento

http://www.bworld.com.ph/main/content.php?id=1483

bacolodchamp

November 14th, 2009, 04:22 AM

now, who doesn't get excited with this....:banana::banana::banana:

Riverwalk Villa Angela Launch Slated Today at SM-Bacolod

Today, November 14, 5:00 p.m. at SM City Bacolod North Wing, the public will witness what is arguably dubbed as the mall event of the year — the launching of Riverwalk Villa Angela.

The launch will be opened by 150 mob dancers performing from all entrances of the mall culminating in the picnic-themed exhibit area. Through the medium of sight and sounds, the event will play for the first time the Riverwalk jingle and the video presentation showcasing a wide array of recreational activities that can be enjoyed at Riverwalk: a leisurely stroll along the river trail... a picnic beneath a shade tree... flying kites in the vast open spaces... a swim in the mini Olympic-sized or kiddie pool, a game of basketball near the Balinese-inspired clubhouse, a jog or bike ride in the wide concrete tree-lined pavements.

During the launch, Riverwalk picnic bags with promo kits will be given away. The kit will further show a total picture of Riverwalk :

- master planned walled-in gated community with guarded entry

- exclusive sprawling enclave tucked within the contour of a gently rolling terrain surrounded by the rich character and unique beauty of nature:the majestic and unobstructed view of Mt. Mandalagan... a fresh water lagoon that connects to the rippling and meandering waters of Lupit River. Indeed, life begins at Riverwalk. Life — that is natural, serene, secure... yet near the conveniences of schools, markets, churches, government offices, commercial, recreational and dining centers. It is located east of Bacolod City, approximately less than a kilometer from Bacolod’s New Government Center.

Riverwalk is owned, masterfully planned and developed by Fernando F. Gonzaga, Inc., a Bacolod-based enterprise. The corporation’s intensive investments in the province of Negros Occidental spurred economic activities, business and employment opportunities.

It pioneered the development of the real estate industry of Negros. Today, with the launching of Riverwalk, Fernando F. Gonzaga, Inc. continues the legacy, the vision and the pioneering spirit of its founder and namesake, Don Fernando F. Gonzaga.

With over 57 years of experience in subdivision development and in the transformation of places into new growth centers and 57 years of committed service to the Negrenses, Fernando F. Gonzaga, Inc. is once again in the forefront of developing... the NEW BACOLOD... the VILLA ANGELA CITY... the DESTINATION OF THE FUTURE!!!*

http://www.ndb-online.com/nov1409v1

c6josh

November 14th, 2009, 09:22 AM

Canon d' Hub now open! at SM city Bacolod November 2009
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c6josh

November 14th, 2009, 09:23 AM

Canon d' Hub now open! at SM city Bacolod November 2009
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c6josh

November 14th, 2009, 09:38 AM

SM City Bacolod Our Home Now Open! November 2009
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c6josh

November 14th, 2009, 09:39 AM

ritche89

November 14th, 2009, 09:54 AM

ritche89

November 14th, 2009, 09:57 AM

Just in case my previous post didn't work out. Here are the links. Same owners of Palmas as this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oBBSwuDSaM

]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RyPRCo9hx4

^^kanami sang Palmas....

Linguine

November 14th, 2009, 10:45 AM

^^^^

:okay::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

jaywalker

November 14th, 2009, 12:26 PM

^^Ayos bukas na ang Our Home.Tahum man ila mga furniture dira.:cheers::cheers:

jaywalker

November 14th, 2009, 12:29 PM

^^^^:cheers::cheers::cheers:Very nice.....:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

national guard

November 14th, 2009, 12:57 PM

Canon d' Hub now open! at SM city Bacolod November 2009
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More choices for us Bacolodnons & Negrenses!:)SM City's CyberZone is getting better & better.:)

SM City Bacolod Our Home Now Open! November 2009
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Thanks for these pics migo @c6josh. Our Home, SM's version of IKEA.:)

c6josh

November 16th, 2009, 05:31 AM

^^I like how they conceptualized and organized the store although the items were a little bit out of budget for me...the quality and the materials used are guaranteed world class:)

c6josh

November 16th, 2009, 05:45 AM

^^Ayos bukas na ang Our Home.Tahum man ila mga furniture dira.:cheers::cheers:

^^tahum gid migs sa sobra katahum pati ang presyo dollars...hehehe its a welcome sight for Negrenses to have a store like this at least those who would like a world class furniture can look for one here...not the typical made in china items.

national guard

November 16th, 2009, 12:40 PM

‘Destination of the future' launched in Bacolod City (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/16/people.htm)

Riverwalk Villa Angela, dubbed the “destination of the future”, was launched at SM City Bacolod North Wing, Bacolod City , yesterday, a press release from the developer said.

About 150 mob dancers performed at all entrances of the mall culminating at the picnic-themed exhibit area. The Riverwalk jingle was played and video presented showcasing a wide array of recreational activities that can be enjoyed at Riverwalk.

The place is owned, masterfully planned and developed by Fernando F. Gonzaga, Inc., a Bacolod-based enterprise. The corporation's intensive investments in Negros Occidental spurred economic activities, business and employment opportunities. It pioneered the development of the real estate industry of Negros , the press release said.

Located east of Bacolod City, and approximately less than a kilometer form Bacolod's New Government Center, Riverwalk has master planned walled-in gated community with guarded entry; exclusive sprawling enclave tucked within the contours of a gently rolling terrain surrounded by the rich character and unique beauty of nature; has majestic and unobstructed view of Mt. Mandalagan; has a fresh water lagoon that connects to the rippling and meandering waters of Lupit River, the press release said.

Those who wish for more information may call the company at Tel. Nos. 434-6465, 708-1930, or 708-5858, the press release added.*

boy muscovado

November 17th, 2009, 02:11 AM

Linguine

November 17th, 2009, 05:42 AM

I hope they would also consider of the hazards of being a riverside residential community. We have learned the lessons of 2006 floods of Bata, Mandalagan and Banago and those in Marikina, Pasig and Jaro during floods. You can't appreciate it when the area is just being developed or just when the people are just coming in.But wait when the waters come ^^^^

I agree mig, If I remember right a long time ago, nagsaka gani ang tubi sang suba likod sa sta. fe pag ulan tudo kag lawig......I dunno kon amu na di ang sugpon sang suba sa riverwalk.....

c6josh

November 17th, 2009, 06:38 AM

SMIC sets massive P211-billion capex over 5 years
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña (The Philippine Star) Updated November 17, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - SM Investments Corp. (SMIC), the investment holding firm of the Sy family, has set a massive capital expenditure program worth P211.32 billion over five years to take advantage of a global economic recovery as well as emerging business opportunities.

