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  Ilog, Negros Occidental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ilog is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
It was the first capital of Negros Occidental and Siquijor Provinces in the late 1800s.
The first inhabitants of Ilog are mostly migrants from Panay province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ilog,_Negros_Occidental   (94 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental occupies the western half of the island of Negros.
The Guimaras Strait separates the Negros Occidental from the rest of the provinces of the Western Visayas Region and the irregular Negros Occidental coastline is dotted with islands and lined with reefs.
By 1985, Negros Occidental was the focus of a national and international effort to stem widespread famine caused by the slump.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/negocc.htm   (1518 words)

  
 Negros, the Island that Sugar Built
Panay and Negros are between 13 and 70 kilometers distant; from Negros to the nearest point of Mindanao is a mere 45 kilometers and Cebu across the deep Tañon Strait is only 4 kilometers distant.
On the western coast, Bacolod (present capital of Negros Occidental) was not established as a town until 1755 or 56, after the inhabitants of the coastal settlement called Magsungay, were attacked by forces under Datu Bantilan of Sulu (14 July 1755) and the townspeople transferred from the coast to a hilly area called Bacolod.
West Negros speaks Hiligaynon and is decidedly turned toward Iloilo, from which many of the settlers came; the east speaks Cebuano and is oriented toward Cebu from which its is separated by the narrow but deep Tañon Strait.
www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/negros.html   (1444 words)

  
 Negros Occidental | Bonista beach resort
Negros Occidental is the western part of Negros Island, with a total land surface of 14,000 sq.
Negros province comprise 5,401 square kilometers of Negros Island's southeastern section, in the midpoint of the Central Visayas.
Negros Island was originally called " Buglas", but the Spaniards changed this to Negros because of the dark-skinned Negritos they found there.
www.bonistabeachresort.com /negros-island-resort/negros-occidental.htm   (495 words)

  
 Philippine Travel Destinations - Travel to Bacolod City Philippines.
Kali-Kalihan Festival, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental; every December; celebration of age-old practice showcasing ancient skills in martial arts and beliefs in the forces of nature; walking on live charcoal is one of the highlights.
Sinulog Sa Ilog, Ilog, Negros Occidental; every June; the Sinulog Sa Ilog is original to the town of Ilog, the first capital of Negros Island in 1632.
Negros Annual Cultural Tour, Silay/Bacolod City; December 5, 12, 19 and 26; a tour of Bacolod, Silay, Bago and neighboring areas showcasing Negros history and culture, arts and attractions.
www.cebuislandproperties.com /travel/destination/visayas/bacolod_travel.htm   (708 words)

  
 About Bacolod City - Negros Occidental Province, Philippines
This fourth largest island in the Philippine archipelago was given the name "Negros" by the Spanish navigators when Esteban de Rodriguez discovered the island in April, 1565 and found its earliest occupants to be dark-skinned natives belonging to the Negrito ethnic group.
Fouth, the ousting and surrender of the Japanese Forces in Negros (1945) after both civilian and military leaders in Negros Occidental pursued and organized a free government in the province.
The province of Negros Occidental is reported by the Bureau of Mines to be rich in both metallic and non-metallic mineral resources, notably copper, gold, silver and molybdenum.
www.islandsaccommodations.com /places/bacolod.htm   (1548 words)

  
 Bulatlat.com
Ilog, made famous by its river, was the biggest settlement during the Spanish era and used to be Negros island’s commercial and political center.
In Negros, it is a known fact that Cojuangco Jr., a former crony of Marcos and Estrada, has been rapidly expanding his agribusiness projects in southern Negros, with some 100,000 hectares of cassava plantations and at least 6,000 hectares coffee plantations.
Reports note a climate of “terror” emerging in Ilog and nearby towns stemming from the presence of Army troops and the alleged collusion of RPA-ABB, a faction that bolted the New People’s Army.
www.bulatlat.com /news/2-26/2-26-Negros.html   (1429 words)

  
 The Philippines Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The boot-shaped island is divided into provinces - Negros Oriental in the east (occupies the area towards the toe of the boot) and Negros Occidental in the west.
Negros Oriental comprises 5,401 square kilometers of Negros Island's southeastern section, in the midpoint of the Central Visayas.
Due to difficulties in administering the far-flung settlements of the island, the Recollect priests petitioned for the division of the island.
home.comcast.net /~garnal/vacation/interest.htm   (1382 words)

  
 Efefanio Omero Abas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Efefanio Omero Abas, birth 1887 Ilog, Negros Occidental, Philippines, died 1958 Ilog, Negros Occidental, Philippines to:
Gregoria Bertoran Arroz, birth 1889 Ilog, Negros Occidental, Philippines
3) Jose Abas, birth 1915 Ilog, Negros Occidental, Philippines, died 1966 Ilog, Negros Occidental, Philippines to:
shum.cc.huji.ac.il /~dutchjew/genealog/abas/634.htm   (54 words)

