BAIS CITY POLITICAL HISTORY

Teofisto Jamora Guingona Sr. (born  Teofisto Guingona y Jamora ; September 20, 1883 – April 11, 1963) was father of former Vice President  Teofisto Guingona Jr.  and the grandfather of former senator  TG Guingona . He was born in Guimaras, Iloilo, on September 20, 1883. He is the son of Don Vicente Guingona and Doña Francisca Jamora. Guingona joined the insurgent army when the revolution against Spain broke out. He became the first Municipal Treasurer of Nabalas from 1899 to 1901. He then became Municipal President from 1901 to 1902. He was elected Representative from the second district of Negros Oriental in 1909 and was re-elected to the same post in 1912. Guingona then resigned from the Legislature and served as Governor of Agusan from 1913 to 1917; the province is now divided as  Agusan del Norte  and  del Sur . He then served as acting Governor of Dept. of Mindanao and Sulu from 1918 to 1920. He was also the first Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes from 1920 to 1

Eduardo J.Blanco was the provincial engineer of Negros Oriental during the Outbreak of World War II,was born in Dumaguete City coming from a typical Dumaguetiño Spanish /Chinese Mestizo familia. Building Government Facilities and improvement of infrastructure projects, he might have anticipated the importance of the Dumaguete Airport to Japanese Military Operations because he and assistant provincial engineer Jovenal Villanueva -Somoza volunteered to stay on working on the airfield, thus gaining familiarity with installation.  He organized the underground intelligence resistance in Dumaguete they had twenty members. At the height of the struggle, they drew a ground plan of the airport which was secretly converged to the guerrilla headquarters, and    the American forces in Australia. Subsequent American attracts on the airfield were right on target, Suspicion again Blanco and his men. On September 12,1944,they were arrested and interrogated by the Japanese in "Davao Cottag

Don Diego R. de la Viña The town was the official residence of the revolutionary leader and hero of Negros Oriental, Don Diego de la Viña y de la Rosa. Don Diego de la Viña shaped the beginnings of the municipality, “Vallehermoso” when he saw the beautiful valley. In 1881, Don Diego de la Viña came from Negros Occidental in search of territories to conquer. The land he saw a top the mountains was the wilderness called Bagawines. Bukidnons, known to be unfriendly aboriginals inhabited the area. However, de la Viña sought the tribal chief, named Ka Saniko and truck barter. For lands on coastal Bagawines, de la Viña offered wondrous articles from Iloilo, such as fine canes, well-crafted bolos and colorful patadyongs. Ka Saniko then moved further to Pinokawan. De la Viña with a number of Bukidnons cleared the land and constructed his residence, a casa tribunal and a chapel. In less than five years they transformed the valley into a hacienda of sugar cane, tobacco, coconut, rice a