On the sidelines of the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting yesterday, SMIC chief finance officer Jose T. Sio said for next year alone, the company has earmarked P40.6 billion for its capex or 31 percent higher than the P31-billion budget in 2009.

Sio said 70 percent of the 2010 capex will come from internally-generated funds while the balance will come from external sources which could either be through debt or equity.

He said the company is in very good shape to support its capex, pointing out that it has cash resources of $1 billion as of end-September this year.

SMIC reported a 14-percent rise in its net profit for the nine months ending September this year to P10.8 billion, with retail and property continuing to be the group’s major drivers of growth. Consolidated revenues likewise went up 14 percent to P110.9 billion while EBITDA amounted to P23.5 billion.

Harley Sy, SMIC president, said: “SMIC’s nine results in 2009 affirm our growth track over the medium term as it is achieved amidst a challenging global business climate. SMIC is poised to enter a new growth cycle led by our retail and property businesses. SMIC’s core businesses, namely malls, retail, banking and property, mirror the strengths of the Philippine economy amidst the global financial crisis.”

Sio said the company is eyeing a net profit of P15.5 billion this year on sales
of P150 billion. The group expects to double this figure by 2014.

Sio said bulk of the programmed capital budget for 2010, or P17.4 billion, will go to the development of 14 residential projects while P12.1 billion has been allotted for the opening of five new local malls and a China mall. Among the sites identified for mall construction next year are Calamba, Laguna; Masinag, Antipolo; Tarlac; Novaliches; and San Pablo, Laguna which are expected to provide 279,228 square meters in total gross floor area.

Three new malls in China - Chonggqing, Suzhou, and Zibo – are targeted for opening between 2010 and 2012. These will add to SM’s three existing mall – in Xiamen, Jinjiang and Chengdu.

The group, through unit SM Prime Holdings Inc., expects a total of 41 malls nationwide by end-2010 with total gross floor area of 4.8 million square meters or 6.2 percent higher than the estimated 2009 GFA of 4.5 million square meters. Its malls currently have a foot traffic of over 2.5 million per day.

Around P6.2 billion has been set aside for the development of 25 new supermarkets and hypermarts while the balance of P4.9 billion will be channeled to the development of hotels within the Mall of Asia complex along Roxas Boulevard, its first boutique hotel in Bacolod, and the 400-room Radissons Cebu.

The 150-room boutique hotel is scheduled for construction in the first quarter next year with the target date for completion set for early 2011. Estimated to cost around P2 billion, the hotel will rise on a 400-square meter lot and will have a gross floor area of 11,500 square meters.

The 20-story Radisson Hotel Cebu, which has a total floor area of 59,750 square meters, is the first Radisson Hotel to operate in the Philippines. The Radisson Hotel within SM Mall of Asia Complex is scheduled to open in 2011.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=523964&publicationSubCategoryId=66

^^Business is good in Bacolod and Negros Occ. towards 2010 :banana::banana::banana:

boy muscovado

November 17th, 2009, 08:03 AM

^^tahum gid migs sa sobra katahum pati ang presyo dollars...hehehe its a welcome sight for Negrenses to have a store like this at least those who would like a world class furniture can look for one here...not the typical made in china items.

dollars? aysus....amo na ya ang gusto sang mga taga Negros nga presyo...:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

boy muscovado

November 17th, 2009, 08:10 AM

I agree mig, If I remember right a long time ago, nagsaka gani ang tubi sang suba likod sa sta. fe pag ulan tudo kag lawig......I dunno kon amu na di ang sugpon sang suba sa riverwalk.....

Sang 1995 sir, with Typhoon Pepang gin lukat gid sang baha ang almost 10 ft high nga concrete footwalk-bridge dira sa likod Sta.Fe...thats the same river nga ga derecho sa Villa Angela Riverwalk and Govt Center. :ohno:

boy muscovado

November 17th, 2009, 08:41 AM

Linguine

November 17th, 2009, 08:44 AM

Sang 1995 sir, with Typhoon Pepang gin lukat gid sang baha ang almost 10 ft high nga concrete footwalk-bridge dira sa likod Sta.Fe...thats the same river nga ga derecho sa Villa Angela Riverwalk and Govt Center. :ohno:

Ay teh........:ohno:

lgseccionph

November 17th, 2009, 08:48 AM

Canon d' Hub now open! at SM city Bacolod November 2009
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Canon D Hub Opens Bacolod Branch
PanayNews (http://www.panaynewsphilippines.com/bacolod%206.htm)
By DANNY B. DANGCALAN

BACOLOD City — Canon D Hub opened its first branch in this city at the West Bridgeway of SM City yesterday.

Canon D Hub President and Chief Executive Officer Kelly Sancho Uy said, “We are very happy that we have finally opened here in Bacolod as this city is always known as a ‘Canon City.’”

“Now, photographers and camera enthusiasts don’t have to go to our branches in Davao and Cagayan De Oro City to look for exclusive Canon D Hub products,” Uy said.

The store is called “D Hub” as it carries a complete list of all the exclusive products of Canon—from cameras, to printers, and copiers.

With Canon Vixia camcorders, one can keep pace with all the actions with its high-speed DIGIC DV III Image Processor and ultra-reliable Super Range Image Stabilizer that produces blur-free videos all the time, Uy said.

For stylish small cameras, Canon Digital Ixus has between eight to 12 megapixels, optical zoom with optical image stabilizer, image processor, and Hi-ISO Auto with Motion Detection Technology, he explained.

Canon Powershot has Trigger-Happy-Series and Prosumer Series that pack a lot of DSLR punch inside its deceptively simple point-and-shoot body, he added.

For their promo, Uy said they are offering Canon Powershot A470 at P5,995 which was P7,995 before, until December.

Their Canon EOS Digital camera is also on promo which is now offered with a P4,000 discount.
Prior to the opening, Canon D Hub sponsored a Photo Challenge last Saturday, which was open to all amateur and professional photographers here, and a Camera Fashion Show last Sunday at the SM City Events Centre. The winners in the four categories were each awarded with a Canon printer yesterday.

