Dance showdown
launched in Bacolod

A hip-hop and street dance competition open to groups composed of six to eight members aged 16 years old and above, was launched recently by SM City Bacolod and GMA TV Network, a press release from the station said.

Forty dance groups from Bacolod City, Hinigaran, Pulupandan, Talisay, Valladolid, San Enrique, Victorias, La Carlota and Silay City in Negros Occidental participated in the “Dancefest 2012 Throwdown” auditions held July 6-7 at the mall. Of the 40, 21 advanced to the eliminations round held from July 18 to 20, the press release added.

The top five groups will compete in the grand championships, the date and venue to be announced later.

Prizes at stake are P30,000 cash plus gift certificates for the champion; P20,000 and GCs for the first runner-up; and P15,000, P10,000, and P5,000 plus gift certificates for the second, third and forth runners-up, respectively, the press release added.*

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Feeding program held

A feeding and literacy outreach mission was conducted by the Bacolod City Sampaguita Lions Club, in partnership with the Felix Yusay Foundation Inc., for students of Teodoro Morada Elementary School in Calumangan, Bacolod City, recently, a press release from the group said.

The club, headed by Dang Filasol, also gave a lecture on maintaining good eyesight, grooming and proper hygiene.

It also presented used books to school principal Marilea Gamilla, in the presence of Felix and Tess Yusay, immediate past president; Mitzi Mijares, 1 st vice president; and Lions Sharon Jornadal and Terry Falsis, the press release added.*

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‘Water available for
Canetown residents'

Water will soon be available to residents of Canetown Subdivision in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, a press release from the Canetown Homeowners' Association said.

Alegria de los Reyes, its president said Pump No. 3 at Phase 3 of the subdivision will be operational next week.

She also said the VMC Rural Electric Service Cooperative will also energize the area once the pump is installed. The coop stopped operation when its cables and equipment worth P73,000 was stolen, and the unpaid electric bills ballooned to P52,000. It also disconnected power on July 3 when the unsettled bills of Pump No. 2 reached P299,000, the press release said.

De los Reyes appealed to residents to settle their monthly water rate charges of P300. With more than 1,000 residents regularly paying their bills, the water system will no longer experience power disconnection, she added in the press release.*

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Bread firm welcomes
educational tours

The plant facility of Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc. in Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna is becoming a plant tour destination, a press release from the company said.

Students, parents, professionals and community organizations are welcome to visit the plant that was designed to include tours to see modern baking through the use of pan- and-bread-handling system, including robotic pan-feeding and stacking equipment, a press release from the company said.

The plant, toured by 3,000 to 8,000 visitors per day, was visited recently by marketing and media practitioners from Bacolod City, who were welcomed by Gardenia officers Simplicio Umali Jr., president and general manager; Merlie Barcelos, QA manager and other officials.

Umali said 30 percent of the sugar requirement of their products comes from the Negros Island. He said Gardenia is widely distributed in Metro Manila; Panay, Negros, Mindoro, Samar, Antique, Aklan, Iloilo and Leyte in the Visayas; Ilocos, Abra, Tarlac and Cagayan provinces in the North; and Bicol and Sorsogon in the South. The company has also reached out to Cebu, Bohol, Butuan City, Iligan City, Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Davao City in Mindanao.

Nearly 650,000 loaves and buns are produced by the company daily or 60,000 per hour; the press release said.*

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