La Vida Oriental Negrense

  October is the month full of culture and Heritage celebrations in Negros Oriental but with this pandemic, we limit the faces to faces activities and some of these are online virtually.  Our first event is Intellectual Property 101 for Art and Culture Forum with our guest speaker Atty  Izzy Martin Roxas Maxino .Organized by  the cultural officer Gemma   Laxina Iso  from the Institute of Negros Oriental Arts and Culture Office and  Myla Mae Bromo-Abellana  of Provincial Tourism Office.Just a few limited participants by cultural workers and artists at D'Dons Restaurant with a very delicious  appetizer, cakes, and drinks to top it all.     Atty Izzy Martin Roxas Maxino guest speaker                                                  Eye o pener to our arts and heritage sector about the laws about how you can protect your work from copycats. Awareness of your  intellectual property rights as an artist and cultural research.  Cultural Officer Gemma Laxina Iso,Historian Penn T. Larena and

  Happy Birthday Mrs. Melba Amores-Vicuña This pandemic has brought our travel plans on hold. Last week, I had the privilege of visiting Forest Camp after two years, and encountered tropical flowers, trees, flowing rivers, wild butterflies, and singing birds. While we were all ecstatic to plan for that next adventure, resort owners Melba and Florante Vicuña have also been preparing for their comeback to the new normal. The resort is 2.5 hectares of nature at its best, a valley under a canopy of tropical, indigenous forest trees. It has a river passing through its landscape with cascading sound blending perfectly with the welcoming songs of birds and the applause of leaves. Aside from swimming in the nine pools designed to appear like natural lagoons formed by the river, you’ll get to relax inside humble hammock houses which can accommodate small and big groups. There’s also a small camping site where you can pitch a tent if you’re a backpacker. Other activities that you can enjoy are t

  He may not be considered to be in the league of the country’s renowned national heroes, such as Jose Rizal, Apolinario Mabini, and Andres Bonifacio, but he is a Visayan hero, who fought for the nation’s independence from Spain with the same vigor and passion. Negrosanon -born Pantaleon Villegas, known as Leon Kilat, led a group of Cebuano Katipuneros in attacking the Spaniards on April 3, 1898, in what is now known as the Battle of Tres de Abril. Photo by Dr. Dr. Gerard Jude Bumanglag Leon Kilat Monument Camp Leon Kilat Tanjay City In commemoration of the 148th birth anniversary of General Pantaleon Villegas this July 27, a mass will be officiated by the parish priest of St. Augustine of Hippo Parish Church at about 7 a.m. and expected to be attended by town officials of Bacong, headed by Mayor Lenin Alviola, DepEd elementary and secondary schools heads, personnel of the Bacong Municipal Police Station, ACOP, Bureau of Fire Protection, and relatives of Leon Kilat. BFP AND PNP Bacong 

  Opeña’s, one of the home-grown and purely local fast-food restaurants in Dumaguete City, is celebrating its centennial this year. Founded in 1921 by Brother Knight Aquilino Opeña Sr. and his wife, Crispina Cequiña, it is considered the city’s first-ever fast-food business. The young couple got married in Bohol and then migrated to Dumaguete City for Aquilino to continue his studies at Silliman University while Crispina, who was raised in a family where cooking and baking were the household norm, decided to open their first business venture. Their specialties were the halo-halo, homemade bread and binangkal, a type of native doughnut that proved so popular that other establishments copied their recipe. When World War II broke out, they evacuated with their children Winefredo, Felicidad, Virginia, and Aquilino Jr. to the mountain area near the lake in Tubigon Sibulan. To survive the hardship, Crispina continued to make all kinds of food from the available crops, and had her children ba

  Philippine American Friendship Day or 4th of July is also known as Republic Day in the Philippines. Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America. In Dumaguete we coincided with the 99 anniversary of the establishment of the  Dumaguete American Cemetery. A simple celebration in Dumaguete City together with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines BSP Negros Oriental -Siquijor Council and Order of the Knights of Rizal Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City Chapter with special Thanks to Knights of Rizal Tanjay City Chapter. The Beautification and Heritage Clean up drive project of the American Cemetery started in 2018 with Prof. Josefino T. Larena Jr. and Prof. Phitz Jaculbe Enojo. The project is now supported by the Order of the Knights of Rizal Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City Chapters and Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Negros Oriental-Siquijor Council. Knights of Rizal and BSP Negros Ori