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Court of Appeals lifts TRO on Capitol property conflict
BY CARLA GOMEZ

CEBU CITY – The Twentieth Division of the Court of Appeals here has lifted the 60-day temporary restraining order it had issued against Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. and other Negros Occidental officials in connection with the sale and lease of its 7.7-hectare prime property in Bacolod City to Ayala Land Inc.

The TRO had been granted to SM Prime Holdings Inc. that had opposed the awarding of the negotiated sale and lease of Ayala, claiming it was the winning bidder to the property.

SMPHI had refused to join the negotiated bidding saying it had entered a higher bid than Ayala in a second bidding held on July 7, and sought the TRO to halt the negotiated sale and lease.

But the Capitol had declared the second bidding a failure, saying both SMPHI and Ayala had failed to meet the floor price for the property approved by the Commission on Audit.

The 60-day TRO was expected to end on Oct. 4.

However, the CA, in an order promulgated on Sept. 6 lifted the TRO, which is believed to pave the way for the Capitol to proceed with the sale and lease of its property.

The dispositive portion of the Sept. 6 CA order denied SMPHI's prayer for preliminary injunction, and lifted the TRO it issued on July 27.

It also directed SMPHI and the provincial government officials to submit their respective memoranda within 15 days after which it will be deemed submitted for decision.

The decision was penned by Associate Justice Victoria Isabel Paredes and concurred in by Associate Justices Edgardo de Los Santos and Ramon Paul Hernando.*CPG

Source: Visayan Daily Star

originally posted by kartaps

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AYALA'S CAPITOL CIVIC CENTRE
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originally posted by JEFFjr_25

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Capitol Lagoon in 1937

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originally posted by i love bacolod

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Another food place along La Salle Avenue named Krek's. It seems that La Salle Avenue








(photos courtesy of Bacolód Food Hunters)

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Don Salvador Panoramas.





by Daryl Jimenea

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Bacolod as a culinary haven
By: Sandy Daza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:52 am | Thursday, September 15th, 2011


We were in Cagayan de Oro judging the Kumbira competitions on a Thursday when I got a frantic call from the Kangen Water office in Manila. The guy who was to deliver the water demo in Bacolod had met an accident. A tree had fallen on him! To make the long story short, the water-machine people wanted me to take his place. For what this water machine has done for my health, I could not let this opportunity pass.

I left right after the competitions on Friday evening, headed for Manila, and was scheduled to leave for Bacolod the following morning. Hectic, but exciting!

I was excited to share the good news about this water and how it would work wonders for many with health and skin issues such as aetopic dermatitis, psoriasis, acid reflux, diabetes, gout, high cholesterol, uric acid, even cancer and all acid-related diseases.

And the whole reason I got involved in this is precisely because I love to eat. Apart from being health-conscious and willing to try anything that will be good for my health, I cannot avoid many of the kinds of food I come across. I need something to neutralize it.

I was also excited because I always associate good food with Bacolod.

As soon as we landed, we headed for this impressive hotel called L’Fisher. From there, we took a cab to a seafood restaurant right behind where you point and they cook. What a letdown. The Sinigang na Ulo ng Lapulapu didn’t taste like the name at all. Other dishes were okay but far from satisfying. The demo at 2 p.m. was attended by about 50 health-conscious people. There were many questions. There was a buffet setup but I refused to eat, saving my appetite for a dinner that I was invited to by a longtime friend and fellow shooter, Mike Hinojales, and his son Stephen.

That meal was what I had longed to have in Bacolod. It was Bacolod chicken inasal with the local vinegar or sinamak and soy sauce, garlic rice, liver and their local kangkong version.

I was so impressed with Mike’s cooking until he admitted having the dishes picked up from Chicken House. Delicious!

From Mike’s, my wife and I went to an Italian restaurant across the hotel owned and run by New York-educated chef Jomi Gaston. We ordered pizza with some red wine. The pizza was awesome. The crust was perfect. Thin, crunchy and chewy.

I prefer my pizzas without too much wet ingredients for it makes it soggy and ruins the texture of the crust.

We had the four cheeses, or Bianca’s.

Trattoria Uma is a fine-dining Italian restaurant with huge portions and superb cuisine. Don’t know if all the locals realize what a gem they have in their city.
The next day, we went to Café Uma. I had an Eggs Benedict. This was a dish of pouched eggs on a slice of thick ham sitting on a French Brioche and topped with Bearnaise sauce.

I was looking at other tables and saw that the portions are large enough to share with three people. Fantastic experience.

Unfortunately, I only have one tummy to fill up. I most certainly will go back to this culinary haven. I want to try the various versions of the inasal at the open-air place where they say one experiences true Bacolod life, complete with ambiance.

Call Trattoria Uma, tel. 0917-5295221.

I will be conducting a Kangen Miracle water demo in Cebu on Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. Please text 0919-6614949 if you wish to attend.

Bacolod as a culinary haven | Inquirer Lifestyle

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score is 3-1 in favor of azkal.

originally posted by i love bacolod

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2 Sanparq from a distance

by Linguine

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Marañon: Province-based
power plant badly needed

BY RANIE S. AZUE

BACOLOD City — Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said Negros Occidental needs — as soon as possible — to have its own power plant that can efficiently provide cheap electricity.

This was what the governor told the businessmen who attended the 20th Visayas Area Business Conference that started yesterday at the L’Fisher Hotel here.

High electricity cost and price disparity in Negros Occidental and other provinces in the Visayas will be discussed in one of the plenary sessions in the business conference.

With the downsizing generating capacity of the Northern Negros Geothermal Power Plant (NNGPP) of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Bago City, it is of utmost importance that province-based power plants are realized the soonest time possible, Marañon said.

The EDC, through NNGPP vice president Dwight Maximo, already informed the governor that it will replace its 40-megawatt (MW) power plant with a small unit that will generate about five to 10 MW of electricity.

Maximo stressed that the replacement will match the field and power plant capacities, and will allow the facility to run smoothly and more efficiently.

Meanwhile, the governor expressed doubt on a Korean-based firm’s proposed solar power plant project in EB Magalona town.

The project may not be viable as the electricity that it will generate may be too expensive, he said.

Marañon revealed that an investor recently visited his office and presented a plan of putting up a natural gas-fed power plant in Bago City.

The project proponent, Filinvest Group, was serious in investing money and resources for the realization of the project, he said./PN


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originally posted by Linguine