Present at the opening and blessing ceremony were Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, Canon Marketing Vice President Bong Serevo, Canon Visayas Branch Manager Joevi Luspo, Canon Provincial Head Bert Cortes, Mrs. Maris Uy, Department of Trade and Industry Provincial Head Rebecca Rascon, ICT Assistant Director Agnes Fernando, and Fr. Sixto Bitangjol who officiated the blessing ceremony./PN

bacolodchamp

November 17th, 2009, 08:48 AM

^^haha. reminds me of saying colgate for toothpaste when you actually wanted to buy close-up. "mabakal ko colgate nga close up....":lol::lol::lol:

boy muscovado

November 17th, 2009, 09:40 AM

^^haha. reminds me of saying colgate for toothpaste when you actually wanted to buy close-up. "mabakal ko colgate nga close up....":lol::lol::lol:

Tumpak gid amigo!!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

negrosanon

November 17th, 2009, 10:09 AM

Guys last night I went out with a friend to try CRAVE Burger at 19th St. And guess what? Mas mahal pa sya sa Hungry Pete's...Single Burger of Hungry Pete's is Php 95 while CRAVE is Php 110. but Hungry Pete's patties are quite larger and tastier...plus may mustard pa. CRAVE doesn't have mustard so turn off gid ako...plus ang serbidora nga keeps on giving me Royal when I repeatedly said Sprite. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:...but in general namit man ang burgers nila ah pero I would go better with Hungry Pete's at Sorrento.:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

gud pm @boy... grabe puerti man kamahal sang mga burger na ina..:nuts: akon ya naanad na ko jolibee or mcdo burger lang., may added pa na french fries and coke. hehe mmm try ko man na bi if may time, at least i know the price na kay basi makulang money ko and pahugason ko pinggan...:lol::lol::lol:

BlacRock

November 17th, 2009, 02:50 PM

^^ daw ma level lang sa burger machive gale.hehehe

tani may wendys man di.. kay nami gid ila burgers ya.

bacolodchamp

November 18th, 2009, 03:33 AM

WANT SOME MORE GOOD NEWS, GUYS? HERE IT IS...THEY ARE COMING...:banana::banana::banana:

Government urged to invest in bio-ethanol

TO BOOST the country’s economy by averting power crisis, the government should invest in bio-ethanol to hasten the energy industry, said Roberto Montelibano, president of Metro Bacolod Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Amid the global economic meltdown which results in unstable fuel prices affecting the local economy, Montelibano said that through bio-ethanol, which he stressed is an alternative to augment the power source in exchange of the country’s billion-dollar importation on fuel, “will save the country a lot from the international bank loans.”

The country has a potential area of 700,000 hectares for bio-ethanol which he said would be equivalent to at least 80 plants that can produce as much sufficient supply of ethanol.

MBCCI projects to establish 17 plants in 2011 that would supply large quantities of ethanol, thus saving the country of at least 25 percent of the fuel importation.

In a convergent survey by the Department of Agriculture (DA), Greg S. Lopez, executive vice president on Biofuels International Phils. Inc., cited that on a low yield of 4,000 liters per hectare, these areas are capable of 2,800 million liters that is more than half the Department of Energy (DOE) projected gasoline needs of the country by year 2013-2014.

Following the success of San Carlos City, the first ever bio-ethanol plant, which is a P3-billion facility established in Negros Occidental, the local government of Murcia has adopted the same. Montelibano said two foreign investors from Germany and Finland have already committed to invest in the 13-hectare and P5-billion plant, which is almost a complete structure.

Lopez theorized the “no transport, no economy,” citing the fuel that transport use is 95 percent imported but opined that should the government accept the challenge and finally invest this “will save the country from energy crisis.”

He cited the reasons the country had long been experiencing brownouts. He lamented that in 1982 during the Marcos administration, legislators scrapped the National Alcohol Commission, which Lopez said is supposed to be the agency which will give impetus to the country’s business for alcohol, like ethanol.

He pointed out that for the sugar industry, which is at the forefront of the country’s economy, the sugar-farming community should be benefited by bio-ethanol mainly as a result of increased tariff rates from 10 percent to 30 percent, now being considered in Congress for the passing of an Internal Rules and Regulations.

Lopez said the country is “negative in trade balance” because the economy had been seriously affected under the control and dictates of fuel-rich countries.

He theorized that should the government utilize and thus invest on bio-ethanol projects, fuel importation will be reduced, thereby resulting in an increased efficiency and productivity.

“It’s a viable project which will help mainly the sugar industry,” Montelibano said.

He lauded the efforts of Senator Miguel Zubiri and congressman Monico Puentevella of the Lone District of Bacolod having supported a bill on bio-ethanol.

Montelibano said the ethanol plant in Murcia is “another step towards fuel independence, employment generation, rural dispersal of industry, foreign exchange savings, and can even mitigate climate change.” )GMD)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/government-urged-invest-bio-ethanol

c6josh

November 18th, 2009, 05:50 AM

^^now foreign investors are gaining confidence in our city and province...2010 will be the the beginning of mega projects.

bacolodchamp

November 18th, 2009, 07:34 AM

‘Our Home’ Opens its 20th Branch at SM City Bacolod

By Gil Alfredo B. Severino

Promising to deliver "Great Designs, Great Prices" to its customers, "Our Home" furniture store is now in Bacolod City offering lifestyle furniture and home accessories at affordable prices.

The furniture store first opened its branch at the basement of the SM Megamall in 1997, but after more than a decade, 18 branches have opened plus branches as far as Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro City, the Bacolod store which opened yesterday is their 20th.

A wide variety of items available, from sofas to dining tables to curtains to picture frames are available at the north wing of SM City Bacolod where its interior design is quite spacious for customers to feel the ambiance of a home.

With the help of the SM Malls, a friendly and helpful sales staff, and a driving motive to deliver the best value for the Filipino’s hard-earned money, "Our Home" has managed to make available a service that is driven by the passion for quality and affordability.

According to a Philippine Star report dated October 17, "Our Home" carries leather furniture used to be associated with men’s dens, matching the dark wooden interiors with a masculine edge.

With furniture design innovations, today’s leather furniture pieces go beyond the old boys club and into sleek, contemporary designs.

The report added, "Our Home" leather furniture is ideal for the dining room and the bedroom, as well as space-saving designs for condominiums and townhouse living.

Visit the Newly opened "Our Home" Furniture Store at the North Wing of SM City Bacolod.*

http://www.ndb-online.com/nov1809v5

　

c6josh

November 18th, 2009, 08:01 AM

^^ daw ma level lang sa burger machive gale.hehehe

tani may wendys man di.. kay nami gid ila burgers ya.

