La Vida Oriental Negrense

  Bayawan City is very well known as the Agricultural Capital of Negros Oriental and  its  Tawo-tawo Festival , also known as the  Scarecrow Festival , which the people of  Bayawan  annually celebrate on the 18th of February. Thanksgiving for a good harvest and also to give honor and praise to their city patron saint Santo Tomas Villanueva as they celebrate this festival. The Tawo-tawo Festival focuses on the great difference the tawo-tawo has brought the city after driving the crows away. Photo by : Bayawan City Culture ,Arts Heritage & Tourism Investment Promotion Office Tawo Tawo is an amazing celebration and spectacle highlighted by street dancing and showdown competitions. Empty tin cans and bamboo clappers are utilized in providing for the music. Canned music is not used during street dancing as they prefer live music provided by indigenous materials made into traditional musical instruments.  The indigenous costumes and the choreography of t...

It’s that time of the year in which the Paulinian community honors the service awardees along with the celebration of the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭 . 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 Employee  Appreciation Day is  the opportunity to recognize their hard work, loyalty, dedication, and contribution to the success of St. Paul University Dumaguete. The keynote message was given by Sr. Joseline R.Lasala, SPC University President, and a video message from Sr. Lilia Therese Tolentino, SPC   Provincial Superior SPC Sisters in the Philippines.   10 years Service Awardee 2022 The service awardee is an annual event of the Paulinian community all over the world to celebrate the  feast  of  St .  Paul  and the men and women service the university thru the years.  No matter how long their length of service, all our personnel are ess...

  “We cannot always do great things on this earth, We can only do small things with great Love..” – Mother Teresa   Northern Negros Oriental badly hit by   the recently Typhoon Odette in Guihulngan City is left in ruins after it bore the brunt of Typhoon powerful winds and rains. The city is among the areas in Negros Oriental that were most badly hit, as it was where the center of Odette made landfall at around 11:50 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16.   Negrosanons   in the northern towns and cities of the province are still without electricity and drinking water its still a big problem right   now .Most of   our civic organizations   like Rotary Club of Bacolod relief operations and medical mission to far-flung places in Negros Island.     Rotary Club of Bacolod in partnership with Bacolod’s Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade bayanihan spirit brings disaster relief to Typhoon victims in Brgy. Binobohan, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental this ...

  Dumaguete City –  The local government of Dumaguete City and   The Order of the Knights of Rizal Negros Oriental Area    joined the whole nation in commemorating the 125th year anniversary of the death of the country ‘s national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal last Thursday December 30, 2021. WITH  Dumaguete  Mayor Felipe Antonio B. Remollo  led the short program and flower offering at the Rizal monument in Quezon Park . The commemoration is themed: “Rizal: For Science, Truth and Life.” Order of the Knights of Rizal Negros Oriental Area  In Negros Oriental the National Rizal Month Celebration started with the 1st RIZAL Symposium in Bayawan City last  Dec 3, 2021. With our distinguished speakers from the KOR Bayawan City Chapter Sir. Kenneth S. Artes,Sir Edilberito B. Euraoba and Sir Oliver S. Ogoc. Bayawan City Mayor Pryde  Henry A. Teves with KOR Bayawan Chapter Commander  Rusmar Ian Tijing , and Deputy Chapter Commande...

  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 ...