Historia de Bais City

  Huge congratulations to our very own Local Council Scout Executive, Queen Marie Villanueva Truno-Ferraren, for being awarded the prestigious Gold Usa Award National Court of honor by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines! This award, presented at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino during the 69th Annual National Council Meeting, recognizes her meritorious and outstanding service rendered to the organization. Thank you, Lord, for this immense blessing! All glory belongs to God. Her deepest gratitude to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines National Office, the Western Visayas Regional Coordination Office, and the Negros Oriental-Siquijor Council. Photo Credit to CC Noel Alicaya, CSE Shilla, and LCEBM Penn T. Larena for their unwavering support. , Queen Marie Villanueva Truno-Ferraren, Gold Usa Awardee with National President Atty Emilio Aquino 

 The literary and cultural history of Bais City, Negros Oriental, is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of its vast sugarcane plantations, its historic coastal bay, and the shifting dynamics of its prominent pioneering families. Far from being merely an economic engine driven by the sugar boom, Bais developed a rich, reflective intellectual life. Local literature emerged as an essential canvas for preserving ancestral history, asserting local identity, and processing the profound transitions from a 19th-century feudal landscape to a modern chartered city. Through poetry, historiography, drama, and local cultural leadership, the literary legacy of Bais is defined by a distinct group of writers, poets, and historians who captured the "simple old-world charm" and complex human stories of the Baisanons . The Pioneers & Historiographers The foundation of Bais City’s literary consciousness began with a deep obligation to document its roots, pioneering families, and political his...

 Baisanon lady daughter of one of our local Heroes in Negros Oriental  Ambrosio B. Somoza