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List of Heritage Houses in Silay City Silay City is known as the Paris of Negros and also the Seat of Arts, Culture and Ecotourism in the province of Negros Occidental. Also Silay is considered as a Museum City because of of its numerous heritage houses. Below is the list of heritage houses in Silay City which you can visit during your heritage tour. Most of the houses is still inhabited while others were turned into museum, cafe, bed and breakfast, pension house and etc; For questions and inquiries you can drop your comment below or you may send us a message via contact form on the lower right side of the blog. Level 1 – Declared 1. Carlos Arceo Ledesma Heritage House 2. Leandro de la Rama Locsin Ancestral House 3. Delfin Ledesma Ledesma Heritage House 4. Juana Coloso Ledesma House 5. Amelia Hilafo Flores House ( owned by Jison-Alano ) 6. Arsenia Lopez Jison Ancestral House 7. Antonio Novels Sian House 8. Manuel de la Rama Locsin Ancestral House 9. Josefita ...

The 14th ATOP-DOT Pearl Award, the highest award giving body in the field of tourism in the Philippines awarded Silay City as Best in Tourism Oriented LGU in the Philippines. The Pearl Award Ceremonies were held at the Ball Room of the Oriental Hotel in Legazpi City Province of Albay last October 3, 2013.                           Silay official representatives are Councilor Neil Solomon Locsin and Tourism Officer Severino F. Pacete. Mr. Severino also awarded as Most Outstanding Tourism Officer of the Philippines. Other city level awards won by Silay are: Best Tourism Month Celebration, First Runner-up; Best Tourism Event- Festival, Hugyaw Kansilay Festival (Silay Charter Anniversary); and Best Tourism Event- Art and Culture Silay Christmas Village, second runner-up. The National Awards are given by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) in recognition of exception...

When i was a child i always seen the old wharf every time we gone boating and when we visit the coastal area if we want to get sea shells. My first impression was it was supposed to be a bridge connecting Negros island to Panay island. It is located at Brgy. Mambulak. According to elders it was a project of Pres. Marcos as i always encounter stories like that. But as i read articles and blogs this months it fascinates me to search the true story behind that ruins. Maybe i grew up in Silay City but no knowledge about this landmark. But today i know what exactly it is and what was it before.                                                             Photo by: MelGallegos It was built and completed in 1933. Designed by Lucio Bernasconi an Italian architect who is also responsible of tha San Diego Pro-Cathedral of Silay City. Consi...

Photo By: Dats Snapshot Long before the coming of the Spaniards in Buglas (Negros Island), there lived a beautiful “Lin-ay” (Maiden) in a shoreline village of Karobkob. She is called Kansilay.  She’s so sweet and beautiful that the people of the village liked her. She is the only daughter of Pinunong Bubog, the village chief. Her fiancé is Lawa-an, a handsome and hard working “ulitao” (gentlemen). Kansilay and Lawa-an are so in love with each other and their parents have agreed for their “tambe-palad” (marriage) when the right time comes. One day, Lawa-an joined the young men of the village in the annual “ pangayam” (hunting for wildlife) which would last for one full moon. Lawa-an bid Kansilay goodbye. While the young men of the village were away, there came a group of “ tulisan” (bandits) headed by Lunok. They burned the houses, looted the property, and even raped some women. Old Bubog gathered the elders of the village and fought Lunok. The villain treacherously killed the chie...