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Capitol Central
Capitol Central, previously called the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex, is a government complex and mixed-use estate centered around the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol, currently co-managed with Ayala Land. Certain portions are leased or sold to Ayala Land, as part of their industrial estate in Bacolod, Philippines. Location Capitol Central is bounded by 12th Street to the north, extending towards Lacson Street on the eastern portion. The property is directly fronting the Bacolod Capitol Shopping Center, renamed as the Bacolod Chinatown. Towards the south is Burgos Street, stretching from Lacson Street to San Juan Street and the North Capitol Roads, including the Old Pala Pala Seafoods Market. Facilities Capitol Central contains the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol at the core, along with the adjacent Provincial Administrative Center (PAC) and the Kadiwa Center, housing the Provincial Cooperative Office and a hostel. Negros Museum currently occupies the ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is the most populous city in the Negros Island Region and the second most populous city in the entire Visayas after Cebu City. It is the largest city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Negros Occidental wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but governed administratively independent. It is one of the two regional centers of Negros Island Region, with the other being Dumaguete. It is also the center of the Metro Bacolod, Bacolod metropolitan area, which also includes the cities of Silay and Talisay, Negros Occidental, Talisay. It also hosts the sub-national office of the Sugar Regulatory Administration which has jurisdiction over the Sugar Industry of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negros Island Region
The Negros Island Region (NIR). is an administrative region in the Philippines. Covering both the islands of Negros and Siquijor, the region is composed of three provinces: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor, as well as the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, which is the most populous in the region. The regional centers are Bacolod and Dumaguete. The region was originally established on May 29, 2015, comprising the provinces of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and the city of Bacolod, all located on the island of Negros. However, the NIR was abolished on August 9, 2017. Nearly seven years later, the region was re-established on June 11, 2024, this time including Siquijor, an island province southeast of Negros that was previously part of Central Visayas. History Early initiatives Negros has history as a single province and as a briefly independent republic. The movement for a single-island region started in the 1980s, when officials from both provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Of Appeals Of The Philippines
The Court of Appeals (; previously ''Hukuman ng Paghahabol'') is an appellate collegiate court in the Philippines. The Court of Appeals consists of one presiding justice and sixty-eight associate justices. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Court of Appeals "reviews not only the decisions and orders of the Regional Trial Courts awards, judgments, final orders or resolutions of, or authorized by administrative agencies exercising quasi-judicial functions mentioned in Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, plus the National Amnesty Commission (Pres. Proclamation No. 347 of 1994) and the Office of the Ombudsman". Under Republic Act No. 9282, which elevated the Court of Tax Appeals to the same level of the Court of Appeals, ''en banc'' decisions of the Court of Tax Appeals are subject to review by the Supreme Court instead of the Court of Appeals (as opposed to what is currently provided in Section 1, Rule 43 of the Rules of Court). Added to the formidable list are the decis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Trial Court
The regional trial courts (RTC; ) are the highest trial courts in the Philippines. In criminal matters, they have original jurisdiction. History It was formerly called as the Court of First Instance since the Spanish colonial period. It continued throughout its colonization under Spanish and Americans. After the independence from the United States, Republic Act No. 296 or Judiciary Act of 1948 was enacted to reinforce its jurisdictional powers of the Court of First Instance. Under its law, it has the power to try civil and criminal cases, as well as appeals from the decisions made by the municipality and city Justice of the Peace courts. There were numerous cases (both civil and criminal) yet to be resolved or being delayed for years due to their nature. In addition, there were special courts made to try specialized cases like criminal, agricultural, and family to decongest cases, which ended up complicating the judiciary system. Therefore, the Interim Batasang Pambansa pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission On Audit (Philippines)
The Commission on Audit (COA; ) is an independent constitutional commission established by the Constitution of the Philippines. It has the primary function to examine, audit and settle all accounts and expenditures of the funds and properties of the Philippine government. The Commission on Audit is a creation of the 1973 constitution. It was preceded by the Office of the Auditor in 1899, renamed as the Bureau of the Insular Auditor in 1900, then to the Bureau of Audits in 1905. The 1935 constitution created the General Auditing Office (GAO), and was led by the Auditor General. The 1973 constitution renamed the GAO to the Commission on Audit, a collegial body led by a chairman, with two commissioners. That setup was retained by the 1987 constitution. The other two Constitutional Commissions are the Commission on Elections (Philippines), Commission on Elections and Civil Service Commission (Philippines), Civil Service Commission. Members Description The Commission on Audit is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Stock Exchange
