A contribution of the historical development of Dumaguete with Josefino Tulabing Larena,AB, CPS,CPE,MPA

1. History of Dumaguete

2. Map

3. Capital of Negros Oriental

4. Town known as Gentle People
Dumaguete 1900s Banica River

5. Photo Courtesy
• Penn Larena,CPS,MPA
• Serafin D. Teves III
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• Janica Tan
• Michael Ocampo
• Jose Rafael Mar

6. Spanish Period
• General Valeriano Weyler
Don Valeriano Weyler y
Nicolau, Marquis of Tenerife,
Duke of Rubí, Grandee of
Spain, (September 17, 1838
– October 20, 1930) was a
Spanish general, and
Governor General of the
Philippines and Cuba. He
was noted for his
Reconcentración policy[1] of
interning peasants under
deplorable conditions.

7. Spanish Period
Built in 1754-1776 CHURCH Casa Tribunal

8. Campañario de Dumaguete
Old Campañario 1760 Campañario of 2014

9. Liberator from Spanish Rule
• Don Diego R. de la Vina
• Born on May 20, 1849 in Binondo, Manila,
Diego de la Viña was known as a
powerful
• cacique, a disciplinarian, and “Tamer” of
the Bukidnons of Negros. Both his parents
belonged to
• affluent families. His father, Diego de la
Viña y Balbin, was an engineer from
Oviedo, Asturias,
• Spain, while his mother Damiana de la
Rosa was a Chinese mestiza. On many
occasions, he signed
• his name as Diego de la Viña y de la Rosa
to distinguish himself from his father.
• He was reared in the wealthy district of
Binondo. After his studies in the Escuela
Superior
• in Manila, he was sent to Spain. He entered
his father’s alma mater, the University of
Oviedo in
• the Basque province of Asturias, where he
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

10. Early Sugar Traders of Dumaguete
The man sitting in the center is Joaquin
Montenegro, one of the very first pioneers
of Negros. picture taken in 1890 Photo by :
Miguel Alvarez Tan Bindo Regis Villanueva

11. Early Sugar Traders
Montenegro Villanueva

12. Home of Foreign Culture

13. American Period
Culture of Parade in 1925 Trade School 1927

14. American Education
Silliman Institute 1901 (S.U.)
Negros Oriental High 1902 (
NOHS )

15. American Education
ST. Paul Academy ( SPUD) Rizal BLVD Built in 1916

16. Pioneer Government Leaders
First Governor of Negros
Oriental First Town Mayor of Dumaguete

17. Transportation
Pedcab Kalsea

18. Japanese Occupation
Japanese Officer’s House
• Serafin Lajato Teves
Mansion

21. Japanese Era Underground Movement
Jovenal Villanueva Somoza Engr Eduardo Blanco

22. Post-War
Pres Roxas visit Dumaguete Banca race 1951

23. 1948 Dumaguete Became a City
Father of the City Charter
Sen. Lorenzo Teves
First Charter City Mayor
Atty Diogracias Teves Pinili

24. Foundation University 1949

25. Art & Culture

26. Martial Law Era
• The poet Cesar Ruiz Aquino
tells the story of being the
first workshopper: “We
were a very young college
boy when we came to
Dumaguete for the first
time in the summer
National Summer Worshop

27. Martial Law Literature
• Elsa Martinez
Coscolluela is an
award-winning
Filipina poet, short-story
writer, and
playwright.In 1999
she was instilled as a
Hall of Famer in the
Palanca Awards.

28. Local Cuisine
Native Food Spicy Dumaguete Express

29. Pinili Clan
One of the biggest Family in
Negros Pinili /Teves Ladies 1900s

30. Flores de Mayo
Hermano Mayor Santacruzan Festival

31. Education Tourism

33. Tourism Volunteer
Tourism Council
Arts & Festival Society
SEC Recognized NGO

34. A Tribute to the National Artist
Eddie Sinco Romero

38. Present Dumaguete City
Mayor Manuel Teves Sagarbarria Dumaguete City

39. Thank you so much “ God bless”