^^A Wendy's or a Burger King franchise will be great for the city.

bacolodchamp

November 18th, 2009, 09:10 AM

One-stop-shop mulled for business processes

Plans are ongoing between the Bacolod City government and SM City-Bacolod for the conduct of the one-stop-shop licensing process at the Event Centre of SM from January 4 to February 5, 2010, Bacolod Permits and Licensing head Ardis Jaculina yesterday said.

Jaculina said the one-stop-shop is one of the sustained activities of the city government to give a better and more friendly environment for the business sector with the working area being very cool and SM being very accessible to the old City Hall for assessment and payment.

Should the mayor give his final nod for the one-stop-shop at SM, the booths of the Permits and Licensing Office, City Treasurer's Office, Zoning, City Health Office, Office of the Building Official, and the Tourism Office will be housed at the Event Centre, Jaculina said.

The Office of the City Veterinarian, Agriculture Office, Bureau of Fire Protection and the 61 barangays in the city are also included in the set-up.

They are also ready for the distribution of business permit applications for 2010, Jaculina said.

Meanwhile, Jaculina said it is only the chief executive who can recommend the extension of the renewal and payment of business permits without surcharge.*CGS

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/18/businessnews3.htm

boy muscovado

November 18th, 2009, 09:52 AM

bacolodchamp

November 18th, 2009, 10:16 AM

Bacolod got an award for this not so long ago...Thanks to the efforts of Maam Ardis jaculina. Bacolod's one-stop-shop is a one-of-its kind program in the Philippines when it was launched

but i heard @doc it was on the prodding of ms. elsa that this one-stop shop was employed by a city government because of her long experience in the private sector of which this was patterned from.

c6josh

November 18th, 2009, 11:05 AM

bacolodchamp

November 18th, 2009, 11:14 AM

The top 29 BPO providers and their corresponding 2008 revenues are:

TeleTech Customer Care Management Philippines Inc. (P8.1 billion)
Convergys Philippines Services Corp. (P8 billion)
eTelecare Global Solutions Inc. (P7.9 billion)
Sykes Asia Inc. (P7.5 billion)
Aegis PeopleSupport Inc. (P5.7 billion)
ICT Marketing Services Inc. (P4.3 billion)
Telus International Philippines Inc. (P4.2 billion)
HSBC Electronic Data Processing Philippines Inc. (P4.1 billion)
Sitel Philippines Corp. (P3.7 billion)
Telephilippines Inc. (P3.6 billion)
Deutsche Knowledge Services Pte. Ltd. (P3.2 billion)
IBM Daksh Business Process Services Philippines Inc. (P3.2 billion)
IBM Business Services Inc. (P2.9 billion)
Sutherland Global Services Philippines Inc. (P2.5 billion)
JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Philippine Customer Care Center (P2.4 billion)
Dell International Services Philippines Inc. (P2.4 billion)
SPI Technologies Inc. (P2.3 billion)
Advanced Contact Solutions Inc. (P2.2 billion)
ePLDT Inc. (P2.1 billion)
Apac Customer Services Inc. (P2.1 billion)
Cyber City Teleservices Philippines Inc. (P1.8 billion)
Sitel Customer Care Philippines Inc. (P1.8 billion)
Parlance Systems Inc. (P1.7 billion)
ePerformax Contact Centers Corp. (P1.6 billion)
Synnex-Concentrix Corp. (P1.4 billion)
West Contact Services Inc. (P1.2 billion)
Vision-X Philippines Inc. (P1.1 billion); Genpact Services LLC (P1 billion)
ePLDT Ventus Inc. (P1 billion)

INQ (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20091101-233415/Top-29-BPOs-post-2-billion-in-08-revenues)

^^bacolod's top bpo comapnies are in the 1-2 position. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

Christendom

November 18th, 2009, 03:34 PM

^^bacolod's top bpo comapnies are in the 1-2 position. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

ang 3 position lapit nalang guro

national guard

November 18th, 2009, 07:16 PM

Wish ko ya ang TOP 10 or mas mayo, TOP 15!:):lol::lol:

bacolodchamp

November 19th, 2009, 02:07 AM

^^isn't that too much to ask....hehehe.

c6josh

November 19th, 2009, 05:43 AM

HERE'S OUR DAILY DOSE OF GOOD NEWS...YESTERDAY, IT WAS MURCIA, NOW, ITS LA CARLOTA'S TURN.
:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Roxas Group goes full blast on bioethanol, property projects
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña (The Philippine Star) Updated November 19, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Roxas Group, which owns a vast sugar empire in Negros, is going full blast with the construction of its first bioethanol plant and its diversification into hotel/resorts, commercial and mixed-use development which would require total investments of at least P2.5 billion.

In a briefing with reporters following Roxas & Co. Inc.’s (RCI) annual stockholders meeting yesterday, company chairman Pedro Roxas said the bioethanol plant, estimated to cost around P1.5 billion, will produce 100,000 liters a day when fully operational in February next year. The plant, located in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, is intended to take advantage of opportunities provided by the Biofuels Act of 2006 which mandates the use of locally-produced biofuels.

At the same time, Roxas said the group is bullish on the property sector which has been experiencing strong growth in the past years brought about by the return of investor confidence. It has earmarked close to a billion pesos for its real estate development projects. “The rosy prospects for real estate bring limitless opportunities for industry players and we are positioned to capitalize on them,” he said.

RCI president and chief executive Francisco Del Rosario Jr. said the group is venturing into tourism development with plans to put up a mixed-use self contained community integrating a luxury resort facility and residential units in a 300-400 square meter property in Tagaytay. Estimated to cost around P200 million, the project involves the establishment of a hotel, commercial complex and 15-20 residential villas and 60 open lots.

Plans are also underway for the development of medium-cost housing units in Batangas in joint venture with the Lopez family. Unit sizes range from 80 to 120 square meters priced at P3,500 per square meter.

In addition, the group is exploring the possibility of building a commercial center on a 3.2-hectare property in Nasugbu, Batangas, estimated to cost around P350 million. Plans also include the establishment of an open area for events and for the development of a seven-storey businessman’s hotel costing P300 million.

To sustain its real estate activities, the group is open to forging partnerships with landowners. It owns several parcels of land with a total land area of 2,900 hectares in Nasugbu, Batangas. Of these, 2,241 hectares are subject to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.

