Calatrava

Negros Occidental

Calatrava News

  • Lilas Pandan Festival Music Video

    Pandan plants are tropical plants that thrive abundantly and widely just anywhere in the Philippines. One location is the rocky terrain of Calatrava in the Visayas.

  • Lilas Pandan Celebrating The Pandan Weaving Industry In Negros Island

    Lilas Pandan Celebrating The Pandan Weaving Industry In Negros Island

    Who would have thought that one can make a living out of pandan leaves?

    Pandan plants are tropical plants that thrive abundantly and widely just anywhere in the Philippines. One location is the rocky terrain of Calatrava in the Visayas.

    Calatrava is a first class municipality in the Province of Negros Occidental. It is bounded by Sagay City and Toboso municipality on the north, San Carlos City on the south, Don Salvador Benedicto municipality and portions of San Carlos City on the west and the TaƱon Strat at the east. The municipality, Calatrava, was named after the city of La Mancha in ...

  • Wildlife Monkey Sanctuary And Eco Park Calatrava Negros Occidental

    Wildlife Monkey Sanctuary And Eco Park Calatrava Negros Occidental

    Wildlife Monkey Sanctuary and Eco Park is located in the town of Calatrava, Negros Occidental Province. Wild yet friendly monkeys dwell in the paradise-like wildlife sanctuary communing with the beauty of nature.

    These monkeys are people-friendly but very territorial in nature. They thrived on the food and brought water by visitors and tourists. Its the last place of this part of the island where they live in the wild.

    How to get there

    Calatrava is a three-hour drive from Bacolod City by public utility vehicles and approximately two-and-a-half hours through private car. Aircon and no ...

  • Kagubatan Para Sa Tao Tao Para Sa Kagubatan

    Matayog na punong kahoy, nag aawitang mga ibon at matitinis na hagalpas ng mga dahon tangay ng sariwang hangin. Hanging para sa lahat ng bagay na may buhay. Pagmamahal at hindi takot.

    "Kagubatan para sa tao, Tao para sa kagubatan," ito ang natatanging tema na isinulong ng isang adbokasiya na nagtaguyod sa kaunlaran ng mga gubat sa buong mundo sa pagdiriwang nito.

    Kalakip sa selebrasyon ang iba't ibang palabas para mapaigting ang kaalaman sa kalagayan at kapayapaan ng kagubatan, hindi lamang sa taong ito kundi pati na rin sa hinaharap. Naglunsad din ng mga gawain ang United Nations tulad ...

  • Hydropower

    Visiting the Nurek Dam turned out to be more educational than I thought.

    Come to think of it, I chose modern science, or perhaps current events over history.

    I figure I can learn a thing or two from Nurek, since Negros Occidental is poised to add to its green sources of electric power from hydro dams.

    Hydropower plant projects in Negros Occidental will mostly harness the power of major river systems such as Bago, Hilabangan, Himogaan, Malogo and others.

    The Department of Energy has approved hydropower projects in the province as of January 2014, in Salvador Benedicto, Kabankalan, S ...