Titas de Bacolod

Word has gotten around that a food festival showcasing Negrense food is happening at the Hidalgo Drive of the Rockwell Center in Makati, Metro Manila.  Dubbed as the Namit Namit Food Festival, this gathering will perhaps be the very first time the Manila-based people of Negros Island, the sweet spot of the Philippines, will be celebrating their holiday known as Cinco de Noviembre in Metro Manila.If there's one thing we all know Negrenses for, it's their passion for rolling out the...

In case you missed it, the last time Winnie Monsod's opinion column appeared on the digital version of the Inquirer was June 11, 2022.  That was about the Alternative assessment of Duterte admin (2)Yesterday "Get Real" no longer appeared on the digital version of the Inquirer.  Surprised that I didn't find it, I had t look for the hard copy of Inquirer for June 18, 2022.  Lo and behold,  Winnie's column was still there.  That may be the last of it though.I'll...

BACOLOD CITY - When presidential aspirant, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. came into town last February 23, 2022, eyebrows were raised among Bacolod and Negros Occidental citizens as to who came out to support the son of the former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.It was of no surprise that Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer was leading the party to welcome Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The dots are so easy to connect.  Vice Governor Ferrer is the spouse of the Representative of Negros...

Found in one of the archives of The Visayan Daily Star.   Excerpts from Ninfa R. Leonardia's farewell to Nena (Carolina) Lacson Garcia in 2015: But Nena was also a fighter for causes. When the sugar industry was threatened during the days of the dictatorship, she was one of the most outspoken and blunt in her criticisms. At one time, the late sugar industry leader, Roberto S. Benedicto, set an interview with me and two other journalists from Bacolod, to be done in a TV station...