Demetrio Larena | |
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Vice-President of the Republic of Negros | |
In office November 5, 1898 –April 30, 1901 | |
Preceded by | (post made) |
Succeeded by | Antonio Jayme (as Civil Vice-Governor) |
1st Governor of Negros Oriental | |
In office 1901–1906 | |
Preceded by | (position last held by Antonio Ferrer,as Gobernadorcillo) |
Succeeded by | Hermenegildo Villanueva |
Demetrio Larena was a political hero and former governor of Negros Oriental (East Negros),a province on Negros Island in the Philippines. He was the vice-president of the Republic of Negros and eventually the governor of Negros Oriental from 1901 until 1906. Larena was instrumental in the establishment of Silliman University in Dumaguete. When Dr. David Hibbard came to the Philippines to scout for a good location of the school that the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions wanted to be founded,Dumaguete was not one of the places originally contemplated. The places that were considered as prospects for the school's location were Iloilo,Cebu and Zamboanga. [1] But due in part to Larena's accommodating gesture and Dumaguete's natural environment at that time,Hibbard decided that the best place to establish the school would be in Dumaguete.
Negros Oriental,officially the Province of Negros Oriental,is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeastern half of the large island of Negros,and borders Negros Occidental,which comprises the northwestern half. It also includes Apo Island,a popular dive site for both local and foreign tourists.
Dumaguete,officially the City of Dumaguete, and also known as Dumaguete City,is a 2nd income class component city and the capital of the province of Negros Oriental,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 134,103 people. It is the smallest in terms of land area yet the most populous among the cities and municipalities in the province of Negros Oriental.
Silliman University is a private university in Dumaguete,Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions,it is the first American and Protestant founded institution of higher learning in the Philippines and in Asia.
Negros Oriental State University is a public/state nonsectarian higher education institution in Dumaguete,Philippines. It was founded in 2004 by virtue of RA 9299. It is the only state university in the province of Negros Oriental,Philippines. Its Main Campus is located in Dumaguete and has the most number of academic programs and student organizations. It also has 6 satellite campuses all over the province. Formerly Central Visayas Polytechnic College,it was converted into a state university for students from Visayas and Mindanao.
San Jose,officially the Municipality of San Jose,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 21,956 people. It is the least populous town in Negros Oriental.
Vallehermoso,officially the Municipality of Vallehermoso,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 40,779 people.
Larena,officially the Municipality of Larena,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Siquijor,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 14,454 people.
Apo Island is a volcanic island covering 74 hectares in land area,7 kilometers off the southeastern tip of Negros Island and 30 kilometers south of the Negros Oriental capital of Dumaguete in the Philippines. The name "Apo" means "elder" or "respected ancestor" in the Visayan languages.
Siquijor State College is the only state college in the island province of Siquijor,Central Visayas,Philippines. The province is situated 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Negros Island,and 565 kilometres (351 mi) from Manila.
Hermenegildo Villanueva y Teves,fondly called Bindoy,was a Filipino politician. He served as Secretary of Labor for Manuel L. Quezon from December 1938 until his resignation in April 1939.
Lorenzo Guivelondo Teves was a Philippine politician who served in various positions in the Philippine Government. Teves hailed from the Province of Negros Oriental,where he took his college and law degrees from Silliman University. He was later on elected as representative of the 1st District of the province and served in that capacity from 1954 to 1965 in the 3rd,4th and 5th Congresses of the Philippines. In 1967 he was elected as a senator for the 6th Congress and 7th Congress. However,his term was cut short when President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. In 1978,he was appointed by President Marcos as governor of Negros Oriental,and in 1979,was elected for that same position. He continued to hold the office until 1987. A sports complex and a street in his hometown of Dumaguete was later named after Lorenzo Teves after his death. He is succeeded by eight children from his first marriage and three children from his second marriage.
Emilio Cabrera Macias II was a Filipino politician and doctor who held various positions in the Philippine Government,particularly in the Province of Negros Oriental.
The Silliman University College of Arts and Sciences is one of the constituent colleges of Silliman University,a private research university found in Dumaguete,Philippines. Granted Level III accreditation status by recognized accrediting agencies in the Philippine educational system,the College provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in various areas of learning such as in the fields of Anthropology,Creative Writing,English Language,Filipino,History,Literature,Philosophy,Political Science,Sociology,Physics,Chemistry,Biology,Mathematics among others.
The Weekly Sillimanian,also known as tWS,is the official weekly student paper of Silliman University,a private university in Dumaguete,Philippines. Its origin dates back to as early as 1903. Today,the paper is one of only four campus publications in the country that publishes on a weekly basis. Its office is situated at the ground floor of Oriental Hall,SU Campus along Hibbard Avenue.
David Sutherland Hibbard was an American missionary and educator who established and served as first president of Silliman Institute,now Silliman University in Dumaguete,Philippines.
Arthur L. Carson was an American missionary and educator who served as the president of Silliman University in Dumaguete,Philippines,from 1939 to 1953.
Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines,with a total land area of 13,309 km2 (5,139 sq mi). Negros is one of the many islands of the Visayas,in the central part of the country. The predominant inhabitants of the island region are mainly called Negrenses. As of 2020 census,the total population of Negros is 4,656,945 people.
The Governor of Negros Oriental is the local chief executive and head of the Provincial Government of Negros Oriental. Along with the Governor of Negros Occidental and the Mayor of the highly urbanized city of Bacolod,he sits as one of the chief executives of Negros Island.
The Silliman University Medical Center,also known as Silliman Medical Center or simply referred to as SU Medical Center or SUMC,is a private tertiary,teaching and academic hospital in Dumaguete,Philippines. Established in 1903 as the Dumaguete Mission Hospital under the auspices of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board from the United States by the American missionary doctor Henry Langheim,it is the second oldest American and Protestant founded hospital in the country after CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital in Iloilo City,the university hospital of Silliman's sister school,Central Philippine University.