Don Salvador Benedicto
Local News: 19 Cebu Students Hurt as Bus Falls Off Cliff in DSB
At least 19 students from Cebu City were injured and brought to various medical facilities, when the school bus they were riding fell into a 30-foot ravine at Kilometer 41 Brgy. Igmaya-an Don Salvador Benedicto town at 11:15 a.m. last Saturday, police said.
PO3 Edgar Corteza, traffic investigator of the Don Salvador Benedicto police station, in a phone interview, said the bus was carrying more than 20 students, but only 19 were brought to different medical facilities, while the rest, who suffered bruises and minor injuries, opted not to seek hospital treatment.
Local News: Mini Bus Hits Ravine in DSB; 19 Persons Hurt
A mini-bus owned by Don Bosco Technical School fell off a 15-meter ravine along the national highway at Kilometer 41, Brgy. Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, at about 11:15AM, Saturday while on their way to Mambukal Mountain Resort, Murcia from Cebu City.
Local News: DSB Man Gunned Down
A resident of Don Salvador Benedicto was gunned down, recently by unidentified persons at Brgy. Bunga Proper of the said town.
Police report said Danilo Ruiz, 52, of Purok Kaimito, Brgy. Bunga succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound on the back from an unknown caliber of firearm.
Local News: Shabu Seized in Raid, 2 Persons Fall
Sachets containing suspected shabu and paraphernalia were confiscated by local police officers in La Carlota City in a raid conducted Wednesday afternoon that resulted to the arrest of two.
Events: DSB Memorial Hospital: Champ, ‘Pawasak’ Streetdance Contest
Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial Hospital won the championship in the on-going La Carlota City 33rd "Pasalamat" Festival 2012 ‘Pawasak’ Streetdancing Competition yesterday. First Runner-up was City Veterinary Office and 2nd Runner-up was won by City Health Office. They received cash prizes of P2,500.00, P2,000.00 and P1,500.00 respectively, from Mayor Juliet Marie D. Ferrer.
City Mayor’s Office in colorful costumes in "PAWASAK"-Streetdancing
Competition with their indifatigable cheerleader like a Reyna Elena in Beauty
and the Best Movie dancing to the tune of Samba Beat " Let’s Go La Carlota" for
everybody’s delight and enjoyment.*(Jun de los Reyes/NDB)
Feature: MONTELIBANOS’ WORLD WAR II HIDEOUT.
MONTELIBANOS’ WORLD WAR II HIDEOUT. Hidden in the thick forest cover above Barangay Pandanon in Don Salvador Benedicto town, Negros Occidental, accessible only through rivers, giant rocks and punishing climb with both hands and feet hugging the sometimes loose mountainsides — is the former mountain "hideout and temporary home" of the late Negros Island Governor Alfredo "Peding" Montelibano Sr. during the Japanese invasion and the war years. Tyo Peding was Bacolod’s first city mayor. Mediamen Arman Toga (Negros Daily Bulletin editor and Negros Press Club president), 4th from left, and broadcaster Boy Ciocon (DYAF Veritas and NPC treasurer), 2nd from left, dared Sunday (April 22) the difficult and risky terrains to reach the historical bunker. With them was Pandanon kagawad Elmo Amit, 3rd from left, and some guides, who said that as far as they can remember, it was the first time media people reached the area.*
This site not only reminds us about our recent past and the struggles of our great leaders to preserve our island and ensure our freedom from invaders.
The fortress and its environs need to be taken cared of, and can also be another tourist destination.
It must also be made accessible to all.
Boycioc
Boycioc is exerting extra efforts, as this climb was just the beginning of the most difficult part of the journey to the historical bunker where Negros Island Government’s sensitive documents and other properties were hidden along with Gov. Montelibano Sr. during the Second World War when Japanese soldiers were rounding up Negros officials...
Pitchblack
Inside the pitch black bunker, so some of the guides had to light up something to see clearly inside what used to be the temporary home of the Montelibanos to escape Japanese attacks...
THIS STRUCTURE BUILT
THIS STRUCTURE BUILT in a cave under forest cover, thick vegetation and huge rocks, used to protect the documents of the Negros Island Government under Gov. Alfredo "Peding" Montelibano, Sr., and his family. It took a while for a small group last Sunday to find their way into the "bunker".. See Page 10 for more. * (Arman Toga photos)
