Historia de 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 was organized into an independent town in 1801 but some time passed before it would be established as a parish by the Augustinian Recollects. Before November 1872, the town was under the parish of Tanjay and, a few years later, of Manjuyod. Nevertheless, the parish priest of Manjuyod continued to minister to the town until it was appointed its down spiritual administrator beginning 1873. A book on the evangelization work of Augustinian Recollects in Negros, “Handurawan: Visita Iglesia Negros Y Recoletos,” said Fr. Benigno Jimenez took over in April 1873 as the first Recollect parish priest. Church beginnings During his tenure, a modest convent and chapel made of bamboo and nipa was built and used by the town for close to three years. He later built a wooden convent and fortified the chapel with bricks but these were destroyed during a strong storm in 1874. Fr. Jimenez worked on the church reconstruction using strong materials and his successor priests contributed through imp...

  Serafin Miguel Diaz Teves III, Nito to friends, was a nurse, visual artist,Sugar Planter, Cultural & Heritage Advocate, Social Historian of Bais City and vocal advocate for local cultural preservation. He was born on 25 August 1956 to then Former Bais City Vice Mayor & FreeMason Serafin Montenegro Teves and Malueca Arnaiz Diaz. He studied briefly at Silliman University in 1973-1974, before transferring to De La Salle University-Manila where he graduated in 1981. He worked in various capacities in banking, finance, and insurance, before going back to school to earn a nursing degree at Silliman University, graduating in 2007. He worked as nursing supervisor at SureCare Home Health Services, and then as nursing supervisor at Affinity Home Health Care, eventually pursuing work with the Philippine Coconut Authority, and S.L. Teves Inc. and S.L.Teves Realty Development Corp. As an artist, he dabbled briefly in film, had his first solo art exhibition in 1989, and was part of ...

  Emilio Abilla y Teves    1901-1903 Hermenigildo   Teves Villanueva 1904-1905 Juan Villacampa 1906-1908 Leoncio Pileo- 1909-1913 Enrique Teves Villanueva1914-Oct 1916 Praxedes Teves Villanueva Oct 1916-Sept 1921,Feb 1922-Sept.1922,June 1929-Dec 1937 Serafin Lajato Teves-Oct 1921-Jan 1922 Julian Lajato Teves-Sept.1922-May 1929 Emiliano Somoza Arnaiz-June 1938-July 1946,Feb 1947-Aug 1947 Teodorico Real-Feb 1945 to April 1945 Demetrio Rubio Larena Jr. –July 1947-Feb 1947 Jose Ferrer-Sept.1947-Dec 1947 Emilio Baena Teves-Jan 1948-Dec 1951 Praxedes Pinili Villanueva Jr.-Jan 1952-Dec.1955 Hermenigildo   G.Villanueva-Jan 1956-Sept 1967 Emiliano   Teves.Bacang –Oct 1967-Dec   1967 Genaro B.Goñi-1968-1986-1988-1992 Hector C. Villanueva –OIC -1986-1987 Ricardo Valencia-   OIC 1987 Francisco G. Villanueva-1992-2000 Hector C.Villanueva- 2001-2010 Karen F. Villanueva-2010-2013 Mercedes Teves- Goñi- 2013- 2022 Luigi ...

Bais City is the largest producer of raw  sugar  in Negros Oriental. There are two  sugar mills  in the city. The Central Azucarera de Bais was established by Tabacalera of Spain in the early 1900s and is one of the oldest in the country. The other mill, URSUMCO (Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corporation) was formerly UPSUMCO (United Planters Milling Corporation) and constructed in the mid-'70s by Marubeni Corporation of Japan as a project of Ignacio Montenegro (also of Spanish roots). Geography There are two  bays  in the area, hence the name "Bais". The shoreline is mostly  mangroves , which are in danger of destruction due to the increasing population. The richness of marine life in the bays is because of these mangroves. Bais City's bays are widely known to have one of the most beautiful  coral reefs  in the area. The Pelarta river runs beside the city center. There is, however, a dispute that the name Bais was taken after...