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Topic: Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental


  
  Negros Oriental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 became a politico-militarty province in 1856 and the capital was transferred to Bacolod.
Negros Oriental occupies the southeast half of the island of Negros, with Negros Occidental comprising the western half.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negros_Oriental   (1622 words)

  
 Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/n/ne/negros_oriental.html   (83 words)

  
 Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The province of Negros Oriental is composed of 3 cities and 22 municipalities.
The whole eastern part of Negros Oriental falls under the third type of climate which is characterized by not a very pronounced maximum rainfall with a short dry season from one to three months.
Dialects spoken are Cebuano (Bisaya), Tagalog and Ilonggo, the latter being the native tongue of Negros Occidental residents.
www.pesocard.com /provinces/region6_negro.html   (812 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)

  
 The Diocese of Dumaguete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Negros Oriental occupies the eastern portion of the island of Negros and is part of the Central Visayas Region known as Region VIII.
The Catholic faith was first introduced to the early inhabitants of eastern Negros by the Augustinian friars who established the parish of Tanjay in 1580.
Today the Diocese of Dumaguete includes the civil province of Negros Oriental and the sub-province of Siquijor, excluding the municipalities of La Libertad, Guihulngan, Vallehermoso and Kanlaon City in Negros Oriental.
www.cbcponline.org /dumaguete   (543 words)

  
 Philippine Provinces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Negros Occidental, is another early Spanish settlement, and is also interesting for its natural attractions and museums.
Sixty percent of the land is under cultivation and the broad coastal plains are densely populated.
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.
www.bpre.gov.ph /scripts/phistory.asp?codeprov=NO   (585 words)

  
 Manila Standard: The Future is Ours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Oriental Negros is Visayas’ hidden pearl, patiently waiting for a brave diver to scoop it out of its shell.
Comprising 5,401 square kilometers of Negros island’s southeast part in the heart of Central Visayas, Oriental Negros is about 380 aerial miles south of Manila, approximately an hour flight.
Oriental Negros is also a playground for spelunkers who want to explore more of what nature has to offer beneath our feet.
www.manilastandardonline.com /mnlastd?page=goodLife01_jan06_2005   (974 words)

  
 What's Up in Oriental Negros: March 2006
Student from all over Oriental Negros got the chance to listen to personalities who are experts in the field as they discussed about the latest in the world of technology.
NEGROS Oriental topped all provinces in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the United Nations, said a screener of the Galing Pook Foundation who visited Dumaguete City recently.
Rodriguez said Negros Oriental has successfully reduced its child and maternal mortality rate and empowered the women population.
orientalnegros.blogspot.com /2006_03_01_orientalnegros_archive.html   (1170 words)

  
 Valencia, Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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.
www.tocatch.info /en/Valencia,_Negros_Oriental.htm   (413 words)

  
 Sun.Star Iloilo - Negrenses denounce rebel atrocities
The residents in upland barangays of Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, held Tuesday a protest rally condemning the series of violence allegedly perpetrated by the NPAs.
Nine upland barangays in Vallehermoso and Guihulngan towns in Oriental Negros, which were classified by the military as "infiltrated areas" of the CPP-NPA in central Negros, are now the focus of the Special Operations Team campaign of the 11th Infantry Battalion.
Coupled with the heightened anti-insurgency awareness campaign of the 11th IB in Oriental Negros, he revealed that they have also intensified their combat patrols in the Occidental side.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ilo/2006/03/15/news/negrenses.denounce.rebel.atrocities.html   (401 words)

  
 :: Malaya - The National Newspaper ::
BACOLOD CITY — Fisherfolk and shoreline residents of Negros towns and cities affected by the oil exploration activity in the Tañon Strait have formed an alliance to safeguard the Nkegros seas.
Dubbed the Negros Fishers Forum, the group is protesting the oil exploration by the Japan Petroleum Exploration and Forum Exploration Inc. between Negros and Cebu islands.
Editho Namion Jr., NFF spokesperson, said thousands of fisherfolk from Escalante, Toboso, Calatrava and San Carlos in Negros Occidental and Vallehermoso, Guihulngan, La Libertad, Bais in Negros Oriental are the worst hit by the exploration activity as they could no longer fish in the area.
www.malaya.com.ph /jan04/envi1.htm   (414 words)

  
 DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental
The placard-bearing rallyists composed of "pro-democratic groups" and "Alsa Masa" converged at the Vallehermoso town gymnasium, and took their turns in condemning the summary killings and extortion activities of the New People's Army in central Negros, Lt. Col.
Participants in the march rally are residents of upland Barangays Bagawines, Bairan, Pinowacayan and poblacion of Vallehermoso, Oriental Negros.
Nine upland barangays in Vallehermoso and Guihulngan towns in Oriental Negros classified by the military among the "infiltrated areas" of the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA in central Negros, are now the focus of the "SOT" or the Special Operations Team campaign of the 11th Infantry Battalion.*GPB
www.visayandailystar.com /2006/March/15/negor2.htm   (289 words)

  
 El Dorado Beach Resort - Philippines
The whole eastern part of Negros Oriental falls under the third type of climate which is charecterized by not very pronounced maximum rainfall with a short dry season from one to three months.
The latter being the tongue of Negros Occidental residents.
Dumaguete is the provincial capital of Negros Oriental.
www.eldoradobeachresort.com /German/dumaguete.htm   (1916 words)