The group has also ventured into the development of memorial parks with the 3,000-unit San Antonio Memorial Gardens in Nasugbu, Batangas as its pilot project.

The Roxas Group has undertaken a coporate reorganization this year, resulting in the merger of the defunct CADP Group with RCI to be the group’s entity for real estate businesses. With the merger, RCI now has interests in both sugar manufacturing through Roxas Holdings Inc. and property development through Roxas Land.

The group is expanding the operations of its sugar milling and refining subsidiaries to increase revenue-generating capability and enhance-competitiveness. The first phase expansion will boost existing capacity to 18,000 by November 2009.

The expansion is in preparation for the lowering of sugar tariffs to 5 percent from 35 percent beginning in 2010 in line with the tariff reduction scheme of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=524550&publicationSubCategoryId=66

^^i hope their property sector will take a good look at bacolod/negros occidental for their future projects also.:cheers:

^^I hope other businesses of the Araneta's will soon follow.

bacolodchamp

November 19th, 2009, 06:30 AM

40 ‘Iggy Arroyo’ Scholars Finish Call Center Course

Forty scholars of Negros Occidental 5th District Rep. Ignacio T. Arroyo finished the course for Call Center Agents with their culminating activity held at ABC Hall, Himamaylan City last November 9, 2009.

This Finishing Course for Call Center Agents NC II was undertaken in cooperation with the Center for Allied Paramedical Studies, Inc.

Among the 40 scholars, there were those who excelled in various fields - Excellence in English Language, Excellence in Customer Service, Excellence in Knowledge of American Culture and Geography and Excellence in Basic Computer Operations and Internet Navigation.

Those who excelled in the English language are Ma. Christina A. Gensaya, Joy D.P.A. Robles and Ellen Rose T. Verzosa. In Customer Service are Joefred R. Molina, Airesh Mae T. Padilla and Jean Katherine M. Torcita. In the Knowledge of the American Culture and Geography are Elsie G. Plant and Jose Arnolf Gary M. Segovia.

Joefel V. Andales and Joy D.P.A. Robles have excelled in Basic Computer Operations and Internet Navigation.

Under Batch 35 and 36, Robles, Jesani Malapitan and Torcita currently undergo 15-day training at Transcom, a call center.

Paterno Academia and Joefel Andales also undergo training in Lexmark Cebu City.

The scholarship grants were provided and funded by Cong. Arroyo under his Priority Development Assistance Fund and also the Pangulong Gloria Scholarship which was delivered by CAPSI.

Arroyo said that he will continue to provide scholarships to his constituents because this has a lasting beneficial to them than give them dole-outs.

He urged them to value the opportunity to learn and develop the skills through the various skills training programs that he provided them.*

http://www.ndb-online.com/nov1909v3

^^who said we ran out of talents for call centers. we are even exporting ours to cebu. hehe

　

c6josh

November 19th, 2009, 09:30 AM

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c6josh

November 19th, 2009, 09:33 AM

^^repost ko lang ni...
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boy muscovado

November 20th, 2009, 09:02 PM

but i heard @doc it was on the prodding of ms. elsa that this one-stop shop was employed by a city government because of her long experience in the private sector of which this was patterned from.

Madam Elsa has always been behind all the projects of Bacolod especially those spearheaded by her husband, Mayor Bing.

Yup, but Ma'am Jaculina, being in the investment board of the city, did the works. Maybe the first lady had the concept and idea of the program.

O.T. what's similar between Elsa Leonardia, Bing Leonardia and Ardis Jaculina?.............

:lol::lol::lol::lol:...esep esep!

bacolodchamp

November 21st, 2009, 02:23 AM

Corporate News

Ayala Land forms new unit for community retail centers

THE COUNTRY’S largest property developer will establish a new company to handle its latest venture in the real estate market -- small "retail communities."

In a disclosure Friday, Ayala Land, Inc. said its board had approved a plan to incorporate Primavera Town Center, Inc., which will handle the planning, development and management of small-format retail facilities or "neighborhood centers."

The new retail spaces will rise within Ayala Land’s existing and planned "growth centers" across the country, and will each have a maximum size of 10,000 square meters of gross leasable area.

"Neighborhood centers will offer a convenient shopping and lifestyle experience to the immediate mixed-use communities in these growth centers," Ayala Land said.

Primavera will spend P320 million to fund the development of five new neighborhood centers next year. Ayala Land said it would open three to six neighborhood centers in the succeeding four years.

These pocket-sized retail outlets will be in places where Ayala Land has a major presence, which include Makati, Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Nuvali in Laguna, and other areas in Luzon.

"This is in line with the company’s growth strategy to expand its market and geographic reach to serve broader economic segments in more areas across the country," Ayala Land said.

The company had long disclosed plans to veer away from its high-end Glorietta-type malls to tap the "broader market" because of the limited opportunity to develop large regional malls.

The mall industry is currently dominated by the Sy-led SM group. Four of 36 SM malls nationwide are among the world’s largest.

While the primary market of SM is the middle- to low-income segments, Ayala Land had opted to tap the higher-end market. Its major malls -- Glorietta and Greenbelt at Ayala Center in Makati, Trinoma in Quezon City, Alabang Town Center, Ayala Center Cebu, and Serendra and Bonifacio High Street in Fort Bonifacio -- cater to the upper-middle and upper markets.

The company has begun tapping the mass market with malls like Market! Market! in Taguig and Pavillion Mall in Laguna. -- Kristine Jane R. Liu

http://www.bworld.com.ph/main/content.php?id=1919

^^though not explicitly said but by reading between the lines, ayala northpoint will soon have it own community center as what @sugarfairy disclosed previously. this is something worth watching out for.:cheers:

bacolodchamp

November 21st, 2009, 02:48 AM

^^they're all bankers?

boy muscovado

November 21st, 2009, 05:39 AM

^^they're all bankers?

