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WUTHLE (Women United Through Hand-crafted Lace and Embroidery) is a non-profit organization which seeks to uplift the lives of women through embroidery and lace-making. It is the only one of its kind in the Philippines wherein delicate laces are made by hand using bobbins. Last Kahilwayan Festival, WUTHLE held a 3-day exhibit and product expo showcasing lace and embroidery products at the WUTHLE Building inside the Western Visayas Sanitarium Complex in Santa Barbara, Iloilo. Check our more of WUTHLE on Facebook . BONUS: The women of WUTHLE embroidered the Papal Coat of Arms for Pope Francis' Papal Chair used on his visit to the country to the Philippines a few weeks ago.

Craving for batchoy ? Time to give Batchoyan sa Ilawod a visit! Located along Libertad Street, just ask any tricycle driver - they'll take you there. Just follow the signs along the road. Trust your sense of smell when you walk along the alley going to the eatery. Interiors photo from Batchoyan ni Jasmin FB Page A typical batchoyan ambiance greets you when you enter. Order you batchoy as soon as you get there since the queue is quite long and they have calde-caldero of take out orders too! Enjoy eating your batchoy - pork, liver, fried intestines, meke and bottomless caldo. Add some puto and drinks too! Don't worry, its just PhP40/bowl. Now, it's time for you to discover, experience and enjoy this gastronomic offering - Batchoy sa Ilawod!

7-Eleven, the biggest convenience store chain in the world just opened in Bangga Dama in Santa Barbara. It is part of the chain's aggressive campaign to dominate the Philippines convenience store market. It comes after a year after opening its first branch on the island of Panay in Iloilo City. Santa Barbaranhons can now enjoy 24/7 grocery convenience at the same time 7 Eleven's signature products especially the popular Slurpee. It is the first branch outside the city of Iloilo to be opened. Welcome to the historic town of Santa Barbara, 7 - Eleven !

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines is supervising the PhP50 million restoration works of the Santa Barbara church and convent making sure that it must be finish before the Philippine Independence Day Celebration. The 2015 National Independence Day will be held in Santa Barbara and to be attended by the President of the Philippines His Excellency Benigno Simeon C. Aquino, III.

Here's the complete schedule of the 116th Commemoration of the Cry of Santa Barbara and 14th Kahilwayan Festival Celebrations which will take place from Nov. 8 - 17, 2014. Just click on the photo to enlarge. Schedule may change without prior notice. For more info and details, please call the Municipal Tourism Office - 033 523-9955.

The Santa Barbara Centennial Museum was built in 1998 as part of the Centennial Freedom Trail Site Project of the Philippine Centennial Commission. The museum houses antiques, artifacts and photos that tell the story of Santa Barbara’s historical heritage. The museum has two wings: the left wing is the historical wing while the right wing has been designated as the changing museum. In the historical wing is Gen. Martin Teofilo Delgado’s Exhibit. The items on exhibit here are: Gen. Martin Teofilo Delgado’s Exhibit – the greatest revolutionary hero of the Visayas, and the first Filipino Governor of Iloilo under the American regime. 1. GMTD’s bed 2. GMTD’s backbone – spared by the Delgado clan for display to the museum with document of permission 3. Documents written in Spanish attesting of him as the first Filipino Governor of Iloilo 4. Photos of him with his family 5. Frames explaining the Cry of Santa Barbara and his biography 6. Revolutionary insignia o...

To mark the 35th year of the CCP’s Outreach Program, a series of regional cultural exchanges and community tours billed as “Sining ay Buhay, Buhay ang Sining” will be organized by the CCP Cultural Exchange Department from September to November 2014 featuring the most prominent regional cultural groups. The exchanges will focus on the flourishing of arts and culture in the regions, and how art has made an impact in the lives of the people and the creative industry in the local communities.  Through this program, the CCP CED endeavors to support and motivate local cultural performing groups to achieve artistic excellence and promote local art and cultural expressions in various venues and communities.  The program will certainly be a fitting celebration of the center’s regional cultural work in the last three and a half decades.  To launch the exchanges,  three exceptional performing groups from Luzon will visit the Visayas region this September: Barasoain K...