Asia United Bank

        AUB, the city's 41st bank, opened yesterday. Location: Locsin St.

Azul Restaurant and Lounge

Chicken Kiev (chicken cordon bleu with pesto filling)

      

        Azul is the former Labeled Club. With its cool new blue theme and better menu, it's a great addition to Dumaguete's growing mix of trendy bars and restaurants. See their website for more info Azul.

PBCOM

        Philippine Bank of Communications, one of the country's smaller commercial banks is opening in the city this year. See PBCOM for a list of job openings for the upcoming branch.

Garcia's Restobar

       Pizza sub and potato salad lunch at Garcia's Restobar, a newly-opened biker joint along the highway in Brgy. Banilad. 

The Bean Connection Silliman

    

    Some of the city's homegrown coffee shops make Starbucks and CBTL look boring if you ask me. Check out The Bean Connection's 2nd branch which opened today at Portal West. Charming and cozy, TBC 2 has more character than your run-of-the-mill overpriced upscale coffee shop.

Eastwest Rural Bank

      This Butuan-based rural bank was recently acquired by Eastwest Bank but its operations remain separate. Greenbank Dumaguete opened yesterday beside AIM Coop, V. Locsin St.; it's the city's 40th bank. It has since been renamed Eastwest Rural Bank.

DFA Consular Office

     DFA Dumaguete will be the 20th provincial passporting office when it opens at Robinsons Place in August; a sub-regional office serving Oriental Negros and neighboring towns and cities in Siquijor, southern Cebu, southern Bohol and northern Zamboanga del Norte (Dipolog/Dapitan).

Soon: Watsons 2nd Branch

         Watsons Personal Care Stores will soon open its 2nd Dumaguete branch at Lee Super Plaza. Check this job ad for details: jobstreet.

Toyota

    Toyota's huge new showroom and service center, costing 60 million plus is under-construction. This will be the biggest in Dumaguete. Location: North National Highway, Sibulan across the Latter-Day Saints chapel. The first 2 construction photos are by Ritche of Skyscrapercity. The last one is mine.

Gong Cha

     Gong Cha is a Taiwanese milk tea chain with branches in several Asian cities including Manila. A kiosk was opened at Robinsons Place a few days ago and I have no idea how much wintermelon and matcha milk tea I downed since then :). Need to find a cure to this milk tea and froyo addiction before I go broke. Damn Gong Cha!