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	About Bacolod City - Negros Occidental Province, Philippines
		The major boon to the province at this time were two: the cultivation of sugar which brought economic boost as it later led Negros to pioneer other provinces in sugar production with its initial of 4,000 piculs of sugar in 1856 increasing to 2,000,000 piculs in 1897.
		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.
		Symbol of Chinese influence in the culture of the province.
	www.islandsaccommodations.com /places/bacolod.htm (1548 words)

	Negros Occidental \| Bonista beach resort
		During the Negros Occidental succeeding decades between 1901 and the 1930s, Negros Occidental was under the American occupation as with the rest of the country.
		A Negros Occidental plebiscite based on a Batasang Pambansa Act was held on January 3, 1986 in the northern portion of Negros Occidental and split the province into two.
		Negros Occidental (mother province) was left with three (3) cities and 18 municipalities while Negros del Norte (new province) had three (3) cities and eight (8) municipalities, starting from the City of Silay up to the northern tip, San Carlos City, including the new town of Don Salvador Benedicto.
	www.bonistabeachresort.com /negros-occidental.htm (681 words)

	Negros - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Negros, island of the central Philippines, one of the Visayan Islands, between Panay and Cebu islands.
		Bago, chartered city in the west central Philippines on Negros Island, in Negros Occidental Province, on Guimaras Strait.
		San Carlos (Negros Occidental), chartered city in the west central Philippines, on the northeastern portion of Negros Island, in Negros Occidental...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Negros.html (72 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 Occidental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.
		Across the Panay Gulf and the Guimaras Strait to the northwest is the island-province of Guimaras and the province of Iloilo on Panay island.
		The island of Negros was originally known to the natives as "Buglas".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negros_Occidental (555 words)

	Negros Chronicle
		Negros Oriental occupies the southeastern portion of Negros Island in the Visayas.
		It is bounded on the north and west by Negros Occidental, on the east by Tanon
		Negros Oriental is culturally oriented towards Cebu, most of the people who inhabit the coastal towns speak “Cebuano”;.
	www.negroschronicle.com /final/nov_06/news_4.html (676 words)

	HSRA Convergence Sites - Negros Oriental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Negros Oriental is one of the first eight provinces selected for the Convergence Strategy of the Health Sector Reform Agenda.
		The ILHZ pilot area in Negros Oriental is the BINATA district comprising of the municipality of Bindoy, Tayasan and Ayungon.
		Negros Oriental is on the eastern side of the Negros Island occupying the southern lobe bounded by a chain of rugged mountains from its sister province Negros Occidental.
	www.doh.gov.ph /hsra2/hsra-negros_or2.htm (1793 words)

	GlobalPinoy, Travel - Negros Oriental
		On the southeastern contingent of the Negros Island lies the province of Negros Oriental.
		Surrounded by Negros Occidental on the north, Tanon Strait and Cebu province on the east, Panay on the west and Sulu Sea on the south.
		The Negros Cebuanos are proud of their rich cultural custom and their rampant cry for fun.
	www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/negrosori.php (414 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.
		In 1986, the province was divided into two, with the northern part declared as the province of Negros del Norte.
		Negros Occidental is known for its sugar, making it the country's "sugar bowl".
	www.islandsproperties.com /places/negrosocc.htm (398 words)

	CITY OF CADIZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cadiz, chartered city and important port in the west central Philippines, on the north coast of Negros Island, in Negros Occidental province, facing the Visayan Sea.
		The coastal road that circles Negros Island connects Cadiz to the west with Bacolod, Victorias (site of the countrys largest sugar mill and refinery), and Silay; and to the east with Sagay and Escalante.
		Cadiz City, is the future growth center of Negros Occidental.
	elgu.ncc.gov.ph /ecommunity/cadiz-city (296 words)

	International friendship club Negros Island Tourist Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Island of Negros is divided into 2 provinces belonging to 2 different regions: Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental.
		Negros Oriental comprise 5,401 square kilometers of Negros Island's southeastern section, in the midpoint of the Central Visayas.
		The province's terrain consits of rolling hills, a few paleaus, and mountain rages which for the most part are close to the narrow coastal strip.
	www.ifconi.org /tourist-areas.htm (844 words)

