The island of Negros is approximately located in the middle of the archipelago, 500 miles south of Manila. It lies along 9º 1′ to 11′ north and longitude 12º 34′ to 122º 24 east. It is the fourth largest island in the Philippine archipelago. It is located between the islands of Panay in the west […]

Negros Island, the fourth biggest island in the Philippine archipelago, lies near the central part of the country. Negros Occidental, in the western side of the island, is one of the 6 provinces comprising Region VI, Western Visayas.

Negros Island was originally called “Buglas” - an old native word which is thought to mean “cut off”. It is believed that Negros was once part of a greater mass of land, but was cut off either by what geologists call a continental drift or by the rising waters during the Ice age. Among its […]