  
 DAILY STAR: Top Stories
The police is now studying the possibility of filing a complaint of frustrated robbery against the parish priest of La Carlota City and three of his companions for digging for alleged treasure at the Catholic cemetery of Ilog, Negros Occidental.
The statement of Leyte was bolstered by Ilog Councilor Alvaro Valdesis who confirmed that the digging was initiated at the tomb of Coscolluela, which was made of "tisa" or bricks.
Ilog police probers have already established the identities of the companions of Onion, two of whom are residents of Brgy.
www.visayandailystar.com /2003/November/22/topstory6.htm   (466 words)

  
 Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly magazine
Hunger is the lot of this Negros farm worker in his decrepit dwelling place, despite the promises of the SDO scheme.
The nine SDO farms in Negros Occidental have a total area of 2,348 hectares, with 1,813 agrarian reform beneficiaries.
Asked by Bulatlat why Negros has the most number of SDOs, Velasco said the nine in Negros Occidental were the fastest in complying with the requirements set by the DAR.
www.bulatlat.com /news/5-36/5-36-sugar.htm   (1260 words)

  
 DAILY STAR: Police Beat
Two persons died and two were injured in shooting and stabbing incidents in the cities of Silay and La Carlota, and in the town of Ilog, in Negros Occidental, Sunday.
Police investigators identified the fatalities in Ilog and Silay as farm workers Ronald Despi and Salvador Cordero, and the injured victims as Edsel Enumerables and Mario Himulatan.
of the Ilog PNP last night said Vargas of the BCPO was accosted by Felomino Cayao, alias Nene, of Brgy.
www.visayandailystar.com /2003/January/22/police.htm   (544 words)

  
 "Negros Occidental"
Negros Occidental has two pronounced seasons, the wet and the dry.
It is this typical combination of vast plains, fertile volcanic soil, and proper drainage, in combination with cheap labor that made Negros Occidental extremely suitable for growing sugar.
In Negros it is custom to plant year after year the same (sugar) crop with as result that the soil has become completely exhausted.
www.livinginthephilippines.com /golf/central_phils_negros_occidental02.html   (1919 words)

  
 About Negros Occidental Province, Philippines
The province is bounded by the Visayan Sea on the north, Tanon Strait and Negros Oriental on the east, guimaras Strait on the northwest, Panay Gulf on the southwest and Sulu Sea on the south.
The Negros Island was originally called " Buglas", but the Spaniards changed this to Negros because of the dark-skinned Negritos that inhabited the area.
Negros Occidental is known for its sugar, making it the country's "sugar bowl".
www.islandsproperties.com /places/negrosocc.htm   (398 words)

  
 PC Family Hub   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Fabian Apla-on was born about 1852 in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
He was buried in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Gliceria Verzosa was born about 1857 in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
members.optusnet.com.au /seasider/pc/parents1.html   (278 words)

  
 Ilog - Ilog, Negros Occidental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Map of Negros Occidental showing the location of Ilog The first inhabitants of Ilog are mostly migrants from Panay province.
Map of Occidental Mindoro showing the location of Abra De Ilog Abra De Ilog is politically subdivided into 9 barangays.
ILOG delivered JRules 6.0 at the end of March, just a little more than a year since the introduction of Version 5.0.
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 Sun.Star Bacolod - Chaplain refuses to give up hope
Licayan, a native of Surigao, is married to Nenita, a native of Ilog, Negros Occidental, disclosed Olaguer.
President Arroyo earlier displayed a firm resolve not to stay the execution despite the petition of the church and various sectors in Negros Occidental.
Lara, who is from Negros Occidental, and Licayan, whose wife is from Ilog town, are both construction workers who were convicted by the Marikina Regional Trial Court last September 9, 1999 for the kidnapping of Chinese national Joseph Co and his Filipina cashier Linda Manaysay.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2004/01/29/news/chaplain.refuses.to.give.up.hope.html   (811 words)

  
 Home Page of the Philippine National Police, Negros Occidental Police Provincial OfficeHome Page of the Philippine ...
Negros Occidental is one of the six (6) provinces that compose Western Visayas or Region VI.
Negros Occidental is primarily an agricultural province with sugarcane as its main product.
Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is headed by a Provincial Director (PD) and assisted by a Deputy Provincial Director (DPD).
www2.mozcom.com /~glmb   (1274 words)

  
 Sun.Star Bacolod - Mabinuligon coop: Hard work key to success
The cooperative was originally created to help the sugarcane workers of Hacienda Galicia in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental.
The year was 1993 when the sugar industry plummeted, prompting the Nava siblings to put up a cooperative for their sugarcane workers to give them extra income especially during tiempos muertos or the off-milling season.
They also availed themselves of financial assistance from the local government of Ilog and training assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2003/10/13/feat/mabinuligon.coop.hard.work.key.to.success.html   (440 words)

