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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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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Take a Stroll at Bacolod Public Plaza
by Jane Dacumos on August 31, 2012One of the notable landmarks of Bacolod City, Bacolod Public Plaza is a trapezoidal park with a belt of trees around the periphery and a gazebo at the center that was constructed in 1927. Scattered within the trees are four circular fountains. Located in the heart of the downtown area, near the city hall and across from San Sebastian Cathedral, Bacolod Public Plaza is a place for recreation, political, spiritual and cultural activities.
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Bacolod-Silay International Airport
by Jane Dacumos on July 27, 2012Bacolod-Silay International Airport is the main airport serving the general area of Bacolod City, the capital city of Negros Occidental in the Philippines. This airport replaced the Bacolod City Domestic Airport in 2007. The Bacolod-Silay International Airport inherited its IATA and ICAO airport codes from the former.
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