Merged: All about BACOLOD CITY

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goldenfields cguro pasabot mo.

yes low crime in bacolod. yaw lang kompyansa ky naa jud dyapon snatcher

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i love bacolod... it is a chicken paradise..

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PANAAD SA NEGROS

"Panaad" means a promise...to come back and give thanks for all the trials and blessings that shaped the province throughout history. From the country's biggest income generator, the richest province down to its knees during the height of the sugar slump and disasters coming one after...then insurgency and poverty...but Negrenses never gave up...they believed that...HOPE SHINES IN NEGROS...Now Negros Occidental is rising once again as a properous province and it's giving all the gratitude to the heavens

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"The Sugar Bowl is a film about an island's colonial scars and the resilience of the people who live there. The film crew will be traveling to the Philippines this April and need your help to tell an untold story!"

The Sugar Bowl - a documentary film Team





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Reel Asian Pitch Competition

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Emerging filmmakers prepare to document Philippine history

The winners of the 2010 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival’s Pitch Prize - filmmakers Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson and Nicole Rogers - bring DOCspace the latest news on the -preproduction of their award-winning documentary project, The Sugar Bowl.



The Sugar Bowl will explore the vast sugar cane industry that was once the primary source of income for the residents of the Negros Islands in the Philippines. During the eras of the Spanish and American colonization in the Philippines, sugar was a large commodity extracted from the sugar mills on the Negros Islands, giving it the appropriate name of “The Sugar Bowl”. Once the sugar mills were not needed anymore, the economy collapsed, leaving the residents to face a life of hardship.



Director (and DOCspace member) Shasha Nakhai wants audiences to be inspired by the current stories of the people on the Negros Islands, focusing on their resilience even in the face of their harsh history. The Sugar Bowl will take a positive angle on the lives of the Island residents and illustrate their contentment and celebration of life despite all the difficulty they have faced.

 Nakhai, who was born on the Negros Island, came to Canada as an international student and graduated from Ryerson University’s Broadcast Journalism Program in 2009. Nakhai always wanted to tell the story of the people on the Island and worked towards making it a reality with her fellow Ryerson alumni, Williamson and Rogers, both graduates of Ryerson’s Film and Broadcast Journalism program.

Nakhai, Williamson and Rogers are traveling to the Philippines to shoot the documentary. With the help of Nakhai’s family, the team has been able to set up interviews with veterans of the sugar mills still living in the community, with more interviews still in the process of being set up. So far, the reaction to Nakhai and her team working on this project has been met with positivity and excitement, as the people of the island want to share their unique story with the world.



Nakhai says that that in her experience, few people know about the Philippines and its rich history. The judges at the 2010 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival’s Pitch competition were unaware of the situation on the Negros Island and intrigued by her pitch. Nakhai feels that there needs to be a stronger representation of Philippine stories in film and this is her way of giving back to the Philippine community in Toronto. Additionally, she wants to document the old sugar mills and steam locomotives before they disappear altogether in a few years.



By winning the Pitch Prize the team received $10,000 worth of equipment rental and post-production services at Charles Street Video, a one year membership with Charles Street Video, $1500 in cash and distribution options through Ouat Media, with a broadcast on Movieola and Air Canada. They also have the opportunity to screen their finished documentary at the 2011 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.



The Sugar Bowl is being produced with support from the Toronto Arts Council and the team has been working hard to raise additional funds through private donations and the crowdfunding website IndieGoGo (www.indiegogo.com/sugarbowl).

Nakhai and her team are hosting a fundraiser in Toronto for The Sugar Bowl on Friday, March 25 from 7 pm to 11 pm at the Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture, 167 Augusta Avenue in Kensington Market. All are welcome to attend. For more information about The Sugar Bowl visit www.wix.com/sfnakhai/the-sugar-bowl and check out the project on DOCspace at http://docspace.ca/film/the-sugar-bowl.
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By Jyotsna Venkatesh

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Panaad sa Negros 2011 Caravan

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Good Morning Bacolod !!!

Shots taken at the site mentioned by @cords regarding the planned Themed Park in Alangilan Area... Not sure if this is the exact site.. the site is beside La Provincia PoloClub and accross Farmville Subd.. before wala pa na di excavation, subong may ara na .. Probably is the one .. hehe







originally posted by greenflare of SSC Bacolod

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New subdivision near USLS Ecopark Main Gate ... still in Alangilan

Another gated/walled community in Brgy. Alangilan ... :cheers:

originally posted by greenflare of SSC Bacolod

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teaser....

originally posted by linguine of SSC Bacolod