La Vida Oriental Negrense

A night of French cuisine, I am one of the judge for the culinary arts prelims on French Regional cuisine: French Riviera, Lorraine, Burgundy, Alsace... all captured by the students of CHEF GREEK STEPHEN I. PASANA of TeamSkills Dumaguete & Ricci Joy Larena-Pasana Thanks for having me again .

A party of  Fusion of culture from Filipino European, & Japanese with cousins  Manayo Yanagi international studies & Michelle Marie Pardillo third tourism studies from the second oldest catholic university in Central Visayas "St. Paul University Dumaguete" .Light up the Diamond Ballroom of Hotel  Essencia in the City of Gentle People "Dumaguete ", with friends, classmates from SPUD and relatives from thier hometown Manjuyod. Negros Oriental .A starry starry night ladies & Gentlemen good luck to womanhood Vide de Negros -Penn T. Larena ,CPS,CPE,MPA

Thank you so much to a lady of royalty from Canla-on, Mabinay, Cebu   Audrey Tirambulo Javier & JJ Jalosjos a gent from  Zamboanga del Norte   with wonderful people to celebrated a special occasion in the little Paradise of Dauin " Frank Place" . Thank you for d invitation & God bless you always. c.u. next year adventure Vida de Negros -Penn T. Larena CPS,CPE,MPA

Party of Culture ! Thank you so much to Mariyah Art Gallery Thru a good friend Cristina Taniguchi and brother Danny Sollesta with NCCA committee on Art Galleries to the Ibrahim Ghazala's solo art exhibit opening .Tag along with my very supportive brother Joseleo Tulabing Villanueva Larena and reunited with cousin Jaime Ponce Larena de leon Philippine Auction King of Leon Gallery God bless everybody support local culture. Dumaguete City is cultural capital of  the Visayas

Thank you so much God ,it was the vision of my late father Pino Villanueva Larena to service and protest the welfare of the people of Barangay Sra. Acion in San Jose ,Negros Oriental for serving  for 20 years and till his death. Restoring Camandagan River System to its proper flow and I made a  road to make sure the people can easily bring their agricultural products to the market place or Tabo, habal-habal can bring passenger to the National Highway and comfortable  to travel to their destinations, this strategic planning management that I learned from my Graduate  & Post Graduate Studies.It made me and my family realize our social reasonability  to the place that we love, full of heritage and the people that we care.I hope that you will not forget me in the future endeavor to service  for locality . Thank you to the local media, local people, local officials and Provincial officials for your love & trust .Mabuhay to all my supporters!!     

Photographer : Janica Tan Head of Production : PJ Ryan Balladares Hermano Mayor : Penn Tulabing Villanueva Larena Reyna Emperatríz : Cathyreen Mandawe General Manager & Researcher : Penn Larena AB, CPS,MPA venue : Dumaguete City  Negros Oriental Thank you to Mary Pauline Salon & Grand Royal Spa Albert Yu for my Chinese Attire PJ Ryan Belandres for Cathyreen Mandawe  Make Up   Historical Note : Hermano Mayor of the Flores de Mayo from a prominent familia of the place and civic minded person. Mr. Larena one of the movers of the well -known Santacruzan Festival from 1999-2008 and a member of the Dumaguete City Tourism Council and Dumaguete Arts & Festival Society . Reyna Emperatríz (Queen Empress) - this is another representation of Saint Helena, this time alluding to the imperial Roman title of Augusta (meaning 'empress' or 'queen mother') which Constantine had bestowed upon her. —