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	Negros Occidental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.
		Its capital is Bacolod City and occupies at the northwestern half of Negros island; Negros Oriental is at the southeastern half.
		The island of Negros was originally known to the natives as "Buglas".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negros_Occidental (542 words)

	GlobalPinoy, Travel - Negros Occidental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Negros Occidental is strategically located on the western part of Negros Island, the fourth largest island in the Philippines nestled between Panay and Cebu.
		Bounded by the Visayan Sea on the north, Negros Oriental on the east, Panay Gulf on the west and Tanon Strait on the south.
		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.
	www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/negrosocc.php (1049 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)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net
		Negros Occidental's efforts to avert and minimize the impact of disasters translated to substantial savings from relief operations and rehabilitation of damages.
		Negros Occidental's disaster management program made it to the finals of last year's Gantimpalang Panglingkod Pook or Gawad Galing Pook, an annual search for excellent and innovative local governance programs nationwide and considered the "Oscar Award" for outstanding local government units (LGUs).
		Negros Oriental Governor George Arnaiz says the concept empowers the partners, through their respective management boards, to be more creative and resourceful in addressing issues and concerns related to health care delivery.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/galingpook/diary_archives/negros.php (901 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)

	Negros Occidental Province Region Visayas
		The people of Negros Occidental speak mostly Ilonggo, a Visaya dialect; Cebuano, another Visaya dialect, is a distant second.
		Negros Occidental was made a separate province in 1890.
		The population of Negros Occidental is 2,556,000 in six cities and twenty-six towns.
	www.kykofc.com /kentucky/KOC_Sites/int/Philippines/negrosoccidental.htm (279 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Often referred to as the land of genteel people and large sugar plantations, Negros Occidental is blessed with beautiful natural scenery, unexplored waterfalls and mountains, white sand beaches, and crystal springs.
		It is bounded to the north by the Visayan Sea; to the east by the province of Oriental Negros and partly by Tañon Strait; to the west by the Strait of Guimaras; and to the south by Sulu Sea.
		Negros Occidental is the “Sugarbowl of the Philippines.” Sugar was introduced to the Negrense during the Spanish period and has been the main industry of the province since then.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=35 (211 words)

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		The landless farmers and farm workers of Negros held on to this promise.
		As of July 2004, the 103,811hectares remaining balance for land acquisition and distribution of the province of Negros Occidental is the biggest backlog nationwide and it comprises 15% of the national total remaining balance.
		Negros landholdings that are between 25 to 50 hectares in size comprise 18.3% of the remaining balance of the province.
	www.akbayan.org /post-ARnegros.htm (2265 words)

	Negros Occidental
		Negros Occidental — The Pag-IBIG Fund is offering a reprieve for employers who failed to register his covered employees with the Fund or failed to remit the required monthly Pag-IBIG contributions of his employees for justifiable reasons.
		Negros Occidental— The local government units in the province welcome the statements of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her sixth State of the Nation Address.
		Calima said that to be director of the Provincial Police in Negros Occidental, one should always balance his or her action and decision.
	www.visayas.wowphilippines.com /negrosoccidental (1447 words)

	Negros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		November 24, 1898, the Negrenses rose in revolt against the Spanish authorities in the provinces of Negros Occidental viz.
		By the afternoon of November 6, Colonel de Castro signed the Act of Capitulation, thus ending the Spanish rule in Negros Occidental.
		On 27 November 1898 the Cantonal Republic of Negros was established.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negros (767 words)

	Negros Occidental High School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is believed that Negros was once part of a greater land mass but was cut off either by a continental drift or by the rising waters during the so-called glacial age period.
		One of which was the making of Negros Occidental as a separate province from Negros Oriental in the year 1890.
		In 20 April 1901, a civil government was established in Negros Occidental.
	www.angelfire.com /empire/nohs87/province.html (360 words)

	DAILY STAR: Police Beat
		Ponteras, who met and was updated yesterday by the 31 police chiefs in Negros Occidental on their anti-drug campaigns, said there were drug pushers arrested who had not been listed in the police order of battle of drug personalities.
		The Philippine National Police reported that one-third, or 201 of the 600 barangays in Negros Occidental, are drug-affected or threatened areas.
		At least 50 barangays in Negros Occidental were considered by the police as seriously-affected and 50 as less-seriously affected.
	www.visayandailystar.com /2003/August/09/police.htm (771 words)

	About Negros Occidental Province, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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.
		Negros Occidental officially became a province on March 10, 1917.
		Negros Occidental is known for its sugar, making it the country's "sugar bowl".
	www.islandsproperties.com /places/negrosocc.htm (398 words)

	Renewable Energy Grant Signed for Poor Villages in Negros Occidental
		The project is the sixth JFPR project in the Philippines, ranging from urban development projects for slum communities in Metro Manila to livelihood projects for the rural poor in Mindanao.
		"Negros Occidental is indeed very fortunate to be a beneficiary of this generous grant which will make a significant impact on the lives of its rural poor," said Thomas Crouch, ADB Country Director for the Philippines.
		The grant was signed by Finance Secretary Juanita D. Amatong; Thomas Crouch, ADB Country Director for the Philippines, Negros Occidental Governor Joseph Maranon, and Aileen Cabrera, Regional Finance and Accounting Manager of Winrock International.
	www.adb.org /Media/Articles/2004/5550_Philippines_energy_for_negros_occidental/default.asp?RegistrationID=5843 (618 words)

