BACOLOD CITY — Government officials of Negros Occidental launched the return of the Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Provincial Capitol Park and Lagoon on Tuesday afternoon, March 14.

It was my privilege to attend the Kadalag-An Festival on March 21 and 22 upon the invitation of Javi Benitez, the handsome and dynamic mayor of Victorias City in Negros Occidental. “Kadalag-an ...

Roy Aguilar’s art celebrates Negros Occidental in all its contradictions ... hear “MassKara,” the name of Bacolod City’s famous festival that sprawls across the months of September ...

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Learn the history of the City of Smiles as well as its famous festival through a 150-meter-long street mural. The “Bacolod WallStory” mural ...

The festival of smiles started in the 1980s when Negros Occidental, including its capital city of Bacolod, was reeling from a sugar crisis and the sinking of Bacolod-bound MV Don Juan after it ...

Also in this wall art are Talisay’s famous annual festivals, Pasidungog (every February) and Minulu-an (every September), wowing passersby to and from the Negros Occidental capital, Bacolod.