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Negros Oriental Negros Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Dumaguete City[?] and occupies the southeast half of the island of Negros; Negros Occidental[?] is at the western half. Negros Oriental faces Cebu to the east across Tanon Strait and Siquijor to the southeast. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ne/Negros_Oriental.html   (69 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental Vallehermoso is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. Negros Island, the fourth largest island in the Philippines, is believed to have once been part of the island of Mindanao, but was cut off either by continental drift or the rising waters at the end of the ice age. Negros Oriental occupies the southeast half of the island of Negros, with Negros Occidental comprising the western half. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vallehermoso,-Negros-Oriental   (600 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental Zamboanguita is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. Negros became a politico-militarty province in 1856 and the capital was transferred to Bacolod. Negros Oriental's total population as of the 2000 census was 1,126,061, making it the 20th most populous province in the country. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zamboanguita,_Negros_Oriental   (700 words)

Negros Oriental at AllExperts Negros Oriental faces Cebu to the east across the Tañon Strait and Siquijor to the southeast. The moro raids and Negros Oriental's far distance from the Negros capital in Bacolod led 13 Recollect priests to petition for the division of the island in July 1876. The island of Negros was divided into the provinces of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental by a royal decree executed by Governor General Valeriano Weyler on January 1, 1890. en.allexperts.com /e/n/ne/negros_oriental.htm   (1685 words)

Negros Oriental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Later,the Negros Occidental area under the leadership of Gen. Araneta only,in contrast to the Negros Oriental area under the leadership of Don Diego de la Viña, formed the Cantonal Republic of Negros,a separate government from the more familiar Malolos Republic established in Luzon. In 1901 the Negros Oriental province was reorganized by the United States and a civil government was established with Demetrio Larena as governor. Negros Oriental is also becoming a notable tourist destination in the Visayas. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negros_Oriental   (1657 words)

HSRA Convergence Sites - Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) 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)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Santa Catalina Cities and Municipalities of Negros Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Negros Oriental faces Cebu to the east across Tañon Strait and Siquijor to... It is a coastal city with a total land area of 699 km², the largest in the province. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Santa-Catalina   (402 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: San Jose, Negros Oriental San Jose is a 5th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 15,665 people in 3162 households. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 15,665 people in 3,162 households. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/San-Jose,-Negros-Oriental   (531 words)

Province of Oriental Negros - Infrastructure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) The Provincial Engineer’s Office in Negros Oriental has constructed/improved a total provincial road length of 494.578 kilometers, 70.641 kilometers (14.28 per cent) of which are concrete-paved, 43.864 kilometers (8.87 per cent) are asphalt-paved, 332.628 kilometers (65.23 per cent) are gravel roads, and 57.445 kilometers (11.62 per cent) are earth roads. There are 140 national bridges in Negros Oriental with a total length of 4,782 linear meters, 139 of which are permanent bridges and one is a temporary bridge. Negros Oriental’s primary source of power is the geothermal energy harnessed from the geothermal fields in Palinpinon, Valencia. www.negor.gov.ph /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=2   (1408 words)

Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Agriculture is the major industry in Negros Oriental. Negros was administered from Cebu until 1734, when it was made a military district of its own. The island of Negros was divided into the provinces of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental on January 1, 1890. negros-oriental.mindbit.com   (307 words)

GlobalPinoy, Travel - Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) 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)

Oriental Negros Provincial Profile-Political Subdivision Oriental Negros is composed of 20 municipalities, five (5) cities and 557 barangays. The first district in the North is composed of Canlaon City and the municipalities of Vallehermoso, Guihulngan, La Libertad, Jimalalud, Tayasan, Ayungon, Bindoy and Manjuyod. The towns of Guihulngan, Mabinay, La Libertad, Tayasan and Jimalalud are larger in terms of the most number of barangays. www.investoriental.com /pp-politicalsub.html   (257 words)

What's Up in Oriental Negros: March 2005 Oriental Negros has everything tourists look for that are accessible in a span of minutes or a couple of hours. Oriental Negros offers natural attractions, unspoiled in terms of ecotourism; our Province and City are safe from typhoons; the people are friendly, highly-educated, and cultures; the pace here is not strssful. Oriental Negroshas Apo Island in the municipality of Dauin. orientalnegros.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_orientalnegros_archive.html   (10866 words)

Tayasan, Negros Oriental at AllExperts Map of Negros Oriental showing the location of Tayasan Tayasan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 30,477 people in 6,374 households. en.allexperts.com /e/t/ta/tayasan,_negros_oriental.htm   (111 words)

ORIENTAL  NEGROS:  LAND  OF  BOUNTY Oriental Negros Gov. George Arnaiz was quick to share: "Education, which is our number one resource, brings about people empowerment." Today, an international community of foreign students from Korea, China, the Middle East, America, Europe, and the rest of the world learn in harmony and camaraderie. We were impressed by the 13 contingents from Oriental Negros and their spectacular showmanship during the street-dancing contest held at the jampacked 5,000-seat Cong. Let that place be Oriental Negros, on the right side of Negros Island, where the sun rises, blessing this favored land of progressive yet gentle and caring people with bountiful opportunities for a brighter future. www.newsflash.org /2004/02/tl/tl012480.htm   (1280 words)

Negros Chronicle The president of COSCA (College of Sta Catalina de Alexandria) and that of the Tour Guides Association of Negros Oriental with three others from the Dumaguete Press Club, the Dive Guides Association and Divers Association, were elected co-chairmen of the all-private oriental Negros Toursim Association. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is poised to close all open dumpsites in Negros Oriental and the rest of the country to comply with the order of Republic Act No. 9003, particularly on the provision to require local government units to build a sanitary landfill. Negros Oriental plays a ‘pivotal role’ in the campaign in the campaign because it has been identified as one of the trafficking ‘hotspots’ or major recruitment ground for victims and potential trafficking victims. www.negroschronicle.com /final/feb_26/news.html   (1141 words)

