Negrosanon History

  77th Liberation Day Celebration of Dumaguete City is an event to commemorate the end of the Japanese Occupation of Negros Oriental      Sir Judge Rafael Crescencio Tan of the Sons and Daughters of the Veterans with Mayor Felipe Antonio B Remollo as GOHAS. Participated by members of 4th and 5th Dumaguete City Veterans Post VFP, SDAI VFP 2nd and 3rd Districts with Dumaguete City, Tanjay City, Bais City, and Valencia Chapters, 703RRBn Officers, and EP, 703CDC headed by Maj Alvin Aurel PA which provided the 3 volleys of fire, and with medical services rendered by 5051TASU 505TASG 5TASBDE headed by Major Kenneth T Coo MC (Res) after the ceremony.   The flag-raising ceremony and Liberation Day Program were held at Manuel Quezon Park with a wreath-laying ceremony in front of the Liberation Marker. Mayor Remollo paid tribute to the gallantry and sacrifices of the heroes of World War II to liberate Dumaguete City from the occupying Japanese forces and express...

He was Artist  volunteer in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Philippines ,and acclaimed travel and underwater photographer  in Asia.Tommy Schultz passed away on June 4, 2021 in his hometown in Winchester, Virginia. Through his work, Tommy championed ocean conservation for many years. He has donated photos and videos to CTC last year taken during the Epic 1 journey to the Forgotten Islands on the Seven Seas in November last year and some of his iconic photographs appears in our 2021 calendar. Tommy’s underwater photography career began during his service as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Dumaguete, Philippines where he worked on coral reefs. He then moved to Bali in 2007 while working for Photovoices International and later focused on freelance work, highlighting the beauty and diversity of the Indonesian archipelago. One of the common threads throughout Tommy’s work is a love of the ocean, telling the stories of the people, places, and wildlife that are tied to the extraordina...

  St. Paul University Dumaguete History Class of Prof. Penn T. Larena College of Nursing 

It was in the 1960s when Bayawan finally had its first Rizal Monument with   Felix Gaudiel, Sr a famous freemason, pioneer member of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, and Law Educator did the  Fundraising  to build the monument together with the Martinez, Pinili, Villamil,Tangente and the Gaudiel family with the help of the UCCP Church During the leadership of the City Mayor  German Pinili Sarana made the new facelift of the Rizal Park and the new home of the Rizal Monument. Last Aug 8,2021 Wreath Laying at Dr. Jose Rizal's monument during the momentous Knighting, Chartering, and Exalting Ceremonies of the Order of Knights of Rizal Bayawan City Chapter led by Sir Knights  Rusmar Tijing ,KCR Chapter Commander and Sir Kenneth Artes Deputy Chapter Commander.  

      The Rizal monument of the Municipality of La Libertad was built during the administration of Honorable Mayor Fabio Torres between the year 1926–1927. From that time up until the term of Honorable Mayor Napoleon Camero, it was located originally in the municipal auditorium. During the administration of Honorable Mayor Lawrence  Limkaichong , there was a project, which proposes to develop the municipality auditorium by converting it into a covered court. This project prompted the decision of the town to relocate and rebuild the Rizal monument into a  more free  field and green area in front of the municipal building and near the police station and health facility probably between the years 2008-2010. Despite being relocated, Dr. Jose Rizal's actual and original statue was maintained, preserved, and reused for its same purpose on the Rizal Monument. The Jose Rizal statue featured in the images above is the original one, which is transferred and restored ...