Titas de Bacolod

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  “He looks like a character actor in a British film!” This was the whispered comment of a local resident, who caught a glimpse of HE Ambassador Asif Ahmad, who led a group of British Embassy officials from Manila, who came to Bacolod recently to hold a consular clinic for members of the British community from Negros Occidental, Iloilo and Guimaras.The clinic, held at Nature's Village in Talisay City, gave some 40 British nationals the opportunity...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion It was a regular working day at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital. But for an hour, the staff temporarily put aside their hospital gowns and working clothes. Instead, they wore the most comfy workout clothes and beautiful smiles. Doctors, nurses and personnel of the CLMMRH in Bacolod City greeted the morning with a sweaty, healthy Zumba party.This is not the first time for CLMMRH medical staff and employees to experience...

Yesterday was the birthday of Manuel L. Quezon.  Yes, the President who said, "I would rather have a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos than a Philippines run like heaven by the Americans". Well, we have had our moments of greatness seen in various presidencies.  Truth is, we are close to really what Quezon said semi-prophetically, a Philippines run like hell by Filipinos.Now you know why we need Grace Poe.--...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  It had been close to 20 years since Vreneli Abellar, a former high school student of La Consolacion College Bacolod, had last seen her high school batch of 1983. After graduation, Vreneli had since fulfilled her dream of being a career nurse and is now a successful head nurse in a big hospital in New Jersey, USA.Now, with the onset of their golden years, she wondered how it would be to gather her school batch for a big reunion.Through her...

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion  There was a huge crowd from all sectors of the local community at Bacolod's St. John Mary Vianney Hall when Very Reverend, Fr. Felix Pasquin, well-loved rector of the San Sebastian Cathedral, celebrated his 70 th birthday July 29.By the time John Orola and yours truly arrived, Fr. Raymond Asoy was holding the audience in stitches delivering his homily with his irrepressible humor and wit. After the mass, Fr. Pasquin welcomed everyone who...