  
 INFOBYTES
Oriental Negros is certainly ready to take on the challenge, says provincial Governor George P. Arnaiz in view of the challenge thrown by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her recent State of the Nation Address (SONA).
She particularly cited Negros Oriental for its potential in energy independence, tourism and electronics due to the presence of the geothermal field in Palinpinon.
“Valencia, Oriental Negros could attract semiconductor firms with power rates subsidized by the geothermal field of Palimpinon,” the President said in her speech held at the Batasang Pambansa to mark the opening of the third regular session of the 13th Congress.
pia-dumaguete.blogspot.com   (15907 words)

  
 Sun.Star Dumaguete Online
A green sea turtle similar to this one was captured accidentally by fishermen in Vallehermoso.
VALLEHERMOSO, Negros Oriental -- A green sea turtle accidentally captured on Wednesday afternoon by a group of fishermen in the coastal barangay of Tabon was returned to sea.
SANTA CATALINA, Negros Oriental -- Authorities arrested Tuesday afternoon four workers linked to the death of a heavily-mauled man inside the police detention cell after he was turned over for safekeeping on April 23.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2005/05/16   (216 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)

  
 Philippine Information Agency 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Negros Oriental is a "boat shaped" province composed of the mainland province and the Apo Island.
The municipalities are: Amlan, Ayungon, Bacong, Basay, Bayawan, Bindoy, Dauin, Guihulngan, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Mavinay, Manjuyod, Pamplona, San JOse, Santa Catalind, Siaton, Sibulan, Tanjay, Tayasan, Valencia, Vallehermoso, and Zamboanguita.
Negros Oriental is borderd by a chain of rugged mountains from its sister provice of Negros occidental and separated from Cegy by Tañon Strait.
www.cvis.net.ph /pia/negros_oriental.htm   (167 words)

  
 Typhoon2000.com..::10 WORST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES (A SUMMARY)..::
When URING arrived at Northern Negros by early afternoon, it dumped heavy rain flooding Northern Negros, wiping out houses from their foundations along rivers in Bacolod City and Victorias while leaving others marooned in the fast rising waters of the rivers.
Almost a quarter of Ormoc’s population drowned and their bloated bodies were littered everywhere in the city while other fatalities were numerously floating at Ormoc Bay and Camotes Sea being feasted by sharks and other fishes.
It bludgeoned the heart of Negros Island and the cities of Bacolod and Dumaguete.
www.typhoon2000.ph /stats/10WorstPhilippineTyphoons.htm   (3639 words)

  
 "REGION VII"
The island of Negros had been divided politically into the eastern and western sectors as early as the start of the Spanish rule.
Negros was again divided into the two present provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in 1890.
Siquijor was a sub-province of Bohol until the 19th century when it became a sub-province of Negros Oriental.
www.livinginthephilippines.com /region7.html   (1311 words)

  
 77 possible 'hot spots' ... - Feb. 02, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The five cities in Central Visayas considered as AOCs due to election-related incidents of violence in past elections are Danao, Lapulapu and Talisay in Cebu province, and Canlaon and Bayawan in Negros Oriental province.
The PNP said among the towns declared as AOCs are Cebu's Badian, Madredijos, Minglanilla, Oslob, Samboan, Santander, Sogod, Barili, Carcar, Naga, and Pinamungahan; Bohol province's Buenavista, Batuan, Sagbayan, Calape, Dauis, Bilar, San Isidro and Alicia; and Negros Oriental's La Libertad, Mabinay, Vallehermoso, Himalalod, Tayasan, San Jose, Zamboanguita, Bindoy, Siaton, and Ayongon.
Nerez said the cities, towns and barangays mentioned as AOCs due to the presence of the communist movement, meant that rebel forces in the areas could intervene in the elections in these areas.
www.inq7.net /reg/2004/feb/02/text/reg_2-1-p.htm   (461 words)

  
 DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental
The Vallehermoso, Oriental Negros Police are tracking down a militiaman who fled to the hills after shooting a farmer in Sitio Trangka, Brgy.
Responding policemen from the Vallehermoso police station rushed the victim to the Canlaon City Hospital.
Still in Vallehermoso, a day before the shooting, a fisherman surrendered to the police after stabbing a bakery helper with a bread knife during an altercation in Brgy.
www.visayandailystar.com /2005/December/09/negor5.htm   (242 words)

  
 Negros Chronicle
Governor George Arnaiz welcome the announcement of the Department of Social Welfare and Development that they will be releasing a total of more than P23 million pesos for Negros Oriental as part of the continuing “child friendly program” of the province.
It could yet be the end of the worst-road-riding nightmares in the coastal north road of Orien tal Negros.
Militant groups in Oriental Negros vowed that there willl be more of a series of pro
www.negroschronicle.com /final/nov_06/news.html   (280 words)

  
 Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Francis High School of Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental was the last of three schools built and managed by the Franciscan Missionaries of Sta.
The school went through a crisis in 1972 during the martial law regime of then President Marcos when the Missionaries were sent out of the country.
East Negros Academy was established in 1952 by the late Mayor of Toboso, Albino Uy dela Cruz Sr., to serve the youth of the municipality.
www.sancarloschancery.org /education.htm   (456 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
For this Project, the Negros Occidental 2nd District Engineering Office will be the principal and regular representative of the DPWH in the RIC to be formed.
It is situated in the northern and western portion of Negros Island, and is divided from the other half of the Island, Negros Oriental, by the Kanla-on Mountain Range.
It is bounded on the north by La Carlota City, on the south by the Municipalities of Isabela and Moises Padilla, on the west by the Municipalities of Pontevedra and and Hinigaran, and on the east by Canla- on City of Negros Oriental.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/09/06/000094946_02082804013490/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (10261 words)

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