  
 People vs Arco : 132062 : August 14, 2000 : J. Vitug : Third Division
Rosemarie Magno, the victim, then 10 years old and a grade IV pupil at San Jose Villa Elementary School, was requested by her mother after school to gather banana trunks for the pigs being raised by the family.
It was around 5:30 in the afternoon of 14 July 1993 when she proceeded towards Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, Negros Occidental, in obedience to the mother's request.
WHEREFORE, the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 61, of Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, in Criminal Case No. 1299 is AFFIRMED with the modification that accused-appellant Potenciano Arco is likewise ordered to pay the additional amount of P50,000.00 to the victim by way of civil indemnity.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/2000/aug2000/132062.htm   (2552 words)

  
 Institute of Philippine Culture - News -
The Northern Negros Geothermal Power Project is an 80-mw power plant to be constructed in the slopes of Mount Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) in the province of Negros Occidental.
Jurisdiction over the volcano is disproportionately shared by the two Negros provinces and by four cities and two municipalities that have their common boundaries on the slopes of the volcano.
Around half a million people in Negros Occidental are said to benefit from the waters of the Bago and Binalbagan river systems.
www.ipc-ateneo.org /news?aid=3   (2648 words)

  
 .::Bacolod City
Prior to the coming of the Spaniards in Negros in 1565, there existed a small village near the mouth of the Magsungay river inhabited by Malayans who belonged to the "Taga-ilog" group.
The early missionaries placed the village of Magsungay under the protection of St. Sebastian in the 1700s and was later known as "San Sebastian de Magsungay".
Subsequently, with the splitting of Negros into two provinces, Bacolod was named capital of the province of Negros Occidental in 1884.
bacolod.homresconsulting.com /history.htm   (355 words)

  
 West Visayan boxers
The entire Filipino nation rejoiced - but most of all the West Visayans, because he was from Ilog, Negros Occidental.
Then came Small Montano (Benjamin Gam) of La Carlota, Negros Occidental, the second Filipino world flyweight champion after defeating Midget Wolfgast in 1935.
Next was Little Dado (Eleuterio Zapanta) of La Carlota, Negros Occidental became the third Filipino world flyweight champion after defeating fellow West Visayan Small Montano.
www.thenewstoday.info /2006/01/31/west.visayan.boxers.html   (383 words)

  
 Thousands flee Negros floods - Oct. 30, 2003
BACOLOD CITY - Heavy rains brought on by tropical depression "Ursula" triggered flooding in the southern end of Negros Occidental province, forcing 33,949 residents to evacuate, the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) reported.
A man identified as Bonifacio Derla, 25, was reported to have drowned in Ilog town, 103.7 kilometers south of here, according to reports reaching the PSWDO.
In Cauayan town, 101 families (626 persons) evacuated and one house was destroyed; in Sipalay City 1,550 famiilies (11,251 persons) were evacuated; in Ilog town 3,489 families (20,934 persons) evacuated and three houses were destroyed; and in Kabankalan City, 232 families (1,133 persons) were evacuated.
www.inq7.net /brk/2003/oct/30/brkoth_1-1.htm   (164 words)

  
 Province of Negros Occidental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Experience a happy blending of cosmopolitan and rustic lifestyle in Negros Occidental, the sugar capital of the country.
Other colorful and exciting local events are Cadiz Ati-Atihan (January), Sinulog (Ilog and Kabangkalan, January), Pasalamat Festival (La Carlota City, May), Kali-Kalihan Festival (Don Salvador Benedicto, November) and Pinta Flores Festival (San Carlos City, November).
Negros Occidental is accessible by plane from Manila and Cebu seven times daily and by sea from Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Palawan and General Santos.
corporate.mozcom.com /dot/negros0.html   (207 words)

  
 Our Beautiful World: Kanlaon National Park, Philippines
in the slopes of Mount Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) in the province of Negros Occidental.
Negros Occidental are said to benefit from the waters of the Bago and Binalbagan river
The scale of the rapid and wholesale destruction of the Negros forests is made clear by the picture on the left.
www.vulkaner.no /n/asia/canlaon-np.html   (971 words)

  
 38th SEAMEC Conference 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Ilog project was titled "Making Convergence Work to Reduce Child Malnutrition", and was funded by the UNICEF.
In mid-1980s, the economy of Ilog, with the entire province of Negros Occidental, suffered as the global sugar industry collapsed.
The Mayor of Ilog was committed to the program and chaired meetings and discussions, and made decisions on budget allocation and enforcement.
www.seameo.org /vl/library/dlwelcome/publications/report/seamec/38mc03/app-10D.htm   (1069 words)

  
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Born as Francisco Guilledo in Ilog, Negros Occidental on August 1, 1901, he began his boxing career in 1919 and adopted the name Pancho Villa after a famous Mexican revolutionary leader.
He won the Olympic bronze medal when he was only 18 years old.
Roel was born in Bago City, Negros Occidental province in 1974.
thejedalyn.tripod.com /boxing.htm   (2072 words)

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