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (; ) is the national stock exchange of the Philippines. The exchange was created in 1992 from the merger of the Manila Stock Exchange and the Makati Stock Exchange. Including previous forms, the exchange has been in operation since 1927. The PSE's headquarters is located at the Philippine Stock Exchange Tower, located along the One Bonifacio High Street complex in Bonifacio Global City. The Philippine Stock Exchange is currently owned and managed by The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc., a company that is also listed on the exchange (), which is responsible for managing the entire stock exchange, and currently has a total of 285 listed companies. The main Stock market index, index for the PSE is the PSE Composite Index (PSEi) composed of thirty (30) Public company, listed companies. The selection of companies in the PSEi is based on a specific set of criteria ranging from total Market capitalization, capitalization to minimum number of stockhol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Maranon
Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. Given name Artists and musicians * Aldo Sambrell (1931–2010), Spanish actor also known as Alfredo Sanchez Brell * Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921–1990), Venezuelan writer * Alfredo Bryce (born 1939), Peruvian writer * Alfredo Cardona Peña (1917–1995), Costa Rican journalist, writer, biographer, poet, and essayist * Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Italian composer, pianist and conductor * Alfredo Casero (born 1962), Argentine musician, actor and comedian * Alfredo Castro (born 1955), Chilean actor * Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893), Italian operatic composer * Alfredo Filippini (1924–2020), Italian sculptor, painter and illustrator * Alfredo Gil (1915–1999), Mexican singer * Alfredo Kraus (1927–1999), Spanish operatic tenor * Alfred Molina (born 1953), English-American actor born Alfredo Molina * Al Pacino (born 1940), Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM Prime Holdings
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPH) is a Filipino integrated property developer and a public subsidiary of SM Investments Corporation. It was incorporated on January 6, 1994, to develop, conduct, operate, and maintain the SM commercial shopping centers and all businesses related thereto, such as the lease of commercial spaces within the compound of shopping centers. It went public on July 5, 1994, and subsequently grew to become the largest company listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange in terms of revenue. The company's main sources of revenues primarily include rental income from mall and food courts, as well as from cinema ticket sales and amusement income. History The roots of SM date back to the 1950s when entrepreneur Henry Sy, Sr. established a shoe store at Carriedo Street in Quiapo, Manila. His store was established as ShoeMart, which was originally located at Carlos Palanca Sr. Street. His aggressive and adamant strategy helped him gain large profits within a few year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Park And Lagoon
The Capitol Park and Lagoon is a provincial park located in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, in the Philippines. One of the features of the park are matching sculptures depicting a woman standing alongside a water buffalo and that of a man pulling another water buffalo. These sculptures are located at the northern and southern ends of the lagoon. These figures were executed by Italian sculpture Francesco Riccardo Monti who also did the sculptures of the Metropolitan Manila Theater and the University of the Philippines - Visayas Iloilo campus. Guillermo Tolentino also contributed as a sculptor of the figures. Attractions and landmarks Popular activities at the park include jogging, aerobics, school dance rehearsals, promenading, Arnis and martial arts practice and feeding the tilapias of the lagoon. The main landmark in the park is the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol building. It is the official seat of the Governor of the province. Different government offices of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Visayas
Western Visayas (; ; ) is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. The region comprises the islands of Panay and Guimaras Island, Guimaras. It consists of five Provinces of the Philippines, provinces: Aklan, Antique (province), Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo on Panay, and the island province of Guimaras. The region also includes one Cities of the Philippines#Classification, highly urbanized city, Iloilo City, which is the largest city and serves as the regional center. The Hiligaynon language, native to Iloilo City, is the region's lingua franca. The region is also dominated by the native speakers of three Visayan languages: Kinaray-a language, Kinaray-a, Aklanon language, Aklanon and Capiznon language, Capiznon. The land area of the region is , and with a population of 4,730,771 inhabitants. Etymology The region's current name is in reference to its geographic position in the greater Visayas area. History Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talisay, Negros Occidental
Talisay, officially the City of Talisay (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 108,909 people. Talisay is often confused with another Visayas city also named Talisay, Cebu, Talisay, which is a component city in the neighboring province of Cebu. History Precolonial Period Indigenous people settled in the cogon-lined lowlands of northwest Negros long before Spanish conquest. The settlement was called Minuluan, but was also known as Talisay by the province and neighboring communities in Panay. Its residents were either lowlanders or part of the Aetas who usually resided up in the highlands of northern Negros. Spanish Colonial Period The Augustinian Recollects arrived in Negros Island in 1848 and converted the settlement into a parish in 1849, separating it from Silay. Fray Fernando Cuenca, a Recollect and the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopping Mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, it began to be used as a generic term for the large enclosed shopping centers that were becoming increasingly commonplace. In the United Kingdom and other countries, shopping malls may be called ''shopping centres''. In recent decades, malls have declined considerably in North America, partly due to the retail apocalypse, particularly in subprime locations, and some have closed and become so-called "dead malls". Successful exceptions have added entertainment and experiential features, added big-box stores as anchors, or converted to other specialized shopping center formats such as power center (retail), power centers, lifestyle centers, factory outlet centers, and festival marketplaces. In Canada, shopping centres have frequently been repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
