Robert Harland
Feature: Sausages: We Love ‘Em
These days sausage lovers in Bacolod are spoilt for choice. It was hard to find a decent sausage a few years ago, but now the range is vast and these meaty delights, whether a humble Hungarian or a classic Keilbasa, are readily available throughout the city.
But alas, lovers of British sausages - or ‘bangers’ as the Brits call them - are not so lucky. Despite numerous requests, no one is making these British delicacies here.
Feature: Surviving a Hotel Fire
In all my years of traveling, I was fortunate never to encounter a hotel fire.
As the experts say, the likelihood of a hotel fire is very small and, if you follow some simple rules, the likelihood of getting hurt is also very small.
But if you do get caught in a fire, you’ve got one thing to count on for survival - yourself. Like it or not, it’s up to you to get out or to stay alive - for hours perhaps - until firefighters reach you.
Feature: Kiddies Take Up Masterchef Challenge
Pearl Manor Skills Academy director chef Shangrila Chua gives a few tips to the pizza making class.*
It was a birthday party with a difference. Scores of children converged on the Pearl Manor Skills Academy in Bacolod City on Saturday for a Kiddies’ Masterchef-themed party for birthday celebrators siblings Dian and Dianne Chua. Dianne turned 10 and brother Dian 12.
Putting the Negros on the Marmalade Map
A potted calamnsi marmalade ready for the competition was given to Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr.*
Marmalade Awards to be held at the historic Dalemain Estate in England’s Lake District in February.
And I’m hoping to put Negros on the international marmalade map with my entry of a special calamansi marmalade with brandy.
NDB Honors Ram Pump Trailblazer
Dutchman Auke Idzenga, founder and executive director of the Bacolod-based Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation (AIDFI), was one of the eight recipients of Outstanding Citizens of Negros awards presented in December.
Auke Idzenga (right) receives his award from NDB editorial consultant Henry Streegan, accompanied by fellow-awardee Hazel Stuart.*
Marapara Rotary Bago Medical Mission
A team of 29 volunteer doctors and nurses from Riverside and Doctors’ Hospitals plus two dentists from the Philippines Dental Association held a medical mission on Saturday at the Sacred Heart Shrine in Brgy. Calumangan, Bago City.
Marapara Rotary member and dentist, Dr. Selwyn Lloyd Baloyo looking after a patient.*
