Buglasan 2009 Festival of all Festival in Negros Oriental

Oriental Negros is now on high gear as it prepares for the upcoming Buglasan Festival 2009. Buglasan is the province’s fiesta celebration where each town and city gets to promote its products, handicrafts, fresh produce, its tourist spots all in one place and these all happens in Dumaguete City. The weeklong fiesta celebration will be highlights be the province’s beauty pageant, festival streetdances, food fests, trade fairs and the two-day fireworks competition!

Schedule of Activities:

October 16
8AM – Buglasan Family Farm Congress, PAO
4PM – Ecumenical Service, SN Auditorium
5PM – Opening of LGU Booths, SNV
8PM – Buglasan Jingle Presentation, SN Auditorium

October 17
9AM – Lutong Garbo sa Sidlakang Negros, PAO
10AM – Buglasan Chess, NOCC
4PM – Singing Competition, SN Auditorium

October 18
9AM – Marching Band Showdown, LLMSCC
2PM Marching Band Parade, Dumaguete Main Roads
8PM – Minus One Singing Contest, SN Auditorium

October 19
8PM – ABS CBN Night, SN Auditorium

October 20
8PM – Globe Night, SN Auditorium

October 21
8PM – Buglasan Rap and Pop Dance Competition, SN Auditorium

Competition, SN Auditorium
9PM – Live Band Competition

October 23
9AM – Festival of Festivals Showdown, LLMSCC
2PM – Festival of Festivals Streetdance, Dumaguete Main Roads
8PM – Festival King and Queen Pageant, SN Auditorium

October 24
8AM – Buglasan Kayaking and Canoeing Competition
8 AM – Airsoft Competition, Dgte High School
9AM – Buglasan Cheerdance Competition, LLMSCC
6PM – Dancesport Competition, SN Auditorium
9PM – Fireworks Competition Day 1, Rizal Boulevard

October 25
8AM – Airsoft, Dgte High School
12PM – Luncheon Outstanding Oriental Negrense, SNV Conference Hall
5PM – Thanksgiving Mass, SN Auditorium
6PM – Outstanding Oriental Negrense Awards, SN Auditorium
7PM – LGU Booth Awards, SN Auditorium
9PM – Fireworks Competition Day 2, Rizal Boulevard

Dumaguete Hotels and Resorts

Obdulia's Business Inn
A modern Hotel in the heart of Dumaguete City. A home with direct access to the city's commercial district with all modern facilities a traveller or businessman needs.
JFT Building, Perdices Cor. Colon & Pinili Street
Dumaguete City
Landline: (+63) 035-226 1588, 035-226 3291, 035-422 6449
Fax: (+63) 035-422 6449
Cell: 0917 - 314 3384
email: info@obduliasbizinn.com
web: www.obduliasbizinn.com

Harolds Mansion
Tourist Inn - Backpackers Hostel
Fan rooms starting at 300 peso, Aircon rooms at 495 peso.
Free Breakfast, coffee and tea all day, Internet access, safety deposit-box, airport pick-up
205 Hibbard Ave. (corner Hibbard-Lo-oc)
Dumaguete City
Landline: (+63) 035-225-8000,035-225-8001
cell: (+63) 0917-610 7005
Fax: (+63) 035-422-3477
email: haroldsmansion@yahoo.com
website: www.haroldsmansion.com

Casa Demonteverde
Claytown, Daro,
Dumaguete City
In front of Gimmick Resto Bar
Airconditioned rooms for rent w/ private toilet and bath, FREE parking area w/ security guard
accessible and located in a quiet residential area. Rooms starting from 375 Php, monthly rates available

landline: (035)226 2305
cell: (+63) 0927 2748 676
email: casa.demonteverde@yahoo.com

Florentina Homes - Apartment Hotel
Rovira Road, Bantayan, Dumaguete City,
Oriental Negros, Philippines
telephone number: +63-35 422-0827
email: florentinahomes@yahoo.com
website: www.florentinahomes.com

Wellbeach Resort
Mojon, 6218 Maluay
Negros Oriental / Philippines
Tel. 0063-(0)35-426 21 95
email: wellbeach@lycos.com
website: www.wellbeach.com

Hotel Nicanor
San Jose Street., Dumaguete City
Negros Oriental, Philippines 6200
Tel. Nos.
(035) 226-3330; 422-5114
421-0788; 421-0787
Mobile Nos.
+63922-889-4911;
+63917-631-2109
Email Add: hotelnicanor@yahoo.com
website: www.hotelnicanor.com

Dumagute Springs Apartments/Beach Resort
Lower Bagacay Valencia Road/Bacong (San Miguel)
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Mobile: (+63) 917 301 30 70
Landline: (+63) 35 225 99 61
Email: info@dumaguetesprings.com
website: www.dumaguetesprings.com

There are the upper-class beach resorts as well as guesthouses to suit every budget. Some Dumaguete hotels and resorts are located right in the heart of the city to afford good shopping and nightlife while other Dumaguete hotels and resorts are not actually located in the city proper, but most of the better resorts located outside of the city offer shuttle busses and vans to and from Dumaguete as well as airport pick-up and drop off.

The hotels and resorts located outside of Dumaguete are not far and many find the location outside of the city to be that perfect beach resort experience and worth the little extra travel time. Dauin, for example, is a city located about 20 min from the heart of Dumaguete and is home to some of the best beach resorts in Negros Oriental. These should always be a consideration when deciding where to spend your vacation.

But don’t forget about the fine hotels in the city itself either. There are plenty to choose from and it really is a buyers market when it comes to Dumaguete hotels and resorts.

Negros Oriental

Discover nature at its freshest in the province that promises the charming surprise of a lush countryside, a fascinating highland adventure, breathtaking caves, magnificent lakes, scenic beaches, world-class marine reserves, alluring dive sites, and even playful dolphins and whales.

An exhilirating journey awaits at the internationally acclaimed dive site of Apo Island, also home to the Balwarte Rocks and Negros Oriental Marine Conservation Park, all of which are consistent crowd drawers. View playful dolphins and pygmy sperm whales out in Tañon Strait at Bais Bay. Commune with birds and other wildlife at the 400-hectare protected mangrove forest that is the Bird Sanctuary and Mangrove Park. And do stop by to admire Canlaon Volcano, one of the tallest peaks in the Visayas.

Negros Oriental offers you the opportunity to commune with nature, undisturbed. The heavens have blessed this province with more than its fair share of nature’s bounty, with a bonus to boot – the warmth and the inherent charm of the Oriental Negrense.

LANGUAGE/DIALECT
Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and Tagalog.

POPULATION
1,126,000, according to the 2000 Census.

Political Subdivisions
The five major cities are Bais, Bayawan, Canlaon, Tanjay, and Dumaguete (the capital). Situated on the plains of the southeastern coast, Dumaguete City is bounded on the north by the municipality of Sibulan, on the west by the Mindanao Sea, Valencia on the southeast, and Bacong on the south. There are 3 congressional districts, 20 municipalities, and 540 barangays.