The Mag-aso Falls Mountain Resort in Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, will be officially opened Saturday with Edgardo Acuña (2nd district, Negros Occidental), chairman of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Tourism, as guest of honor, a press release from the city government said yesterday.

A program at the resort at 10 a.m. will be attended by Mayor Pedro Zayco, Vice Mayor Raul Rivera and members of the city council, it said.

The Mag-aso resort is located 22 kilometers from the poblacion and was developed by the city government under the administration of Zayco to be one of its major tourist attractions. The other resort in the city is the Balicaocao Highland Resort in Brgy. Orong.

To add color to the opening is the pictorial of the 14 candidates in the search for Sinulog Queen 2006, one of the highlights of the Kabankalan Sinulog Festival that will start also on Saturday, the press release said.

Joining the candidates will be members of the Camera Club of Bacolod who will take their photographs with the falls as background. The photographers will select the Miss Photogenic among the candidates. Another title at stake for the contestants is the "Diwata Sang Mag-aso".

Among the major attractions of the Mag-aso resort are its mini-falls and the 75-foot main falls that drop into a clear pool.

The resort now has a viewing deck, concrete steps and a Japanese bridge. Cottages will soon be constructed for overnight guests, Mayor Zayco said in the press release.*

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Parol making
tilt winner named

Mario Stephen Regollo of Homesite, Brgy. Montevista, Bacolod City won the first prize in the Greenwich Parol Making Contest held Dec. 1 to 20, 2005 at Robinson's Place Bacolod.

Regollo received P5,000 in cash while Joshua Lazarte, who was second, received P3,000 in cash. Third was Michael John Balinas who received P2,000 in cash. The winners, including Mark John Maquimay and Edmund Sabolo, who won consolation prizes, all received trial cards for Sisig Pizza. The criteria for judging included creativity - 40 percent, use of indigenous materials - 30 percent, relevance to the theme - 10 percent and customers vote - 10 percent.

The ten winners for customer's choice were Medardo Armigos, Ma. Leny Panganiban, Mara Ubas, Remedios Velez, Mila Panganiban, Jenalyn Beloria, Roselle Grijaldo, Orselyn Locsin, Cerissa Jan Docto and Jesseree Torrechilla.*CGS

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Indigent children get gifts

A Christmas gift-giving and feeding activity called "Share a Love Project" was conducted by the Asian College of Aeronautics-Bacolod administration and its Reserve Officer Training Corpse cadets and cadettes, for indigent children of Bacolod City, at the Negros Occidental High School Social Hall, in the city, recently.

About 65 children and their parents availed of gifts in the program held in support of the Bacolod Philippine Air Force Reservists, a press release from the school said yesterday.

The project was spearheaded by Jonathan Palma, school president, and Sgt. Joseph Kit Marcela, airman-in-charge of the corpse of officers, the press release also said.*

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'Blessed to be Catholic'
at Sacred Heart Jan. 18

An event called "Blessed to be Catholic: Experiencing the Fullness of the One True Faith" featuring Catholic convert Steve Ray will be sponsored by the newly formed Commission on Lay Associations of the Diocese of Bacolod, Jan.18, at the Sacred Heart Seminary Cultural Auditorium, in Bacolod City.

Ray is a world-renowned Catholic author and defender of the faith, and who was previously a believer of Evangelical Protestantism, a press release from lay project coordinator, Jimmy Montalvo, said yesterday.

The event will be for the benefit of the Diocese of Bacolod, the press release added.*

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