Important Figures in the Baena Family from Bais City

 

Important Figures in Baena  Family

Sugar Industry Leader and Hacienderos

Gomez Sisters ( Tomas and Brigilda ) Pioneer Haciendera of Bais

Clemente Gil Diago

Jose Garcia Baena

Bruno Gomez

Luis Burgos ( Famous Street in Dumaguete City)

 

Military Service

Diego Garcia Baena  Spanish Navy who  served  in Havana Cuba

Jose Garcia Baena- Spanish Army

Maj.Gen. Irving Malunda-Police Service

Col. Jose Ramer Sr Megio -Philippine Army

Enrique  Baena Villanueva Jr.- Bataan March Veteran & Magsaysay Awardee

COLONEL RIZALINO C. CABANBAN PAF (Ret)-Philippine Air Force

 

Politics

Enrique Cayetano Teves Villanueva Governor of Negros Oriental

Julian Lajato Teves Governor of Negros Oriental

Diogenes Villanueva Baena City Councilor Bais

Maria Nievas Burgos Diago -First lady Councilor of Bais

Renato Baena Villanueva -First Mayor of Mabinay

Emilio Baena Teves- Mayor of Bais City

Demetrio Rubio Larena Jr. -Mayor of Bais City

David Rubio Larena- Vice Mayor of Bais City

 

 

 

Visual Arts

Dance

MEV Mariant Escaño Villegas-Outsanding Baisanon Awardee -Arts & Culture  2018

Alana Diago Vicente- Ballerina and Stage Actress

Painting

Josefa Baena Villanueva Perez

Ryn Paul N. Gonzales

Elsinore Jude Matillano Baena 


Film and Cinema

Chanda Romero -Actress

Yazmine Romero -Actress

 

Agriculture

Alejandrio Teves Escano -Agribusiness

Julianing A. Teves AABT Board of Director

Demetrio Teves Larena III -First City Agriculturist Officer Bais City

 

Law

Thomas Baena

Joselito Paloma Baena

Izzy Martin Maximo

 

Music

Joseph Albert Perez Baena- Music Professor

JJ Baena  Macahig- Musician

Chivs B.Malunda -Composer and Singer

 

Art Photography

Earl Martinez Teves

Lyn Teves- Alvarez

Johan Vilhelm Löfgren

Edu Alivio

Gb Lutz Baena Aguilar

 

Cultural ,Heritage & Literary Arts

 

Jaime Alfonso Larena Ponce de leon -Director Leon Gallery & Auction House

Josefa Baena Villanueva Perez -Historian, Researcher and Visual Arts

Simon Anton Diego Baena- International Poet

Josefino" Penn" T. Larena Jr. -Write, Historian and Poet

Leonaga T. Larena -Writer ,Poet and pioneer member Dumaguete Reading Club 1970s to 1980s

Dr. Tichie Ann Saycon Econg-Baena ,Ph.D- Writer, Researcher and Literature Professor

 

Broadcasting & Mass Communication

Sandra Perez Duran- Pioneer Radio DJ,Newspaper Writer and Visayan Journalism

Mitch Perez Duran -Radio DJ and Radio news anchor

Susan Perez Alino -Radio Drama Actor,Radio Host and Regional Head of GMA TV

Ian Cody Baena Katipunan -Radio Anchor and Radio Reporter

 

Knights of Rizal

Sir Farid Baena ,KCR -Regional Commander Visayas

Sir Penn T. Larena ,KCR-Deputy Chapter Commander Negros Oriental Area

 

Culinary Arts

Jappy Diago Afzelius- degree Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche New York Chef

Randy E. Villegas -Restaurant owner

Angelica Hawkins- Executive head chef&FoodStylist  Sydney, Australia

Janeth Villariza Gonzales Hui-Keto Pastry chefs

 

The Bachelorette Australia Session 6

Adrian Baena -First runner up

 

Sciences and Environment

Elise Perez Basa-Inocencio- Researcher at Silliman University Center for Tropical Conservation Studies

Alexander Sollesta Baena- Researcher and Sciences Professor

 

Health Sciences

Grethel Baena Ocampo -Licensed Occupation Therapy

 

 

 


 

 

 

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  1. Negros Tourism & Tour GuideJanuary 12, 2023 at 7:02 AM

    Contribution to the Baena Clan in Negros Oriental

    1. The family established the famous Hacienda Hangyad now managed by Gaspar Vicente Hermanos
    2. The clan produced two Governors in Negros Oriental namely Gov. Enrique Teves Villanueva and Gov. Julian Lajato Teves.
    3. First Miss Negros Oriental Carnival Queen in 1909 Francisca Gomez Baena
    Miss Bais Carnival Queen 6
    Miss Bais City 10
    Miss Silliman U 2
    Miss Dumaguete runner up 5
    Hara sa FU -2
    Mutya ng Pilipinas 2
    Miss Earth 1
    4. A family of Mecaniko of Trank, motocycle and motorpool of the Sugar Central
    5. Pioneer in the Sugar Industry in Negros Oriental ( Tanjay and Bais)

    Gomez Sisters ( Tomasa and Brigida )
    Clemente Gil Diago
    Diego Garcia Baena
    Jose Garcia Baena
    Bruno Gomez
    Luis Burgos
    Francisco Gomez Baena
    Salvador Gomez Burgos
    Rafael L. Abilla

    6.First First woman councilor in Bais Maria Nieves Burgos Diago
    7. Literary Artists from Bais City
    Josefa Baena Villanueva -Perez
    Diogenes Villanueva Baena
    Simon Anton Diego Baena
    Tichie Ann Saycon Econg Baena Ph.D
    Penn T. Larena ,MPA,KCR

    Leonaga T. Larena ,RN,MPM


    8. The Baena family contributed in the construction of the Rizal Monument in 1928
    9. A Baena family is family of Medical and Dentistry Doctors
    Dr. Michelle durango gonzales Avanzado
    Dr bunjoy gonzales ancajas
    Dr xavier Gonzalez Solis
    Dr. Diogenes M. Baena
    Dr. Dr homero gonzales
    Dr dinah gonzales abella
    Dr maranatha roca gonzalez.
    Dr. Jezreel Gonzales

    10. Jaime Alfonso Larena Ponce de leon Director of Leon Gallery the lending auction house. Founded in 2010, Leon Gallery is primarily known as the leading gallery specializing in historically important and museum quality Philippine art. Old Master paintings such as those done by Juan Luna, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, Fabian de la Rosa, and Fernando Amorsolo lie at the core of Leon Gallery’s collection. The gallery’s holdings include modernist works of notable artists such as Fernando Zobel, Romeo Tabuena, Diosdado Lorenzo, and Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, among others.

    Since the pieces of Leon Gallery are steeped in history and tradition hence having impeccable provenance, the gallery persists to have an exemplary level of scholarship, especially in the authentication and documentation of important pieces. Thus, the authenticity for each artwork is guaranteed.

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  2. Negros Tourism & Tour GuideJanuary 12, 2023 at 7:04 AM

    Sir Penn T. Larena is the 2022 National Distinguished Service Medal knights of Rizal

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