Hmmmm...only two lang ang bankers...they're all graduates of LCC he he heheheh...simple lang ah :banana::banana::banana::banana:

bacolodchamp

November 21st, 2009, 07:14 AM

^^lcc high school migs gali. i know mayor bing and ms susan roces are classmates at lcc. i didn't know maam elsa went to lcc in high school. both of them went to lasalle for college though with maam elsa graduated summa cum laude and holds the record of being its first summa cum laude. i was told nobody breaks her record of having the highest grades until now.:)

c6josh

November 21st, 2009, 09:24 AM

Soon to open Spa beside VSB mall
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Small scale call center in VSB mall
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c6josh

November 21st, 2009, 09:27 AM

Facade of Riverwalk Bacolod
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cords

November 21st, 2009, 05:01 PM

Hmmmm...only two lang ang bankers...they're all graduates of LCC he he heheheh...simple lang ah :banana::banana::banana::banana:

^^lcc high school migs gali. i know mayor bing and ms susan roces are classmates at lcc. i didn't know maam elsa went to lcc in high school. both of them went to lasalle for college though with maam elsa graduated summa cum laude and holds the record of being its first summa cum laude. i was told nobody breaks her record of having the highest grades until now.:)

Alumni ko da mga amigo..ang batch nila ni Bing kag ang one yr ahead sa ila ang damu activista..1 Ang Regional supremo sang NPA sang una( dumduman mo to sang una @Boy ang atake sa Lopues Mandalagan kag ang sa Manapla sya to ang order sa to) 2. Ang head sang negros G2 Army Intellegence sang una. kag ang sadya ang NPA kag G2 classmate gid na..Karon si Bing Mayor..Ato kay Boy Lacson nga sa Disco 2000 murder mga classmate to ni Bing..Amo na ang tudlo sang mga Madre sa amon :lol::lol::lol::lol:

c6josh

November 22nd, 2009, 01:14 PM

Convergys Interior Pics

2nd FLoor Pantry Pics

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Bathroom Pics

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I love the photos...

national guard

November 22nd, 2009, 03:32 PM

Corporate News

Ayala Land forms new unit for community retail centers

http://www.bworld.com.ph/main/content.php?id=1919

^^though not explicitly said but by reading between the lines, ayala northpoint will soon have it own community center as what @sugarfairy disclosed previously. this is something worth watching out for.:cheers:

Something worth watching out for indeed migs champ.:)
Daw may name na ato gani ang community center sa gin-hambal ni miga @sugar.

zhock2001

November 23rd, 2009, 03:39 AM

may i know where can i stay for budget trips in bacolod..??? thanks...

bacolodchamp

November 23rd, 2009, 03:41 AM

Something worth watching out for indeed migs champ.:)
Daw may name na ato gani ang community center sa gin-hambal ni miga @sugar.

^^something like "sugarlandia"...hehe

national guard

November 23rd, 2009, 07:13 AM

^^something like "sugarlandia"...hehe

:gossip::gossip::gossip::D:D:D:wink2::wink2::wink2::naughty::naughty::naughty:

Signature ko na migs, hehehe.

c6josh

November 23rd, 2009, 07:49 AM

A new Pensionne House being constructed at the back of VSB mall
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SUV111

November 23rd, 2009, 10:52 AM

may i know where can i stay for budget trips in bacolod..??? thanks...

you can stay in business inn or northwest inn...hotels are offering discounts right now..

A new Pensionne House being constructed at the back of VSB mall
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ay pensionne house gali siya? hehehehe thanks @josh

boy muscovado

November 23rd, 2009, 04:28 PM

Alumni ko da mga amigo..ang batch nila ni Bing kag ang one yr ahead sa ila ang damu activista..1 Ang Regional supremo sang NPA sang una( dumduman mo to sang una @Boy ang atake sa Lopues Mandalagan kag ang sa Manapla sya to ang order sa to) 2. Ang head sang negros G2 Army Intellegence sang una. kag ang sadya ang NPA kag G2 classmate gid na..Karon si Bing Mayor..Ato kay Boy Lacson nga sa Disco 2000 murder mga classmate to ni Bing..Amo na ang tudlo sang mga Madre sa amon :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Tuod?...wow I remember sang BAC-UP 3, Lopues mandalagan raid....gamay pa ko to...nag hapa kami sa salog the whole dawn. It was like war!:ohno:

cords

November 23rd, 2009, 10:14 PM

Tuod?...wow I remember sang BAC-UP 3, Lopues mandalagan raid....gamay pa ko to...nag hapa kami sa salog the whole dawn. It was like war!:ohno:

Yap..Sadya to kay ang nagsalakay puro to namon tawo sa luhod luhod kag abcasa..Wala gid kami to Kabalo sa ulihi na lang...:ohno::ohno:

boy muscovado

November 24th, 2009, 12:06 AM

Yap..Sadya to kay ang nagsalakay puro to namon tawo sa luhod luhod kag abcasa..Wala gid kami to Kabalo sa ulihi na lang...:ohno::ohno:

Nyek...na infiltrate gali mga tinawo nyo?...grabe gid ya ang NPA ideology sang una. its good nga Negros is losing its stigma as a hotseat of insurgency ...:):):)

cords

November 24th, 2009, 12:27 AM

Nyek...na infiltrate gali mga tinawo nyo?...grabe gid ya ang NPA ideology sang una. its good nga Negros is losing its stigma as a hotseat of insurgency ...:):):)

Thank you lord !!!

c6josh

November 24th, 2009, 08:45 AM

OPTIONS Muscovado Central, Brgy Poblacion Sagay City (Operated by a Cooperative)

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Corn Post Harvest Facility Brgy Poblacion Sagay City (Operated by a Cooperative)

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because of this new facilities ga amat2x naman improve ang business and commerce sang sagay... lapit naman matapos ang tripple A abbatoir and ara naman sa planning stage ang biomass plant... also ang sagay city port round the clock ang construction activity...:):):) hopefully this weekend maka take ko pictures... :):):)

Nice photos migo...keep it coming.

c6josh

November 24th, 2009, 08:49 AM

you can stay in business inn or northwest inn...hotels are offering discounts right now..

ay pensionne house gali siya? hehehehe thanks @josh

^^I'm not yet 100% sure if it is...I just talk to one of the workers so it might be an office building or a pensionne house, I will try to visit the site again.

national guard

November 24th, 2009, 02:46 PM

^^ This thread should be renamed Bacolod City & Negros Occidental Business and Industry Thread kay indi lang sa beloved city ta ang updates but also sa other booming cities & towns around our province.:)
Nice pics of Sagay!:okay: Thank You migo @negrosanon.

boy muscovado

November 25th, 2009, 06:24 AM

c6josh

November 25th, 2009, 08:09 AM

I agree sir!!!:banana::banana::banana:

^^Yeah...good observation:) I'll try to change it.

