The Negros Occidental High School Alumni Association Inc. will honor six graduates as Distinguished Alumni in rites to be held during the 48th NOHS General Alumni Homecoming today, at the school main building, in Bacolod City, a press release from the group said.

The awardees are Judge Rodney Boluna, Salvacion Ciocon Montero, Romeo Guirnela, Victorino Alojado, Judy Libo-on Bofill and Arnel Lapore. The Distinguished Service Award will be given to honorary member Carlos Javellana. 

Classes of 1948 (Diamond jubilarians), 1955, 1956 and 1958 (Golden jubilarians) are spearheading the event and have sponsored books, computers, shelves, and shed house this year, the press release said.

Sponsor this year is the Class of 1983.*

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Remittance service presented

Officers of the National Commercial Bank and wireless services provider, Smart Communications Inc., called on Labor Secretary and concurrent Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator Marianito Roque, to present their current mobile-based Quick Pay Remittance Service, recently, a SMART press release said.

The NCB is the biggest bank in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East, it also said.

The Quick Pay Remittance Service will utilize Smart Money as the beneficiary account for funds sent to the Philippines, providing a convenient, secure and cost-effective remittance alternative for over 1.2 million Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, the press release added.*

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GMA stars to
promote Teleserye

GMA 7 stars Yasmien Kurdi and JC de Vera will promote their teleserye “Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita”  at the Northwing Event Centre of SM City Bacolod at 4 p.m. May 4, a press release from the management said.

“Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita”, is an epic crime-political thriller and revenge love story Philippine drama produced by GMA network adapted from the novel of Gilda Olvidado.

The series revolves around the story of Salve (Kurdi), a pretty, naïve young woman who is deprived of education by her adoptive family. She falls in love with Alfred (Marvin Agustin) and marries him.

Salve strives to be an ideal wife but Alfred, an ambitious man, deceives her. Salve has yet to realize that the real reason Alfred married her was only for her inheritance. Alfred is determined to keep Salve's riches a secret and prevent her from learning his secret motive, the press release said.

Multi-awarded film director Joel Lamangan directs Kurdi,  De Vera and Angelika dela Cruz with Dina Bonnevie in a story of treachery, connivance and vengeance, and how wealth and power can ruin a society, the press release added.*

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Rock concert today
IN BACOLOD

Pepe Smith, a former member of the Juan de la Cruz Band, will hold a free rock concert together with the Banda Kwadro at the Casino Filipino Hotel tonight in celebration of the Earth Day 2008.

Smith said his latest album entitled “Idiosyncrasies,” which includes songs popularized by the band like  Ang Himig Natin, Beep Beep, Teacher’s Enemy Number One,  Rock n’ Roll sa Ulan, among others, was released about two years ago.

They hope to bring awareness to the public on the preservation of the environment especially on the proper disposal of garbage, he said. “We’re gonna rock the earth and shake it off of all kinds of garbage clinging on to her,” he added.

Smith said he believes people will listen although there is need to wake them up and to let them know what is happening to the environment before it’s too late. “If we don’t take care of mother earth we may have no place to live in someday,” he said. He said they won’t succeed in the campaign to preserve the environment if nobody will cooperate, he added.

Who has ever imagined that water will be bottled? Smith asked. Perhaps in a couple of years from now we won’t be surprised if air will also be for sale like bottled water because the environment has become so polluted, he said.

Smith said he will start to compose songs that will help bring awareness of the preservation of the environment. “Let’s all get together and love Mother Earth,” he said.*CGS

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