The Ilusorio and Muñoz Piano-Violin Duo will be presented by the Negros Cultural Foundation and the Sacred Heart Seminary Foundation at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, at the John Paul 2 Cultural Center, Lupit Church, in Bacolod City, a press release from organizers said.

The event is in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines-Outreach Program and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Chilean violinist Juan Luis Muñoz and Filipina pianist Mariel Ilusorio partnered in 2005, and have performed in critically-acclaimed concerts throughout South Africa, for various music societies and festivals, the press release said.

They also organized their own chamber music series at Rhodes University entitled "Juan, Mariel and Friends," whose characters Juan and Mariel teach and live in Grahamstown with their 5-month-old daughter, Anita Mariel, the press release said.

Proceeds of the pre-Christmas fund-raising will be used for the continued preservation of the Negros Museum and the renovation and repairs of the John Paul 2 Cultural Center - two significant landmarks in the Negrense cultural landscape.

The public may visit or call the Negros Museum (Tel. No. 708-5080) or Sacred Heart Seminary (Tel. No. 433-9827) for information and ticket reservation, the press release added.*

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British researcher
eyes non-formal education

A researcher for the Center for British Teachers, a London-based non-government-organization dedicated to promoting educational improvement, paid a courtesy call on Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia recently, a City Hall press release said.

Briton Philip Shanahan said his visit was aimed to convince more NGOs to promote the correct use of the English language, through non-formal education.

Also present during Shanahan's visit were Alternative Learning System teacher from Bacolod Eurlyne Pabalinas; Educational Supervisor for Alternative Teaching-Department of Education Region Office VI Editha Segubre; DepEd Bacolod City Schools Superintendent Milagros Gonzales; senior economic development specialist National Economic and Development Authority Leah Letrero; and Lourdes Miado of NEDA Sr., the press release added.*

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16 houses turned over
in Gawad Kalinga site

Sixteen houses were turned over recently to awardees of the PLDT-SMART Amazing Gawad Kalinga Village in Barangay Sooc, Arevalo, Iloilo City, a press release from PLDT said yesterday.

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications, Inc., have committed to jointly build 100 houses - to be completed by next year, in partnership with the Gawad Kalinga Foundation and the Iloilo government.

The GK village is being built for the families of the city's street children. More than 200 employee-volunteers from PLDT, SMART, e-PLDT call center Ventus, and more than 200 students from partner schools Western Visayas College of Science and Technology and University of San Agustin in Iloilo helped build the houses, the press release said.

The village in Iloilo is the sixth GK village that the PLDT Group has adopted nationwide, the press release added.*

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