Province of Oriental Negros - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Caridad Aldecoa-Rodriguez, a renowned local historian, have in her book, "“Negros Oriental and the Philippine Revolution”, that while anchored in the island of Bohol, Legaspi dispatched a frigate to reconnoiter the coasts of the islands that were visible from that point. A petition to separate Negros Oriental from Negros Occidental was presented to the Governor General, recommending the town of Dumaguete as capital. But in the later part of 1898, Negros Oriental rebel forces, under the leadership of Don Diego de la Viña, succeeded in driving the Spanish forces and government officials from all towns. www.negor.gov.ph /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=2   (914 words)

Gov.ph - Local Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Arnaiz disclosed that at least three major road projects are to be constructed soon, to be jointly-funded by the provincial governments of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. Roads links and bridges that connect the towns and cities of both Negros provinces have already been constructed in previous years, but officials are looking at linking the entire island through a vast road network. Negros Occidental Gov. Joseph Marañon also hinted at the possibility of constructing a bridge that will connect Negros Island to Cebu province, via the nearest linkage points between Sibulan in Negros Oriental to Santander in Cebu. www.gov.ph /cat_localgov/newscontent.asp?newsid=9630   (286 words)

DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental Armed clashes erupted anew between government soldiers and a group of New People's Army guerillas in Tayasan, Negros Oriental, as troopers of the 11th Infantry Battalion pressed pursuit operations against the rebel group they had encountered in San Carlos City recently. Col. Gregorio Fajardo, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, yesterday said that while there was no report of injury on both sides in the Tayasan encounter, almost all the rebels who had escaped during an encounter with the 11th IB soldiers on Wednesday in Brgy. NPA, 11th IB troopers clash anew in Tayasan www.visayandailystar.com /2006/December/02/negor1.htm   (361 words)

Sun.Star Dumaguete - Tayasan questions PB's anti-tigbakay ordinance TAYASAN, Negros Oriental -- A town councilor here questioned the anti-tigbakay ordinance of the Provincial Board (PB) saying it had no jurisdiction to do so. Councilor Luzuriaga, chairman of the committee on rules, said under the local government code, only cities and municipalities have the power to enact ordinances granting franchises and authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses 'to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants'. Luzuriaga said the ordinance was beyond the scope of the prescribed power conferred by the Local Government Code and that this power was devolved to the town and city councils. www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2005/11/04/news/tayasan.questions.pb.s.anti.tigbakay.ordinance.html   (330 words)

Valencia, Negros Oriental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Valencia is a municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. In 1856 it was renamed to Nueva Valencia by Spanish colonizers, in honor of its parish priest Fr. In 1920 it was renamed Luzuriaga in behalf of Don Carlos Luzuriaga, a delegate from Negros island to the Philippine Legislature who promised town officials he would work hard to help improve the town. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valencia,_Negros_Oriental   (443 words)

Negros Oriental Dumaguete City (4 April) — Women voters in Oriental Negros are now taking steps to make their voices heard in the elections as women representatives of different organizations in the province will hold a dialogue with political candidates here on April 12, Thursday, 2:00 pm. The police of the Oriental Negros command is verifying reports that some politicians in the first district are importing goons from other provinces following the ambush-slay of supporters of a congressional candidate in La Libertad. Several political families in Negros Oriental are fielding more than one candidate in the May 14 elections, in what many see as the families’ bid to expand their influence throughout the province. www.visayas.wowphilippines.com /negrosoriental   (2253 words)

The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Ban on genetically modified organisms eyed DUMAGUETE CITY: Negros officials and representatives from the private sector believe that in a few years, a shared goal of making the island “the organic food bowl of Asia” can be achieved. George Arnaiz of Oriental Negros also admitted the difficulty in trying to identify GMOs, the reason he has asked Danny Ocampo, Greenpeace campaigner in the Philippines, to help the province in its efforts to push organic farming. Teves, however, confirms Monsanto’s claims of higher yield, saying that a farm owned by their family in Tayasan in northern Oriental Negros has an output of nine tons per hectare planted to Bt corn. www.manilatimes.net /national/2007/feb/10/yehey/prov/20070210pro3.html   (416 words)

6 towns, city in Negros bear bad news for their employees - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines -- Six towns and a city in Negros Oriental cannot give the additional cash gift which has been anticipated by their employees with the onset of the Christmas season. The towns of Vallahermoso, Guihulngan, Jimalalud, Tayasan, Ayungon and Dauin and the city of Bais could not release the additional cash gift to their employees either because of financial woes or because they went beyond the budgetary requirement set by the Department of Budget Management (DBM) for personnel services. But in the case of Bais, the political bickering between the chief executive and the majority of the city council is one of the main reasons the city government does not want to give the benefit. news.inquirer.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=21640   (576 words)

Oriental Negros ICT-Power The addition of 200 MW submarine cables on the Leyte-Cebu interconnection in the near future will further boost power sypply in the grid. Geothermal power from Valencia is distributed by the NPC to two (2) electric cooperatives (Negros Oriental Electric Cooperatives I and II), which are mandated by law to implement the rural electrification program in the province. NORECO I covers the northern municipalities of Mabinay, Manjuyod, Bindoy, Ayungon, Tayasan, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Guihulngan, and Vallehermoso as well as the cities of Bais and Canlaon. www.investoriental.com /ICT-Power.html   (512 words)

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