	"Negros Occidental" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Negros Occidental is the western part of Negros Island, with a total land surface of 14,000 sq.
		Negros Occidental has two pronounced seasons, the wet and the dry.
		In Negros it is custom to plant year after year the same (sugar) crop with as result that the soil has become completely exhausted.
	livinginthephilippines.com /golf/central_phils_negros_occidental02.html (1895 words)

	negros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It lies on the northwestern part of the province of Negros Occidental and on the western side of Negros Island.
		Negros Occidental's economy was pivoted practically around one commodity, "Sugar" which made it the country's premier sugar producer.
		However, when the world sugar prices plummeted during the early 1980's, the economy of Negros Occidental was devastated.
	www.nscb.gov.ph /ru6/negros.htm (259 words)

	Negros
		The island is divided into two provinces: Negros Occidental (western half), and Negros Oriental (eastern half).
		Northwest Negros was the Japanese 18th Army's most important base prior to the Leyte campaign.
		There was no pre-invasion bombardment for the March 29, 1945 landing on western Negros, to give the 40th Infantry Division, 503rd Parachute RCT joined by Filipino Guerillas gained the element of surprise, and their first objective was the Bago River bridge.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_negros.html (840 words)

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		These are what make Negros Occidental a destination that is best when experienced...Now more than just the sugar, Negros Occidental offers the modern amenities of big city life without its hassles.
		One of the most populous provinces in the country, Negros Occidental has 2.6 million people spread out in its 13 cities and 19 towns.
		The improvement of the tourism flagship of the province continues with the inauguration of the 300-person capacity Convention Center and the operation of the newly renovated Ishiwata Bath House.
	www.negros-occ.gov.ph (236 words)

	Negros Occidental officials dispute gov't data - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		BACOLOD CITY -- Negros Occidental officials have disputed a National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) report placing their province 27th in the list of 44 poorest provinces in the Philippines.
		The ranking of Negros Occidental was identified in a report by Presentacion Penpillo of the NSCB in Western Visayas during the meeting on Dec. 7 of the Negros Occidental Provincial Development Council at the Capitol here.
		When Negros Occidental mayors questioned how the NSCB came up with its findings, Penpillo said the figure was based on data they gathered at the municipal and city levels.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=59658 (358 words)

	Negros Occidental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Dubbed as the "sugar bowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental is located in the northwestern portion of Negros Island, near the central part of the Philippine Archipelago.
		Visayan Sea bound it in the north; in the south by Sulu Sea; in the east by Negros Oriental; in the southeast by Guimaras Strait.
		Noted among the endemic species at the mountain are Bleeding Heart pigeon, Negros Fruit Doves, Visayan Warty Pigs, Negros Spotted deer, ferns, lichen and orchirds.
	www.dti.gov.ph /contentment/9/60/64/517.jsp (467 words)

	"Negros Occidental"
		In 1890 Negros Occidental became a separate province.
		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 Occidental alone there are fifteen sugar mills operating.
	www.livinginthephilippines.com /golf/central_phils_negros_occidental02.html (1895 words)

	Diocese of San Carlos
		The Diocese of San Carlos occupies a territory on the northeastern part of Negros Island comprising 4 municipalities of Negros Oriental, and 7 of Negros Occidental including the City of San Carlos which is the see of the diocese.
		Its territory was carved partly from the Diocese of Bacolod, and partly from the Diocese of Dumaguete.
		Negros stayed under the jurisdiction of the Jaro diocese until 1933, when the Diocese of Bacolod was created and the entire island of Negros was placed under its jurisdiction.
	www.cbcponline.net /jurisdictions/san_carlos.html (543 words)

	Sun.Star Bacolod - Negros 'Organic' Fest set
		BY ENVISIONING the Negros Island as the organic food island in Asia, both Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental will be having the 1st Negros Island Organic Farmer's Festival on July 13 to 15.
		Currently, a number of private and non-government organization's farms in the different areas of the province are into organic farming.
		Farms in Bago, Murcia, Sagay, Escalante, San Carlos in Negros Occidental and Valencia in Oriental Negros have experimented the effects of organic farming and have cited positive results.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2006/06/27/bus/negros.organic.fest.set.html (338 words)

	Home Page of the Philippine National Police, Negros Occidental Police Provincial OfficeHome Page of the Philippine ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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 - Negros Occidental still priority area for ethanol production
		Aside from kasla, Negros Occidental is also eyed as a top priority site for the establishment of ethanol plants.
		That as Presidential Chief of Staff Michael Defensor said Negros remains to be a priority area for the ethanol production because of the abundance of raw material vital for biofuel production.
		Meanwhile, Rep. Ignacio Arroyo (5th District, Negros Occidental) recently confirmed the foreign investors' pullout after pronouncements of US President George Bush that his administration will be pursuing biofuel production to address the spiraling oil prices.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2006/04/29/feat/negros.occidental.still.priority.area.for.ethanol.production.html (907 words)

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