Linguine

November 25th, 2009, 08:12 AM

kiretoce

November 26th, 2009, 05:15 AM

Post away folks! :colgate:

Thread created as per request ;)

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 05:16 AM

^^ thanks kimber....thank you for granting my request :)

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 05:18 AM

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SSC BACOLOD WILL WATCH THIS

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 05:21 AM

kiretoce

November 26th, 2009, 05:22 AM

thanks kimber....thank you for granting my request :)

No prob. Enjoy! :okay:

c6josh

November 26th, 2009, 06:12 AM

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SSC BACOLOD WILL WATCH THIS

^^new thread...:banana::banana::banana: ssc bacolod should have a thread like this with all the social events happening around the city.

^^I watched her concert 2 years ago when she first had her concert in Bacolod City, the only thing I don't like was the venue, I only hope that USLS will aircondition the coliseum.:)

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 06:27 AM

well i dont find la salle that humid when youre inside :) but a little cooling effect will do :)

bacolodchamp

November 26th, 2009, 07:41 AM

International beauties dazzle Bacolod

They came like goddesses of beauty and dazzled the people of Bacolod with their incredible looks, charm and talent. Twenty-eight stunning young ladies from all over the world descended on our fair city like a constellation of blinding stars, holding the people spellbound.

They were part of the 80 candidates who vied for the title Miss Earth 2009. The girls' visit under the program entitled, “I Love Planet Earth”, included a short stop at Brgy. Punta Taytay's Mangrove Plantation where they were warmly welcomed by officials and students of VMA Global College headed by its president Elizabeth Salabas. Local officials led by Negros Occidental Gov. Isidro Zayco hosted lunch for them at Planta Hotel.

In the evening, 15 candidates participated in the Talent Competition at L'Fisher Hotel's La Proa Grand Ballroom. The venue was filled with lovers of beauty who could only gape at the Heavenly creatures strutting their stuff onstage.

The Board of Judges: Girlie Belzunce, Dr Ver Lacson, former Bacolod Vice Mayor Chick Garcia, former Valladolid Mayor Ricardo Presbitero, Leonor Kilayko, Sev Pacete, Roy Balicas and yours truly, had a difficult time choosing the winners in the Talent Contest.

There were five ladies who stood out and grabbed the audience' attention, earning the approval of the judges. Miss Brazil Larissa Ramos (who eventually won the title Miss Earth 2009 in the finals) stunned the audience with her Brazilian Carnaval performance and won the Miss Talent title hands down. Another attention grabber was Miss France Magalie Thierry, who gave us a glimpse of gay Paree with her classic Can-Can dance full of high kicks and ending with an explosive full split finale.

The crowd loved the way the charming beauties mingled with them and everyone scrambled to have a photo op with the dazzlers. It was a fabulous night for beauty, indeed!*

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/November/26/starlife.htm

bacolodchamp

November 26th, 2009, 09:28 AM

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^^margarita fores of the araneta clan, a true blue negrense. owner of CIBO and CAFE BOLA

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 10:48 AM

^^ wow a :) diin mo naman ni nakuha @champ? i know youre very busy now.... hehehehe

bacolodchamp

November 26th, 2009, 10:55 AM

^^secret....hahahahaha

pati migs a. this was posted in the last thread. hehe

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 11:10 AM

ara naman ang secret...nasunlog mo gid ko guro ay!!!! hahahahahaha migs, can you please look for regine's poster?...the one i posted before...may concert di siya this coming 28th

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 11:16 AM

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STARBUCKS BACOLOD TURNS 1

national guard

November 26th, 2009, 11:27 AM

Home » Sun.Star Bacolod (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/pacete-best-negros-occidental-tour)» Opinion

Pacete: The Best Negros Occidental Tour
Ver F. Pacete
Thursday, November 26, 2009

YES Girl! Tito Mon Hofileña will be there to show you the best of tourism in Negros Occidental. His annual cultural tour of Negros Occidental is the longest - running cultural tour in the world. It is now on its 37th year. Of course, this tour you can't afford to miss is in cooperation with the Association of Tourism Officers of Negros Occidental (Atono).
This is a cultural tour with a touch of history, religion, food, lifestyle, tradition, art, fashion and more surprises are waiting.You can get in touch with the tour guide, Tito Mon (tel. no.495-4561). Or, you can ask assistance from Jara Laboratory and Blood Bank in Bacolod City.

Director Edwin Trompeta of DOT Region VI said Mon's tour is just like having an intimate knowledge of Negros Occidental culture. A non - Negrense will be surprised to know that this province is a treasure chest of unique tourism attractions.

Please, mark the tour dates --- December 05 and 12, 2009. The tour starts at Jara Laboratory. Come on time! Tito Mon is time conscious. You cannot afford to miss his first smile and first sentence. The tour is open to the public. "As I See It" highly recommends this to those who want to be professional tour guides. You will learn a lot from the presentation of Tito Mon. For his concerted efforts for the past 37 years, he was awarded by DOT VI the trophy as "Lifetime Achievement Awardee".

Tito Mon's itinerary includes Birhen Sang Barangay Chapel at Sta. Clara Subdivision. This is a wonder of shell mosaic. The Ruins of Raymend Javellana in Talisay will bring you back to "peace time" Negros. And, Silay's Bernardino Jalandoni will explain why "ang kwarta sa Negros Occidental ginapiko kag ginapala". You will be amazed when Mon opens his house. His art collections will surely awaken the cultural spirit hibernating in your heart and his printmaking workshop will demonstrate what man can do to project his artistry. Superb!

Tour participants will be visiting outstanding delicacy sources where before their very eyes there will be a parade of gustatory delights ---- piaya, lumpia ubod de Silay, buko pie, guapple pie and more. The late Doreen Gamboa Fernandez of the Daily Inquirer said, "Silay is banwa sang dulce". Your visit to Negros could only be tasty if you have tried our array of Silay delicacies and load your bags with our kalan-unon".

The Church of St. Joseph the Worker at Victorias Milling Company is a repository of modern liturgical arts. Listen vividly to Mon and he will convince you that Christ is never angry. The Chapel of Cartwheels at Hda. Sta. Rosalia in Manapla is a work of a genius. Everything you see is pro-Negrense. There is no one like this in other places.

You will be thrilled by other pieces of information. Tito Mon will tell you the significance of Kilometer Zero, the historic relativity of the Provincial Capitol Building, the rituals in the building of San Sebastian Cathedral, the revolutionary undertone of the Matab-ang monument, and not to be neglected is the legend of three trees at Bangga Bubog.

