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Topic: Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental


  
  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)

  
 Negros Oriental at AllExperts
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's total population as of the 2000 census was 1,126,061, making it the 20th most populous province in the country.
en.allexperts.com /e/n/ne/negros_oriental.htm   (1663 words)

  
 HSRA Convergence Sites - Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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.
Negros Oriental is composed of 557 barangays, 20 municipalities and five (5) cities.
www.doh.gov.ph /hsra2/hsra-negros_or2.htm   (1793 words)

  
 negros oriental province
Negros Oriental Province is an hour’s ride by plane from Manila, the country’s capital, and 2.5 hours by fast ferry from Cebu City, the regional center.
Negros Oriental has 1,336.7 kilometers of scenic, clean and unspoiled beaches on one side, with beauiful mountains nd rustic scenery on the other side.
Negros Oriental's territory comprise the mainland, Apo Island and Daco Island.
www.dtiro7.net.ph /negrosprofile.htm   (903 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 Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental, Philippines (by IslandsProperties.com)
occupies the southern portion of Negros Oriental Province in the Island of Negros.
While Malatapay may be the high point of Zamboanguita's week, humble everyday pursuits keep going - corn, copra, fishing and livestock-raising are major income-earners - and the town's principal occasion for pageantry and festivities is really the May 15 feast of St. Isidore the Worker, patron of farmers.
Zamboanguita, or little Zamboanga, may indeed be little, comprising as it does a modest total of only ten barangays sandwiched between the roomy spaces of Dauin and the windswept Siaton ranges.
islandproperties.tripod.com /places/aboutzamboanguita.html   (702 words)

  
 Negros Oriental Hotels and Resorts - TravelMart.net
Negros Oriental Hotels and Resorts Reservations Center by TravelMart provides for easy online booking of rooms and cottage accommodation in hotels and resorts in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines.
Negros Oriental is rich in natural, historical and cultural spots all over.
Due to difficulties in administering the far-flung settlements of the island, the Recollect priests petitioned for the division of the island.
www.travelmart.net /philippines/negros-oriental-hotels.html   (1377 words)

  
 About Negros Oriental Province, Philippines
Negros Oriental offers you the opportunity to commune with nature, undisturbed.
Thousands of tiny fish cluster around the bushes of fl corals in crevices, and there are lapu-lapus, surgeons, some beautiful stony corals, and a collection of various species of clownfishes and anemones.
Nestled within, the Balwarte Rocks and Negros Oriental Marine Conservation Park, with its spectacular coral gardens and marvelous marine life, are consistent crowd drawers.
www.islandsaccommodations.com /places/negros.htm   (835 words)

  
 Apo - Ativan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The marine habitat around ativan vs xanax the island is 20 kilometres from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental and can be reached by ativan a 30-minute boat ride ativan half life from the fishingmarket village of Malatapay, Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental.
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Apoprotein of the municipality of Dauin, Negros Oriental.
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 Negros Oriental
Dumaguete City —; Oriental Negros’ best tourism business potentials will be exhibited at SM Mall of Asia as the province joins the Tourism Negosyo Exposition on March 2-4, this year.
NEGROS Oriental Governor George Arnaiz had summed up his ninth and last State of the Province Address (Sopa) by saying that the “future begins today” for the province.
Negros Oriental, said Arnaiz, pioneered efforts on the localization and substantial accomplishments to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
visayas.wowphilippines.com /negrosoriental   (3432 words)

  
 Oriental Negros Land
The fourth largest island in the archipelago, Negros is located between the islands of Panay in the west and Cebu in the east.
(The other side, Negros Occidental, belongs to Region 6 or Western Visayas; a chain of rugged mountains separates the twin provinces.) NEGROS ORIENTAL is a narrow strip of land extending two-thirds of the way from the south to the north of the island.
NEGROS ORIENTAL has a total land area of 540,230 hectares or 5,402.3 square kilometers.
agribizoriental.com /land.htm   (409 words)

  
 Negros Oriental Sightseeing
Negros Oriental has a lot of historical and otherwise interesting sites to visit both as a tourist and as an local.
Negros Oriental is a province laden with natural resources.
The stately 2600-meter high mountain draws the boundary between Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental and is the highest peak in the Visayas Region and one of the five highest in the Philippines.
www.dumagueteinfo.com /negros-oriental-sightseeing.php   (1896 words)

  
 Negros Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Negros Oriental, the side facing Cebu Island, has perfect destinations for adventure travelers.
It is a sight of traders, shoppers and picnickers having their seafood cooked on barbeque stalls and people drinking "tuba", a local wine at their set up tables.
Zamboanguita is a fairly small town that has zoo and park built by the Lamplighters.
www.camperspoint.com /article.php3?id_article=208   (646 words)

  
 SCUBA DIVING DUMAGUETE PHILIPPINES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Care must be taken particularly during full moon as currents are strong and unpredictable.
To reach Apo Island, one can take a 35 minute ride by outrigger from Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental.
Another first for the country is Dumaguete's aritficial tire reef built from old tires and laid just off the beach in front of Dumagute City by marine biologists of Siliman University in 1977.
www.divephil.com /dumaguet/diving.html   (174 words)

  
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Dr Bernarda Cortes, IPHO assistant provincial officer, said that aside from 4 children confined at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital due to bleeding from the mosquito-transmitted viral disease, the remaining victims are convalescing at the Zamboanguita Municipal Health Center.
By the middle of August, one more case was reported in the adjacent village of Maluay, and from there the number swelled, with new cases reported from Poblacion and Mayabon village, subsequently peaking at 37 with 4 children in serious condition.
Zamboanguita registered one dead at the height of the dengue outbreak that hit Negros Oriental in 1998.
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 SCUBA DIVING DUMAGUETE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Located on the eastern half of Negros Island just south of Luzon, Negros Oriental is a year-round scuba destination, located as it is outside of the typhoon belt.
They country's top marine biology institue at the Siliman University, is found in Dumaguete, its capital, and for good reason, as it is proximate to excellent marine sites.
Negros Oriental is accesible by land, sea and air transportation: It is one hour and 15 minutes by plane from Manila, and 40 minutes from Cebu to Dumaguete City, capital of Negros Oriental.
www.divephil.com /dumaguet/dumaguet.html   (304 words)

