ELECTRIC MASSKARA 2010 LOGO

SUROY SA BREDCO + BACOLOD'S SUNSET

BREDCO

more pictures to come...

BACOLOD'S AERIAL SHOTS

EAST AREA AND THE NEW BACOLOD  GOVERNMENT CENTER

NEW BACOLOD GOVERNMENT CENTER

FARMVILLE NEGROS

BACOLOD- TALISAY BOUNDARY

GOOD NEWS "mga kasimanwa ko"....BACOLOD CITY is now ranked third from fifth last year among   the top 10 next wave cities for outsourcing and offshoring/ BPO- year 2010. Congrats especially to Atty. Jocelle Sigue- Batapa and her team. Photos credit to Atty. Jobs FB page.


TOP TEN NEXT WAVE CITIES FOR 2010 OUTSIDE MM AND CEBU
1. Davao
2. Sta. Rosa
3. BACOLOD
4. Iloilo
5. Metro Cavite
6. Lipa City
7. Cagayan de Oro
8. Malolos City
9. Baguio City
10. Dumaguete City

Here's the article from Sunstar Bacolod dated April 2010

Bacolod ranks 3rd among top 10 'next wave' cities

By Merlinda A. Pedrosa

BACOLOD City is now ranked third among the Top Ten Next Wave Cities (NWC) for outsourcing and off-shoring for 2010.

Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chair of Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT), said from fifth place last 2009, Bacolod now ranks third for outsourcing and off-shoring.

Batapa-Sigue noted that last week, Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Commissioner Monchito Ibrahim informed her that Bacolod now ranks third in the Top Ten NWC.

She said this development is a great milestone for the people of Bacolod and Negros Occidental.

"We are a few notches away from the top post and is therefore a good reason to strive harder especially in the aspect of human resource development, which comprises the largest criterion for the NWC selection," she said.

The results were also formally announced last week before the press briefing by CICT, BPAP and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

For this year, the CICT also announced that Metro Clark has been recognized as an IT-BPO Center of Excellence, joining the ranks of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, primarily due to Metro Clark's growth in terms of employment size and robust infrastructure.

Batapa-Sigue said the list was topped by Davao followed by Sta. Rosa, with Bacolod as third, followed by Iloilo, Metro Cavite, Lipa City, Cagayan de Oro, Malolos City, Baguio City and Dumaguete City.

She said the talent criterion carries the largest weight of 40 percent in the overall ranking, which explains Davao City's position at the top.

In addition to talent, the other factors affecting city ranking are infrastructure, cost, and business environment.

Cities are scored for the quality of their roads, access to international and domestic flights, presence of providers of fiber optic networks, reliability of power supply, availability of property sites, cost of labor and office space, vulnerability to natural disturbances, peace and order situation, the presence of Peza sites and ICT councils, among other factors.

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Bacolod hosts several big BPOs  like Convergys, Teletech, Teleperformance, Transcom and expected to open next month..the new--------

PANASIATIC SOLUTIONS  is set to open next month. Located at the East Block near the New Bacolod Government Center and Lopue's East.

PHOTOS credit to Linguine of SSC Bacolod

COMING SOON!!!!!!!!

Yes!...the official logo for the  Masskara Festival 2010 is now out. Thanks to Daryl Anthony Jimenea aka "neomind" of SkyscraperCity Bacolod. Expect the unexpected- "dali kari na sa Bacolod, dala inyu Masskara..."

Schedule of activities:
Masskara Week - October 11-17 (School, barangay/ open category)
October 16-17 - Street dance competition

October 18 - Countdown to Charter Day street party(Lacson Tourism Strip, New Bacolod Government Center, and at the Bacolod Public Plaza)

October 19 - Charter Day

SM CITY BACOLOD & THE POPE TOWER

SM City Bacolod is one of the supermalls in Bacolod City which is located along Rizal Street, Reclamation Area.It has a total of land area of 161,096.60 square meters and a total floor area of 61,413 square meters.It opened last March 1, 2007.


POPE JOHN PAUL TOWER, a must to see new attraction located just a few steps away from Bacolod's business center.  Formally blessed by the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams last February 18, 2010 and witnessed by thousands of catholic christians.

TAGA BACOLOD GID!

TAGA BACOLOD GID!

You know you're a true blue bacolodnon if ...

Your one peso is pisos. 

You take a bath using a tabo (or cabo) which is a used 1 quart

Caltex oil container.

Your bathroom has at least one lugod (some has one for every family

member)

Your Nanay used to make you drink Mirinda or Royal Tru Orange when

you have a fever, which is supposed to make you feel better ... and 7-up

if you have a stomach upset.  And it seemed to worked!

Sinamak is a staple in your dining table -- the best bacolod’s invention

if you ask me;  the acidity of this stuff is so potent that it was even

banned on airplanes long before 9/11.

Your toyo is patis and your patis is toyo

You use atsuete for your adobo and pinamalhan (pinaksiw)

Your daily meal will likely include laswa, kbl (kadyos, baboy,langka),

ginat-an nga tambo with tugabang and okra, ginat-an nga munggo,

linutik,apan-apan, etc.

November 1 means eating ibus, suman, suman latik, kalamay-hati, bayi-

bayi, valenciana or other native delicacies with glutinous rice and

coconut milk

You call those you love palangga, pangga, or ga

You call your siblings or cousins inday, nonoy or toto...the

househelp may call you the same

You call those who are older than you manang or manong

You catch the attention of sales attendants by calling them "day"

or "to"

Your childhood games include tumba patis, taksi, panagu-ay, balay-

balay, ins, tin-tin baka, etc.

You used to be scared to go out at night lest you meet the aswang, tik-tik,

tayhu, kapre, kama-kama, morto, etc.

You call a person, thing, place and event kwan when you forget it

(si kwan, ang kwan, sa kwan, nag kwan)

You understand that "Particulars Keep Out" sign means Outsiders Keep

Out.  (believe me, this sign may look and sound English but it's only us

Ilonggos who use it)

You use words such as "ahay" (expression of pity, grief, empathy),

"yuga" (expression of disbelief, surprise),

"ambot ah" (to say you don't know, or an expression of impatience)

You often start your sentence with ti

You say goodbye by saying "halong"

Your favorite cusswords are linte (if you're slightly pissed off)

and hijo de puta (if you're pissed off big time)...

Guilty?

Ti, sigue halong lang kamo ha!   

Note: This is not my own piece...author unknown.