More features will be introduced in Silay --- the 29 ancestral houses identified by the National Historical Institute as architectural landmarks, the Cinco de Noviembre Marker, the Senator Jose C. Locsin Cultural and Civic Center (the oldest cultural center in the Phil.), and the San Diego Pro-Cathedral.

The town of E.B. Magalona will also show off its monument of the heroes of the Battle of Guintabuan; and in Victorias, visitors will see the living "iron dinosaurs."

The cultural tour of Negros Occidental with Tito Mon Hofileña could be the best gift you could offer yourself this Christmas. And of course, at lunchtime you will enjoy your chicken asparagus soup, imperial salad, fish fillet with tartar soup, beef stroganoff with pasta and leche flan for dessert.

By the way, your snack is an array of ethnic Ilonggo delicacies: baye-baye, kalamay-hati, puto lanzon and sundol.

There is no one like this. Believe me because I joined this tour twice already. And, I still look forward to join my friends in this marvelous rediscovering of what best can Negros Occidental offer. Register now!

Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on November 26, 2009.

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 11:46 AM

SM CITY BACOLOD

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national guard

November 26th, 2009, 11:50 AM

Mannerisms
Luxe Horseman
Sam Milby rides high in Folded and Hung’s holiday collection
By REY R. ILAGAN
Manila Bulletin (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/231279/luxe-horseman)
November 26, 2009, 3:33pm

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Joining the prestigious ranks of the brand’s celebrity endorsers, actor and musician Sam Milby flaunts Folded and Hung (http://www.foldedandhung.com/#)’s latest fashions revolving around major luxe military influences.

The brand’s holiday collection reflects the international menswear trend for luxe military, as seen in Dolce and Gabbana’s handpainted, military jackets and velvet trousers--creating a highly dramatic (yet still wearable) menswear collection—as well as Ann Demeulemeester’s collection of double-breasted topcoats in suede and velvet paired with leather rising boots and luxurious hats.

One can achieve the same military style with Folded and Hung’s modern take. The brand turns the holiday season into an enchanting, royal moment with its collection inspired by English aristocracy.

Sam Milby’s campaign shoot complements the brand’s pieces as he appears to be a young aristocrat tending his horses in the stable. Decked in military-inspired tops and slim-cut trousers tucked in knee-high riding boots, Milby brings forth the richness of F&H’s classically tailored clothes with modern and trendy details.

With its clean and understated design philosophy, the brand comes out with a well-styled and wearable collection.

Drummer boy prints on T-shirts, black jackets with military tabs across the front, pinstriped, riding trousers, and raw denim are some of the key items. Predominantly dipped into a color palette of blacks, whites, and grays, the collection is highlighted with touches of blue, maroon, and red.

E-mail the author at dailyrey@gmail.com.

folded&hung store in Bacolod City :

SM CITY-BACOLOD
Ground Floor, SM City Bacolod,
Reclamation Area, Bacolod City

SUV111

November 26th, 2009, 11:56 AM

^^ kasagad gid ya mangita a :)

national guard

November 26th, 2009, 11:59 AM

Cat Power
Puma’s re-issued classics have style to spare
By EDWIN P. SALLAN
Manila Bulletin (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/231282/cat-power)
November 26, 2009, 3:35pm
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Athletic footwear brand Puma digs deeper into its rich heritage and recently launched its Archived Fall 2009 collection.

Like the enigmatic cat that inspired its name and logo, the new shoes and apparel collection is not just a mere store of oldies but goodies but are, in fact, re-issued cult classics that have been updated with bold colors inspired by the passion and exuberance of South Africa, venue of the 2010 World Cup where Puma will be a prominent fixture.

As worn and currently endorsed by the current breed of cutting-edge musical talents in Imago, Camerawalls, Sleepwalk Circus, Drip, Taken by Cars and 2008 and 2009 NU 107 Rock Awards Artist of the Year winners Pupil and Updharmadown (who all brought the full house down at the Mag:Net launch at Bonifacio High Street with spirited performances), each style comes with a distinctive look, feel, and tone that reflect their respective legendary status.

The Cabana Racer, for instance, was a classic lightweight running shoe that was first introduced in 1981. The new Cabana Racer II comes with a padded nylon upper and a multi-colored EVA midsole. Still light as a feather, the update provides vintage running with a fresh, new twist.

One of the most famous of Puma sneakers, the suede-based Clyde was worn in the early 1970’s by basketball hero Walt “Clyde” Frazier of the New York Knicks, who obviously inspired its name. With colors and print inspiration from Africa, the new Clyde should continue to reinforce its rep as the first non-canvas basketball shoe with streetwear staying power.

Disc Blaze Days is a reintroduction of the 1992 groundbreaking Puma style that first housed the unique Disc system. The new iterations come in a more subtle combination of black and glacier gray as well as the more attention-grabbing fuchsia, black, and sweet grape.

And then, there’s the Hawaii XT, a re-engineered sleek runner that captures a low-profile look unique to Puma. This execution features pearlized leather overlays, and tonal floral print on canvas. Yes, it’s also available in a mix of vibrant colorways.

Standouts among the non-sneakers include the GripBag, inspired by Africa United and distinguished by a repaired rope handle to give it that lived-in look as well as a cracked logo on the front representing a homage to Africa’s parched earth—a signature accessory designed to withstand the test of time.

There are plaid shirts and there are plaid shirts. But what sets the Puma traditional plaid shirt from the rest of the pack is the worn fabric and ladders that give it a unique vintage look and feel. Dad’s shirt from college? Look closer again.

While you’re at it, give a second look to Puma’s ribbon-red Edition Windbreaker inspired by the classic track jackets from the ‘70s. This stylishly retro hoodie features debossed print details on the top panel, mesh lining and circular knit rib hem and cuffs. What’s more, the jacket uses shoe laces for the draw cords on the hood, a nice Puma touch.

These and more were all introduced during the Archive Uncovered launch that was also graced by the likes of VJ Monica, Gaby de la Merced, Tippi and Ito Ocampo, JM Rodriguez and designer Kate Torralba.

The Puma Archive Collection is available for a limited time at Puma Stores at Bonifacio High Street, Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 5, Festival Supermall Alabang, TriNoma, Ayala Center Cebu, Gaisano Mall of Davao, Limketkai Mall Cagayan de Oro and Robinson's Place Bacolod. Also available at leading lifestyle outlets nationwide.