Republica Negrense

The exclusive scoop of República Negrénse yesterday on Sky Pasada’s upcoming Bacólod-Boracay flight this March was received by Negrénse flying public quite well. A blog post on the matter posted at online community page “You Know You&... more

Some people say that to experience the culture of a certain locality, you have to taste their cuisine and specialties. After a long walk, I decided to take my guest to Mila’s. Mila’s is a bakeshop café fast becoming famous to those who r... more

Two of Negros’ biggest locally homegrown companies, CM & Sons’ Merci Bakeshop and Negros Grace Pharmacy took a day off for relief efforts to the areas affected by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Negros Oriental. Two teams, one headed... more

Last Saturday, February 18, 2012, I went to the website of Sky Pasada to check out their flight schedules to Baguio from Manila for I have plans to try it out this summer. Going to the flight search option of the website, I immediately noticed Bacól... more

Two of Negros’ biggest locally homegrown companies, CM & Sons’ Merci Bakeshop and Negros Grace Pharmacy took a day off for relief efforts to the areas affected by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Negros Oriental. Two teams, one headed... more

As the trend for healthy living escalates nowadays, restaurants and café joints are taking the cue in serving healthy selections from their menu. It is not only food that is now beginning to be served organic and healthy, so are drinks too. Fresh fr... more

The late morning of Rizal Day 2011 was a busy day since it will be my last day in the Sugarlandia. After a brief delay with laundry at a laundromat near my Bacólod home, I met my guest in the hotel lobby. The streets were busy since it was a holiday... more

Valentine’s Day or for singles like me, Single Blessedness Day (formerly Singles Awareness Day), works as double-edged swords to people where to some it is a happy day, to some non-existent and to some others a dreadful day. Why should a single... more

” …stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel…” Philippians 1:27, NIV 1984 I would like to take this chance to congratulate my home church, Greenhills Christian Fellowship, for the occ... more

On our way back to the Bangga Pepsi in Brgy. Bata from The Ruins, Doc Chard mentioned that he wanted to eat local cuisine that he read from a coffee table book back in Café 1925. Since I don’t want to bring him to carinderias that are of quest... more

Last February 4, 2012, a Saturday, I woke up from slumber and immediately opened my Facebook. I was not expecting much since my friends would most probably be out somewhere. Seeing my contact’s recent statuses, I suddenly noticed an announcemen... more

It was Saturday and in the early afternoon when I caught the train and headed to Ayala Center. I was going to Kuppa Fort Bonifacio to meet with the Director/Executive Producer of PUREZA The Story of Negros Sugar and he is none other than a kasimanwa,... more

Metropolitan Bacólod, lone metropolitan area of Negros Island, is the heritage and financial center of Negros. Composed of Silay, Talisay and Bacólod Cities with a population of three quarters of a million, it is the most populous area of the Islan... more

The Museum Café is once again in the works of another amazing selections just for you. We are still a week away until Valentine’s Day yet they have new selections that would surely appeal to your senses but first, I would like to re-feature so... more