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unusual facts about Isabela, Negros Occidental


Gil Montilla

Prior to his political career, he was president of the Isabela Sugar Company.


2008 PBA All-Star Weekend

The events were held from April 24 to 27, 2008 at the West Negros University Gym, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

2009 PBA All-Star Weekend

This year's all-star game will be totally different from the past All-Star games, as this year's event will have 3 all-star games in different cities, particularly: Victorias, Negros Occidental (April 22), Panabo, Davao del Norte (April 24), and Quezon City (April 26).

2011 POC-PSC National Games

The 2011 POC-PSC National Games was held at the cities of Bacolod, Bago, Silay and Talisay - Negros Occidental Province from May 22–29, 2011.

Afzelia rhomboidea

Manuel L. Quezon during the inauguration of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental Philippines as a charter city on October 19, 1938 with Mayor Alfredo Montelibano and Gov. Valeriano Gatuslao.

Alex Lacson

When asked whether he thought the association with the Lacson family name was an advantage or disadvantage for him, Lacson said that he considered it an advantage, citing the long history of Lacsons who have been involved in public service in the Philippines, including former Manila mayor Arsenio Lacson, Philippine Revolutionary War hero Aniceto Lacson, and the numerous Lacsons who have served in various capacities in Negros Occidental.

Alfonso A. Ossorio

Alfonso A. Ossorio (1916–1990) was an abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental.

Amanda Díaz

Díaz represented Isabela at the Miss World Puerto Rico 2009 pageant where she placed as one of the five finalists in which she then obtained the position of 3rd runner-up.

Díaz represented Isabela at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant where she placed as one of the five finalists.

Amomongo

Residents of La Castellana in Negros Occidental refer to the creature as a "wild monkey" that lives in caves near the foot of Mt. Kanlaon.

Berean Christian Academy

Location: Don Pedro Yulo Street, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, Philippines, 6107.

Carlos Hilado Memorial State College

Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) is a public, state-owned college, the main campus of which is in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Ceres F.C.

Ceres F.C. also known as Ceres-La Salle F.C. is a Filipino association football club based in Bacolod, Negros Occidental and a member of Negros Occidental Football Association.

Cities of the Philippines

However, by opting to remain within Region IX, Isabela City's residents are not eligible to elect and be elected to regional offices of the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which now includes the rest of Basilan.

Cordon, Isabela

Toyota Isabela, the first branch of Japan-based car company in the province, has opened an outlet in Cordon.

Crocodile farming in the Philippines

The PWRCC sold saltwater crocodile products to seven "authorized commercial operators" in the regions of Luzon (particularly in Batangas, Cavite, Rizal, and Tarlac), Visayas (such as in Negros Occidental), and Mindanao (including Cagayan de Oro and Davao del Norte).

Dagul

He was born in Victorias City, Negros Occidental on October 5, 1958 and is married with 3 children.

Dodie Boy Peñalosa

Diosdado "Dodie Boy" Peñalosa (born November 19, 1962, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Philippines) is a retired Filipino boxer and a former IBF champion in the light flyweight and flyweight classes.

Effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines

(Cagayan and Isabela are not specified but are also flooded which can mean it may have experienced more than 50 mm of rain. Moreover, Cagayan River flooded).

Guane

The Filipinos worked the huge tobacco plantations much as they did in their home country, in the present provinces of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan and Isabela.

Isabela Oriole

The Isabela Oriole is most closely related to the White-lored Oriole, Oriolus albiloris.

Isabela's 4th legislative district special election, 2003

According to unofficial counts, the towns of Echague, Cordon and Ramon all went to Aggabao, while Santiago went for Abaya, with Aggabao possessing a large overall margin.

Other disturbances included the confrontation of Cordon Mayor Amado Vallejo, Jr. of two lawyers of the Abaya campaign who allegedly harassed poll watchers.

Abaya won at Santiago by around 5,000 votes and at Dinapigue by 62 votes.

La Salette of Roxas

In 2007, the Statue of Our Lady of La Salette from France was placed in La Salette of Roxas and in other La Salette Schools in Isabela.

Leopoldo Salcedo

Salcedo's most famous role came in 1961, when he starred as the titular character in Gerry de Leon's The Moises Padilla Story, a film biography of a Negros Occidental mayoral candidate who in 1951, was tortured and murdered by the private army of the provincial governor after he had refused to withdraw his candidacy.

Miss World Puerto Rico 2009

Amanda Díaz Torres (Isabela) previously placed 4th Runner-up at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant and 3rd Runner-up at Miss World Puerto Rico 2004.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 2010

The voters in Isabela vote their representative as part of Basilan's legislative district.

Note that Isabela, Basilan, despite being a part of the province of Basilan, is not a part of the ARMM.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2010

Note that in Isabela, Basilan, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Basilan's legislative district.

Robinsons Place Santiago

Robinsons Place Santiago is expected to serve at least 1 million residents which covers towns in the province of Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya and Southern Isabela.

Scola Guadalupana

Scola Guadalupana (Scola La Salle) is a De La Salle-supervised private school in Capitol Heights Phase 2, Villamonte, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

TV Patrol Negros

The program delivers news headlines about the current events in Negros Occidental in Hiligaynon language.


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