Historia de Bais City

Baisanon Historian : Prof. Penn Tulabing Larena, CPS,MPA, KCR Photo by : Hon.  Thirdy Bouffard  and Sir    Lloyd R. Dionson The Gabaldon School Buildings or simply known as the Gabaldon's is a term used to refer to heritage school buildings in the Philippines built during the American colonial era               Sen.  Isauro Gabaldon These were the Commonwealth-era school buildings that were made possible by R.A. No. 1801, a bill Gabaldón had authored as a member of the Philippine Assembly in 1907. The early-20th-century bill ensured that a million pesos would be allocated to the building of schoolhouses (especially in the provinces) to go alongside the newly-implemented free public education system. The buildings were then designed by American architect William Parsons, who had also been the architect behind the Paco Railroad Station and the first Manila Hotel. As the Gabaldon School Buildings Conservation Act notes, the ...

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...

BAIS CITY POLITICAL HISTORY Historian: Penn Tulabing – Villanueva Larena The Origin of its name Bais is a Visayan word for an elongated eel-like a fish but like most places in the country whose name was the result of the language barrier this particular aquatic species succeeded in attaining epic prominence by a mere accidental stoke of faith. This happened when Spanish engineers, surveyors, and civil guards boarded a sailboat in the vicinity of the two Islands (Dewy and Olympia) wanting to know the name of the place for the record, they asked two native fishermen who were catching “Bais” fish at that time. Spoken in Spanish the natives thought the strangers inquired of the name of the fish, so that the curt reply almost in the chorus was “Bais”, upon the chief engineer surveyor listed down the word “Bais”. From that time on, the place bore the name of the snacky aquatic denizen (Josefa Villanueva Perez, historian Bais City). Pre Spanish Period Bais before was alrea...