  
 Dayon! Negros Oriental
The province of Oriental Negros is located in the heart of the Philippines.
I was born in Dumaguete City, the capital, an idyllic university town nestled at the foot of the mighty Cuernos de Negros.
Dumaguete, capital of Negros Oriental is clearly shown at the toe-tip of the boot-shaped island.
www.angelfire.com /gu/gaspeumbac/ggu_negor.htm   (1207 words)

  
 Sun.Star Dumaguete - Foundation apologizes for Zamboanguita zoo controversy
THE Animal Foundation, Inc., through its official Greg Quimpo, apologized to the management of Zoo Paradise World in Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental for the nationally-televised report of the zoo's alleged practice of feeding live animals to crocodiles in the facility.
She said she was surprised when de Asis came back bringing with him a police team from Zamboanguita to investigate her for alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act.
Responso said she later received a letter from Greg Salido Quimpo of the Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc. informing the zoo management to bring the matter to the attention of the Animal Welfare Division Bureau of the Bureau of Animal Industry for appropriate action.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2006/10/15/news/foundation.apologizes.for.zamboanguita.zoo.controversy.html   (528 words)

  
 Oriental Negros Place to See & Things to Do
Strip of white pebble beaches between Zamboanguita and Siaton; interesting rock formations on the beach; clear waters and underwater scenery ideal for snorkeling.
Casaroro is a tall waterfall, one the three waterfalls in Kampesa, amide lush virgin forest, is a favorite for young and old climbers.
A trekking area for the adventurous, Oriental Negros watershed with trees, giant ferns and lush greenery has scenic areas, and then unfolds the astoundingly serene lakes with its fish stocks.
www.southtravels.com /asia/philippines/orientaltours/placetosee.html   (1666 words)

  
 Mabinay, Negros Oriental Information
Mabinay is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 64,451 people in 13,357 households.
Go swimming in the huge, ever-gushing spring in a park setting in Mabinay proper, Negros Oriental, about a 10 minute tricycle or Jeepney or bus ride from the town proper.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mabinay,_Negros_Oriental   (67 words)

  
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By BEN R. ZAMBOANGUITA, Negros Oriental — Presidential candidates will sign a covenant enjoining each of them to adopt a hands-off stance on public funds and resources to support their political campaign, Alyansa ng Pag-asa presidential candidate Raul Roco announced yesterday.
Roco said various major political parties will meet next week to sign the covenant which opposes the misappropriation of public funds during the campaign period.
He, however, acknowledged that the Philippines has one of the shortest school years for primary and secondary education in the world, although he added that it did not "permanently impair" the intelligence of the Filipinos.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/03/28/MAIN200403285951.html   (650 words)

  
 Bethel Guest House - Your Convention Hotel in Dumaguete City
It also offers a refreshing view of the sea and of Dumaguete against the backdrop of Mt. Talinis and the neighboring provinces of Oriental Negros.
A pride of Negros Oriental, Apo Island offers the best diving in the country.
It is located in the municipality of Dauin and is 20 kilometers from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
bethelguesthouse.com   (297 words)

  
 Tanjay News
Saturday, January 06, 2007 51 last-term councilors honored By Edmund Sestoso THE provincial leadership of the Philippine Councilors' League of Oriental Negros gives recognition and honors to the 51 last-term...
Saturday, December 30, 2006 500 GK homes now in Negros Oriental By Rachelle M. Nessia AS 2006 comes to a close, around 500 brightly-painted crayola-colored homes now stand in some eight Gawad Kalinga villages...
Friday, October 20, 2006 Airline crew to visit N. Oriental's children By Victor L. Camion SOME 30 cabin crew of Cathay Pacific arrived Monday for a learning field visit in Negros Oriental together with...
www.topix.net /ph/tanjay   (717 words)

  
 Oriental Negros ICT-Power
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.
Based on household connections and consumption by commercial and industrial establishments, the peak load of NORECO I was 6,518 KW or about 2,097,995 KWH.
The coverage area has an estimated 126,165 households in 2000, spread over 272 barangays with a land area of 3,181.25 square kilometers or nearly 59 per cent of the total area of the province.
www.investoriental.com /ICT-Power.html   (512 words)

  
 Kinilaw - Raw Seafood
In Sagay, Negros Occidental, it is scraped off the fruit and used with salmunete.
The original binakhaw, says Mario L of Zamboanguita, was made with small fish, bones and all, since those varieties had "bones that melt” in the vinegar dressing.
At the Wednesday morning market at Malatapay (Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental) cornmeal is steamed in a large upright bamboo tube to make sinalok, an accompaniment to kinilaw.
www.coconutstudio.com /kinilaw_art.htm   (2826 words)

  
 Sun.Star Dumaguete - Zamboanguita chess tourney opens
ALL is set for the Unang Inter-barangay Nga Matehanay sa Zamboanguita Fiesta which unfolds at 8:30 a.m.
on April 12 at the Zamboanguita Plaza, Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental.
The tournaments were organized by Zamboanguita chess club president Andrew Alanano, Zamboanguita fiesta executive director Victoriano Marilla and Flor Zamora, tournament director.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2003/04/12/sports/zamboanguita.chess.tourney.opens.html   (113 words)

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