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Background
How Bais got its name ? “ Bais “ is a Visayan word for a long elongated eel-like fish. But like
must place in the country, whose name was the result of a language barrier, this particular aquatic specie
succeeded in attaining epic prominence by a mere accident.
The story goes that one time, a party composed of Spanish Engineers and surveyors and
accompanied by civil guards boarded a sailboat and dropped anchor at the vicinity of the two islets which
are now known as Dewey and Olympia just fronting the poblacion on the mainland. The entourage was
said to have come from the western and of the island of Negros and together with the party was a handful
of stouthearted missionaries presumably to handle the spiritual side of the journey.
From what could be gathered, the main purpose of the voyage was reportedly to survey the
coastal areas as part of the plan to draw-up map of Negros Island. Early one morning, the chief of the
survey party, a sturdy Spaniard with mustache and rough whiskers to match potted two brown skinned
natives each lugging a basket teeming with eels which they caught in a prepared trap laid along the
swollen river banks that emptied into the sea.
As is wont with foreigners saddled with the task of gathering information, thew visiting group
sauntered to where the native fishermen were huddled and inquired in the Castillan lingo as to the name
of the place: “Oye , Indios, Como se llama este lugar?” (Meaning: what is the of this place?).
The natives, who were amazed at the sight of the unexpected intruders and hearing for the first
time such strange language that sounded as foreign as the person who said it, mistook the question to
mean an inquiry as to their catch especially with the fact that the visitors’ gaze was glued to the day’s
fishing yield.
“Bais”, was the court reply of the two natives in a voice almost in chorus. Whereupon, the chief
engineer – surveyor jotted down in his diary of travel the word “ Bais” and from that time on, the place
bore the name of the snaky aquatic denizen.
Bais as a barrio and later a municipality. During the era of Spanish domination, Bais was merely
a barrio of the municipality of Manjuyod. The appointed village headman as well as the followers pledged
loyalty to the alcalde of the municipality. Unlike other villages of the time, Bais was already endowed
with progress in terms of culture, commerce, politics and standard of living.
The Spanish authorities, witnessing the phenomenal growth and development of the village,
erected the first church. Much later, a village audencia was established and streets were improved.
Notwithstanding all these improvements, Bais still remained a barrio of Manjuyod.
When the Americans replaced the Spanish regime in the Philippines, Negros Oriental became a
province with the late Demetrio Larena of Bais holding the distinction as its first governor. It was during
this epoch in 1901, that Bais realized a dream come true when she was raised politically from a barrio to
full townhood, distinct and separately
Since then, Bais continued to move forward with remarkable persistence towards enviable height.
Cityhood, The city of Bais comes into being on September 9, 1968 by virtue of Republic Act No. 5444,
otherwise known as the Creating the City of Bais. President Ferdinand E. Marcos personally proclaimed
Bais a c city on the historic day of September. Genaro Goñi was the first city mayor.
A. Geographic Description
1. Topography
The highesr point of the City is located in Barangay Sab-ahan with an elevation of 950 masl.the
urban areas and coastal barangays have elevations from five (5) to twenty (20) masl.
The lowlands are characterized by coastal flood plains of level to very gently slopping in slope
( 0-3% ) which rises to moderately slopping to rolling ( 8-18%) going upland, rolling to hills ( 18-30%)
and to very steep hills and mountains (50%) and more ).
2. Geographical Mapping
Bais is structurally formed from various geologic structures enumerated as follows :
1. R – recent alluvium
2. S – edimentary Rock
3. P – liocene-Pleistocene
N3C1 - Calcareous Rocks
N3LS - Mabinay Limestone
4. L – ower Miocene
N1 – Shale , sandstone and conglomerate
5. Upper Miocene
N2 – Shale and sandstone
6. I – gneous Rocks
N2 – Basal/Andesite Series
Soils
There are eight (8) soil types that could be found in Bais City : Isabela Clay, La Castellana Series,
Mandaue Clay, Faraon Clay, Guimbalaon Series, Catbalogan Limestone, and the non-agricultural soil
which includes the hydrosol ( salt marshes, beach sand and etc.)
Climate
Bais City has the third type of which climate is characterized by a pronounced dry and wet season. It is
relatively dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year. The average annual rainfall
recorded during the years 1987-97 was 104.3 mm. In December to May the rainfall can be classified as
normal with precipitation rates less than 100 mm per month. Heavy rainfall were recorded in June to
November with rates from 104.3 to 123.0 mm per month. The average temperature during the time 1987-
97 was 27.4 deg.celcius . During the same time, relative humidity was 81%. The general direction of the
wind throughout the year is towards Northeast. The province experiences an average of 41 typhoons
every year. Typhoon occurrence is low in September and high in Decembe
B. Demographic Profile
Facility Mapping
SCHOOLS
HEALTH FACILITIES
A Hospital
- BAIS DISTRICT HOSPITAL
- GLAD/IMAP LYING IN CLINIC
- POBLETE BIRTHING CLINIC
- UNG’S DIAGNOSTIC CENTER
- ST. LOUIE DIAGNOSTIC CENTER
- FAMILY CLINIC
- NICHOLAS FAMILY CLINIC
- DR. TERESITA D. GANTALAO
PRIVATE CLINIC
- DR. MARIBEL V. SAYSON
PRIVATE CLINIC
- DR. WILTON CHIU Q. ENGTAI
PRIVATE CLINIC
- DR. CAROLYN T. MANANQUIL
PRIVATE CLINIC
- LF DIALYSIS CENTER
C. HEALTH STATISTICS
C. Health Statisctics
5
6
10
TOTAL
2 Septicemia 23
6 Diabetes Mellitus 10
9 COPD , unsp. 4
TOTAL 197
4 Pneumonia 19
5 CerebroVascular Diseases 18
6 Septicemia 17
8 Arthritis 14
9 COPD , unsp. 12
TOTAL 344
10
TOTAL
5 Infected Wound 7
6 Essential Hypertension 7
7 Otitis Externa 6
8 Cellulitis 5
9 Cutaneous Abscess 5
10 Myalgia 4
TOTAL 102
1 Cough 110
2 Wound 78
3 Pneumonia 43
4 URTI 35
5 UTI 32
7 Allergic Reaction 22
8 Lower Respiratory Tract Infection 22
9 Epigastric Pain 18
10 HPN 18
TOTAL 402
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
0 TO 59 MONTHS OLD
VACCINATION COVERAGE
Environmental Sanitation
Indicators Number
Total Number of Households with access to Safe Water Supply
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
Total Number of Households using safely managed drinking water
Water services
AVAILABLE HRH
DOCTOR 10 1:20,000
NURSE 8 1:20,000
MIDWIFE 18 1: 5,000
DENTIST 1 1:20,000
PHARMACIST 2 1: 20,000
NUTRITIONIST-DIETICIAN 2 1: 20,000
DRIVER 6
NURSING AIDES
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
JANITORIAL
TOTAL
D. Socio- Economic Situation
Major Fields of Employment Other Fields of Employment
Financial Resources
Banking Institutions
Furniture Industry
Garment Industry
Metal crafts/Products Industry
Food processing
Monte Solar Energy, Inc. ( Montesol)
Export; Sugar
Education
2. Biological
Hazard
3.
Technological
Hazard
4. Societal
Hazard
2. HAZARD MAPPING
3. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Table 3 . Vulnerability Assessment Matrix
4. RISK ASSESSMENT
4.1 Inventory of Capacity
4.1.2 for the external DRRM-H Institutionalization Inventory, use the matrix below
Categories Bases
Testing of the Plan Describe how plan is being tested , through drills ,
SIMEX , Tabletops