Gil Alfredo B. Severino
Local News: Monico Urges Bata SK and Bata High SSG to ‘Strive for Unhindered Excellence’
Former Bacolod Congressman Monico Puentevella last Saturday "wowed" youth stakeholders of the Barangay Bata Sangguniang Kabataan (Bata SK) by citing the life of Steve Jobs "who revolutionized the way we learn" and did not allow his frustration in formal schooling as a hindrance to achieve his dreams.
Monico Puentevella stirs the sentiments of his young audience by narrating
his life striving as a scholar and selling newspapers to earn his daily
allowance.* (H. James G. Toga/NDB)
Events: Bro. Ray Highlights Relevance of Jean Baptiste de la Salle
"He pioneered popular education in France," said Brother-President Raymundo Suplido FSC during the media launch and press conference yesterday, referring to Saint Jean Baptiste de la Salle whose life history is the center of the year long Diamond Jubilee Year of the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City.
Bro. Ray Suplido with the members of the board as panelists during the media
launch and press conference at the English Cafe yesterday. He said that USLS
alumni are almost in all parts of Negros and Iloilo indicating widespread and
accessibility of USLS education which evidently was what de la Salle’s "popular
education" stands for.* (H. James G. Toga/NDB)
Suplido likened the condition of France then to the Philippines under Spain whose ruling insular elites devise means of education affordable and accessible only to their class and the masses had to suffer parochial education usually at the horse’s stables.
Feature: Negros Showroom at Rob Exhibits Kidtrepreneurs’ Creation
Nine groups of child entrepreneurs, over the weekend, displayed their crafts and sold their food and non-food items in booths outside the Negros Showroom at the Central Citywalk, Robinsons Place Bacolod.
ANP’s VP for Advocacy, Cris Villacin and German designer-consultant Anna
Kamphues, demonstrate beads making out of recycled newspapers and magazines.*
(Gil Severino photo)
MOVIE REVIEW: Avengers: Tale of Sophisticated Swordfights and Flying Dinosaurs
The world was once fascinated by both the 1956 "Helen of Troy" and later the Brad Pitt starrer "Troy". These films involved swordfights using "extras"; "Helen of Troy" obviously used thousands of "extras" as this movie belonged to the pre-digital and their film technology was once called "camera tricks". Brad Pitt’s "Troy" singlehandedly transforms these tricks to complex special effects using softwares, a hundred "extras" turned thousands.
Feature: A Tea Party at Driftwood Spa this Thursday
All their massage therapists will be wearing Hawaiian outfits to celebrate their Fourth Anniversary tomorrow, May 10, a befitting themed-outfit after "drifting and drifting" from the deep blue sea to the hearts of their loyal clienteles.
The young, dynamic and vibrant in massage therapists, in Hawaiian costume, of
the Driftwood Spa along Rosario-Verbena Streets. Driftwood Spa will be
celebrating their Fourth Anniversary this May 10.* (contributed photo)
"Driftwood" is very symbolic. It is a dead wood in a forest or a wood floating on water or washed ashore. There are dead woods in a forest which continue to stand and it served as habitat for various living organisms and survival. At mid sea, it is a haven for the long distance traveling birds.
Feature: Beat the Heat at Royal Thai Massage Golden Field Branch
Aside from the nuisance common colds, behavioral variances are manifested at the onslaught of the summer heat. The body feels weak, burning sensation is felt in the muscles surrounding the eyes, eventually lightheadedness and dizziness is felt – summer heat zaps energy, dries the skin and hair and worst, dulls the senses.
Royal House of Beauty Salon and Spa proprietress Roshell Sator cut the
ceremonial ribbon assisted by Joel Casido.* (James G. Toga photo)
A very icy-cold drink can help but the best is a spa therapy. From foot massage to full body massage, the unbeatable Royal Thai Massage had opened its seventh branch in Bacolod’s best, the Golden Field Commercial Complex.
Business: CENECO Incurs P40M Line Rental last February, Blames NGCP-WESM
Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENECO) blamed the Wholesale
Electricity Spot Market (WESM) yesterday for not fully informing them of the P40
million “pass on” price implication of the “congested” Kabankalan-Bacolod lines
1 and 2 to consumers last February 16 to 23, thus forcing them to pay additional
P1.46 to P2.00 last March.
It was discovered that “the congestion was caused by a Two Million Peso
protection equipment failure of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
(NGCP) that took eight days to restore.”
Feature: Barangay Punta Taytay Throws 10-Hectare Mangrove Planting Bash
Watching residents and other participants of Barangay Punta Taytay while planting mangrove seedlings early Saturday morning eastside extension of their 30 hectare mangrove forest, stimulates the mind to a reflection of life – while modern men and women disregarded their very survival by wantonly consuming more and more, every mangrove tree seedling planted restores it!
An empowered resident of Barangay Punta Taytay begins planting earlier last
Saturday.*
National News: SC to PLDT: Prove Economic Woes on their ‘Gamboa Decision’ (3)
Chief Justice Renato Corona consistently dissented the Supreme Court’s June 28, 2011 "Gamboa Decision" in the last April 17, 2012 oral arguments for its reversal, stating among others the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) Corporate Governance Code.
Local News: Fiscal ‘Causes’ Star Lavilla to be Tried by Court for Libel
Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) General Manager Sulpicio Lagar-de, Jr. sent hard copies of legal documents signed by Prosecutor Dennis Jarder to Negros Daily Bulletin (NDB) which read probable cause of the crime of libel allegedly committed by consumerist Romeo "Star" Lavilla.
