Despite the odds, vendors look forward to warm Christmas with loved ones
ILOILO City – Selling goods is not easy. For many ambulant vendors, the trade is not financially rewarding at all.
In a season of celebrations,...
Doll making and mothering: Being a mom doesn’t stop behind bars
ILOILO City – “Indi lango-lango ang sitwasyon namon diri sa sulod, especially if may bata ka sa gwa,” shared Leda, a 41-year-old mother of...
Friends of Cancer Kids Iloilo: Giving hope to the hopeless since 2014
CHILDHOOD is a time meant to be spent having fun. It’s the time when one is supposed to be in school and at play;...
It’s the season of giving! Panay News holds annual gift-giving
IT’S the season of giving and the No. 1 regional newspaper in Western Visayas sure gets this vibe.
Panay News, Inc. in partnership with...
What’s the best gift you ever received?
COMPILED BY MARY JOY HIBALA, BETHANY GAYLE LEDESMA, ALEXINE MARIE FERNANDEZ, FRAMINELLA JOY GUMBOC, Interns
WE have varying interpretations of what the “best gift” to...
Meet your MassKara Queen 2018, Ella Mae Mercado
“A modern Bacoleña is a woman brave enough to face the challenges in life – the one who is ready to give the best...
Feeling the vibe: How 3 millennials celebrate MassKara
WHENEVER October comes, Bacolodnons get into their groove for their most-celebrated festival – MassKara. Streets are lined with food stalls and decorated with colorful...
No sugarcoating
IN FAMED Negrense artist Nunelucio Alvarado’s “Katawhay Sa Pangabuhi” (“A Peaceful Way of Living”) – an opus of his from 1994 – he paints...
When was Bacolod City born, really?
BY DARYL LASAFIN and JONEL AMIO
CENTRAL to this year’s celebration of the MassKara Festival is an issue that has stirred local politics for years...
Taking a MassKara side trip? Here’s where you should go
WHILE most people celebrate the MassKara Festival through partying and watching the street dance competition, there are some who make the festival an excuse...