Robinsons Place Bacolod
by Jhaypee Guia on September 4, 2012Robinsons Place Bacolod is a shopping mall located in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It opened in 1997 and features anchors like Robinsons Supermarket, Robinsons Department Store and Toys R Us. Local patrons fondly call the shopping mall, "Rob".
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SM City Bacolod
by Jhaypee Guia on September 4, 2012SM City Bacolod is a supermall located along Rizal Street, Reclamation Area, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It has a total of land area of 161,096.60 square meters and a total floor area of 61,413 square meters. SM City Bacolod is the 29th supermall of SM Prime Holdings and the 3rd in the Visayas Region. It opened on March 1, 2007. SM City Bacolod is currently undergoing renovation and expansion that will be completed by 2013.
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Places in the Philippines Named After Pope John Paul II
by Jane Dacumos on September 1, 2012Pope John Paul II was celebrated during his lifetime and later posthumously with several honours and as the namesake of several places and institutions. Such places often bear the name John Paul II but newer institutions are using the name John Paul the Great. Being perhaps one of the most beloved figures by Filipinos in the past century, some places in the Philippines have been named after him in his honor.
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Bernardino-Jalandoni Museum
by Jane Dacumos on August 31, 2012The people in Negros Occidental are known for their love and devotion to their culture and history. They have long since been restoring and preserving ancestral houses for future generations to see and appreciate. One of the many ancestral homes that have been converted into a museum is the Jalandoni Ancestral House.
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Negros Museum of Bacolod City
by Jane Dacumos on August 31, 2012The Negros Museum represents more than a collection of Filipiniana. At its core are the stories of a people whose consciousness and collective memories go back hundreds of years. Housed in the grand neo-classic structure that is the former Provincial Capitol Building, the Negros Museum presents in a capsule the bounty that is the history, art, and culture of the people of the Negros Island. Through room upon room of art and artifacts, the museum chronicles the lives of the Negrenses, from the opulence characteristic of the heyday of the plantation hacendero to the austerity that marked the years after the collapse of the sugar industry.
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