	'Extinct' bat found in Negros forest - Jun. 04, 2003
		Ely Alcala, Ph.D., research associate of the Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management (Suakcrem), said the Negros bareback fruit bat (Dobsonia chapmani) was found in the limestone forest of Sipalay City, Negros Occidental province last week.
		The SU biologists were in the Sipalay limestone forest to investigate the effects of forest fragmentation on mammals and herpetofauna, a project spearheaded by the Suakcrem, supported by the Asean Regional Center for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC).
		The Negros bareback fruit bat used to be found in abundant numbers in Basay town, Negros Oriental during the early '60s.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2003/jun/04/reg_2-1.htm (366 words)

	Tinig.com - Ang Tinig ng Bagong Salinlahi
		EVEN MEDIA practitioners are not spared from terror sown by powerful hacienderos in Negros Occidental, dubbed as "final frontier" in implementation of agrarian reform due to government's weakness to implement its laws amidst strong resistance from former landowners.
		ANC's visit to Negros Occidental is part of the network's documentary on the national situation of agrarian reform, in coordination with another non-government organization Kaisahan tungo sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan (KAISAHAN) and TFM.
		Before arriving in Negros on November 8, ANC crew has already visited agrarian reform communities in Mindanaw for the documentary, to be aired this month.
	www.tinig.com /v22/v22tfm.html (928 words)

	Province of Negros Occidental
		Strategically located as part of the Western Visayas Region, the province of Occidental Negros occupies the western portion of Negros Island.
		Bounded to the north by the Visayan Sea; to the east by province of Oriental Negros and partly by Tañon Strait; to the west by the Strait of Guimaras; and to the south by Sulu Sea.
		Geographically the province is located between 9 degrees 00 minutes and 11 degrees and 00 minutes north latitude and 122 degrees and 15 minutes and 123 degrees and 30 minutes east longitude.
	corporate.mozcom.com /dot/negros1.html (617 words)

	Mabinay Mountain Valley Village Overseas Active Senior Retirement Community & Homes, Resort Hotel, & Furnished ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Negros Island is the fourth largest island in the Philippines and its major city Bacolod is the fourth largest city
		Negros Island is located in the middle of the nation in the Visayan Islands between two
		Walk on the beautiful promenade and in the park along the ocean seawall in downtown Dumaguete [known locally as the "boulevard"].
	www.negros-island.com (661 words)

	ASW
		On September 28, in Lawaan in eastern Samar province, insurgents were reportedly responsible for a massacre of seven civilians riding in a police car, including the mayor.
		In one, in Negros Occidental province in February, Enrico Perolino, a farmworker who had fled military operations in his rural village, was reportedly dragged out of an evacuation center in Bacolod and shot dead in full view of his son.
		In January, according to Amnesty International, two armed men in Negros Occidental province assassinated Father Narciso Pico, a parish priest of the Philippine Independent Church who was well known for his advocacy of human rights and land reform.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1992/WR92/ASW-11.htm (3528 words)

	Dyaryoboy.com - Philippine Newspapers by Province: Bacolod, Negros Occidental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bacolod City is a city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
		It is the capital and largest city of Negros Occidental.
		It serves as the entrance of the sugar-rich cities and towns of the province.
	www.dyaryoboy.com /bacolod (164 words)

	Government Innovators Network: Disaster Management Program, 2005-06-09 14:59:14
		NEGROS OCCIDENTAL is hardly a place you can call "sleepy".
		Once in a while, the province is roused by disasters.
		With the system, proper equipment and facilities in place, response time for emergency calls is now guaranteed at 20 minutes or less to anywhere within the province's 7,900-square kilometer area covering 19 towns and 12 cities.
	www.innovations.harvard.edu /awards.html?id=6651 (245 words)

	UnderwaterTimes.com \| Print an Article
		The Guimaras provincial board held a meeting Monday in Nueva Valencia town and declared the entire province under a "state of calamity," which allows the speedy release of relief funds during a disaster, said town Mayor Diosdado Gonzaga.
		Officials in Valladolid on the southern tip of nearby Negros Occidental province also declared a "state of calamity" as the oil slick approached its shores late Tuesday.
		The waters around the island resort of Inampulugan, part of Negros Occidental's Pulupandan municipality, was contaminated Tuesday.
	www.underwatertimes.com /print.php?article_id=18503671024 (691 words)

