La Vida Oriental Negrense

  October is the month full of culture and Heritage celebrations in Negros Oriental but with this pandemic, we limit the faces to faces activities and some of these are online virtually.  Our first event is Intellectual Property 101 for Art and Culture Forum with our guest speaker Atty  Izzy Martin Roxas Maxino .Organized by  the cultural officer Gemma   Laxina Iso  from the Institute of Negros Oriental Arts and Culture Office and  Myla Mae Bromo-Abellana  of Provincial Tourism Office.Just a few limited participants by cultural workers and artists at D'Dons Restaurant with a very delicious  appetizer, cakes, and drinks to top it all.     Atty Izzy Martin Roxas Maxino guest speaker                                                  Eye o pener to our arts and heritage sector about the laws about how you can ...

  Dumaguete City, Philippines – The Boy Scouts of the Philippines Negros Oriental- Siquijor Council hold  Flag ,  Disposal .  The ceremony yesterday June 11, 2021. T he flag is a symbol that the Philippines is a sovereign and a free nation.   Queen Marie T. Ferraren our Council Scout Executive, adds that the flag burning complies with Section 14 of Republic Act No. 8491 or the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines. It states that worn-out flags shall not be thrown away but shall be solemnly burned to avoid misuse or desecration. The BSP will use the flags in flag-burning rites in other institutions to introduce them to the ceremony and the proper procedure.   Before darkness fell, the old Philippine flags were set on fire, their ashes placed in an urn. After a brief procession, the ashes were buried in BSP Headquarters front lawn, near the flagpole where the flags once flew.   The 90-minute ceremonial rite, dubbed  “Huling Pag...