Earlier inhabitants called the island of Negros “Buglas,” believing that it was formed when the island was “torn from” other islands of the country while rising waters cut off the Philippines from the Asian mainland. The shape of the islands of the Visayas confirms this belief as they can be put together as in a giant jigsaw puzzle to form a mass. The theory of “continental drift” that gave birth to Negros due to a “geographical upheaval” whose uplift caused some lands to break up, to submerge, and others to rise or increase their land area also provides evidence of this belief that the island was nabuglas from the rest of the country.

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