	Listing Projecs
		The City serves as the gateway to Southern Negros Island Cities and Municipalities and is easily accessible by land through the provincial road.
		The City of Kabankalan was converted into a Component City of the Province of Negros Occidental on August 2, 1997 by virtue of RA 8297.
		With its strategic location in the southern part of the Negros Island, Kabankalan is now becoming one of the most progressive and fast developing city in the Negros Occidental Province, as well as a major trading center in the island.
	www.cdsea.org /e_marketplace/Kabankalan.asp (204 words)

	DAILY STAR: Business
		Negros Navigation Company, the shipping subsidiary of Metro Pacific Corp., yesterday started legal proceedings against United Filipino Seafarers, Inc., that it said has sought to destroy the public reputation of one of the Philippines' leading passage and cargo shipping companies.
		A press release from NENACO said it has formally presented a "demand letter" to UFS in response to what it called the "patently untrue, grossly unfounded, blatantly malicious, highly irresponsible and scurrilous" accusations the group made against the company via a paid newspaper advertisement on Feb. 13.
		The Federation of Free Farmers-Negros Occidental Chapter is joining the agrarian reform advocates in opposing the proposed Memorandum of Agreement of the provincial government that will lead to the creation of a provincial council on agrarian reform.
	www.visayandailystar.com /2003/March/03/business.htm (301 words)

	Mabinay-Negros-Oriental-Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		To travel to Mabinay from Manila, first fly to Bacolod (4th largest city in the Philippines), the capital of Negros Occidental Province, or to Dumaguete (home of 5 major universities and colleges), the capital of Negros Oriental Province.
		Negros Oriental Province is on the eastern portion of the large Negros Island, the 4th largest island in the Philippines.
		are conveniently located in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines, on the national highway approximately half-way between Bacolod City and Dumaguete City on Negros Island, located in the Visayas islands between Luzon [Manila] and Mindinao [Davao] Islands.
	www.mountainvalleyguestinn.com /mabinay-negros-oriental-map.htm (166 words)

	LAKBAY.NET - Online Travel Reservation for the Philippines
		Bacolod City is the capital of Negros Occidental province.
		The seat of the provincial government of Negros Occidental.
		Built in the 1930's, it is one of the most impressive in the whole island of Negros, and perhaps in the country, because of its Neo-Roman classic style and architectural design.
	www.lakbay.net /destinations/viewdetails.asp?placeid=76 (610 words)

	TIME.com: Justice for the Governor -- Sep. 6, 1954 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A slender, hard-faced man, outwardly calm and obviously used to authority, stood last week in the governor's office in Bacolod, capital of Negros Occidental Province, and heard himself sentenced to death.
		In 1951 Rafael Lacson was the undisputed boss of Negros Occidental, second most populous province in the Philippines.
		The province's 200.000 voters did as Lacson bade and so did the under paid farm workers.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,820089,00.html (643 words)

	PHILIPPINES: Four farmers wounded in ambush in Negros
		The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that four farmers were wounded after they were reportedly ambushed by armed security guards of an influential landowner in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental at 5:30pm on 17 November 2006.
		The victims, Francilita Saquital (42), Maria Luz Inlao (53), Thomas Cordova (38) and Basilia Cordova (41), had just finished loading their sugarcane harvest together with other farmers into their cargo truck and their way out of the farm when the perpetrators open fired the truck they were riding on.
		On 17 November 2006, four farmers were wounded; one of whom seriously, when four armed security forces of an influential landowner ambushed the cargo truck where the victims were riding on.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/2108 (1353 words)

	Bacolod City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bacolod City (the City of Smiles), is the capital and largest highly urbanized city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines, well known for its MassKara Festival held during the month of October.
		Beside the Panaad Stadium is the Panaad Park, home of "Panaad sa Negros" the mother of all festivities in Negros Occidental province.
		In 1894, by order of Governor General Claveria, through Negros Island Governor Manuel Valdevieso Morquecho, Bacolod was made the capital of the Province of Negros.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bacolod_City (863 words)

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