La Vida Oriental Negrense

July 4th was the day when the United States recognized the Philippines as an independent state in 1946. Now we Filipinos celebrate July 4 as Philippine-American Friendship Day. But the Philippines only celebrated July 4 as its Independence Day until 1962. That year, President Diosdado Macapagal changed the country’s official Independence Day to June 12, to mark the day that the Philippines had declared independence from Spain in 1898. Dumaguete City is known a the little American Town in the turn of the 20th century. When the American Missionaries, Teachers, and Military Soldiers have begun to fell in love with a place they called home. This year during the Philippine-American Friendship Day the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Negros Oriental -Siquijor Council & the Order of the Knights of Rizal Dumaguete City & Negros Oriental Chapters once again collaboration for saving our 98 years old almost forgotten Dumaguete American Cemetery in Daro Dumaguete  

The Philippine Spanish Friendship week kicked off with the 85 th  anniversary of the Jose Rizal Monument in Tanjay City.The Monument is a legacy of every Tanjayanon built in 1935 during the American Regime. Sir Cesar Estrope,KOR, & Sir Dr.Gerard Jude Bumanglag ,KOR Tanjay is a place where early Hispanic culture blossoms like a skies that spread the wings to generation to  generation.A melting pot of traders, merchant ,missionaries and hardworking individuals   Sir Dr. Gerard Jude Bumanglag ,KOR from Calumpang Clan,Mr. Antonio Limbaga Tabasa grandson of the late Mayor Crispiniano Limbaga,Sr. Tanjay Rizal Park is an urban park located in the Heart of the city. It is almost a hectare in size bounded in the east by Osmeña Street and the City Hall; on the West by Pacifico Street; on the south by Gomez St. and on the North by Rizal St. ; Immaculate Heart Academy and St. James the Greater Parish Church and Tanjay Church Museum. Jose Rizal Monu