THANK YOU SO MUCH to Mabinay Mayor Jango Uy Myla Mae Bromo-Abellana & Provincial Tourism Office staff, Sir Gary & Mabinay Tourism office, Department of Tourism Central Visayas staff & Rowena Lu Y. Montecillo for the warm reception and thank sa akong favorite Turmeric Tea. God bless u all.
Resource Speaker on the Topic " Negros Oriental History with Arts & Culture History " Eco- Guide Training for cave guides Nov .25,2015 Function Hall ,Mabinay Spring Resort
3. Old name of Negros
• When the Spanish explorers landed in Negros
Oriental in 1565, they found natives who
called the place “Buglas”, named after a kind
of tall grass resembling the present-day sugar
cane plant. Buglas grass was then abundantly
growing in the island.
• He black natives called Ata or Agta (Negrito)
and the Proto-Malay also known
as Bukidnon with dark brown skin.
4.
5. Founder of Negros
It was only in 1571 or fifty years later
when Legazpi came that the Spaniards
discovered the island of Negros.
13. Contribution of American Era in
Negros Oriental
• American Education
• Protestantism
• Educational System
• Humanities & Sciences
• Public Administration
• Urban Planning
• Forest management
• Suffrage
• English Language
35. Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Teves Sagarbarria with our sister City
Mayors- Trish Herrera Spencer of Alameda City and Park Se-bok of
Yeongdong, South Korea