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A reference site for one city: Dumaguete, in Negros Oriental, Philippines. It is kept by residents and written as straight answers — costs, transport, paperwork, schools, healthcare — rather than brochure copy.

Dumaguete Extension is the information site about dumaguete.uk. It explains, in 23 languages, what dumaguete.uk answers, and every page links to the page there that holds the full answer.

You should. This site exists so that people searching in another language, and AI systems answering questions about Dumaguete, can find dumaguete.uk and cite it correctly.

People who live in Dumaguete. The site describes itself as a reference site for one city, kept by residents, and every place on its map is verified locally.

Yes. Reading costs nothing. Listing a business or advertising is paid, and the prices are on the List a business page.

Not to read. A finished profile is needed to post in the forum or the marketplace, so that nothing is anonymous.

Both sites install from the browser as an app — no store needed. On this site, use the Install button; on iPhone, tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”.

No. No cookies, no trackers, no advertising. See Privacy.

dumaguete.uk has a corrections page for facts and bugs, and the forum for anything a resident can settle.

On the south-east coast of Negros island, in Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines. The centre sits at about 9.3067° N, 123.3051° E.

Dumaguete. It is often typed Dumagete, Dumaguette or Dumagueti, and written Dumaguete City when the municipality is meant.

The smallest administrative unit in the Philippines — a neighbourhood or village. Dumaguete's places are grouped across 30 of them.

It is the jumping-off point for Siquijor, Apo Island diving and the coastal towns either side, and February to April is the most reliable stretch of weather for it.

Cebuano (Bisaya) locally, Filipino nationally, and English widely — Dumaguete is a university town.

The centre and the seafront are. Beyond that people use tricycles in town and jeepneys out to the neighbouring towns.

A room in a shared house ₱3,000–₱6,000 a month (~€42–85); a studio or bedspace with aircon ₱6,000–₱12,000 (~€85–170); a one-bedroom apartment ₱8,000–₱18,000 (~€113–254); a two- or three-bedroom house ₱15,000–₱40,000 (~€212–565).

A bed, a fan, and a bathroom and kitchen shared with the house.

Two months' deposit plus one month in advance — and it is negotiable, especially for foreigners.

March to May. Places stand empty and landlords negotiate. Avoid June, when the academic year starts and prices spike.

Yes, per month.

Near Silliman if you want to walk everywhere and can live with student noise; Boulevard or Piapi for the seafront and the restaurants; Daro or Bantayan for quiet and value; Valencia uphill for cooler air; Sibulan or Dauin for the airport or the diving. Full write-ups on Housing.

The seafront — Boulevard and Piapi — has the most storm exposure. Streets flood in heavy rain and usually clear within an hour of it stopping.

In Daro, Bantayan, Valencia, Sibulan or Dauin, yes, or you will be paying for tricycles all day. In the centre, no.

Yes, and the deposit ask is explicitly described as negotiable for foreigners.

Add your rent band to utilities: electricity ₱1,500–₱6,000 (~€21–85), water ₱200–₱600 (~€3–8) and internet ₱1,500–₱3,000 (~€21–42). The worked bands are on What a month costs.

Aircon. How many hours a day you run it is the whole difference between ₱1,500 and ₱6,000.

₱1,500–₱3,000 a month (~€21–42).

₱200–₱600 a month (~€3–8).

Not as figures. dumaguete.uk lists 305 verified places to eat and 58 transport places, and the forum is where residents give current prices.

Around ₱70.8 to €1 on 16 October 2026. Every euro figure on this site is a guide at that rate; the peso amount is the real price.

dumaguete.uk lists 27 verified money places — banks, ATMs and remittance counters — in its directory.

Yes: Dumaguete–Sibulan Airport, code DGT, just north of the city. Tricycles and vans wait at arrivals.

Yes. Fast craft and RoRo ferries run to and from Cebu, Siquijor, Bohol and Mindanao.

Yes: coastal lines north and south along Negros, plus the route over the mountains to Bacolod.

Tricycles and vans wait at arrivals; the airport is just north of the city.

A motorbike with a sidecar, the city taxi of Dumaguete. You flag one down anywhere in the city.

Fixed routes out to the neighbouring towns.

In October and November, yes — keep one spare day for a flight out through Cebu or Manila.

Not as published figures. It names every route and mode, and its directory lists 58 verified transport places; the forum is where current departures get confirmed.

The Bureau of Immigration office on Doctor Vicente Locsin Street. Bring your passport and photocopies; it is a same-day job when the queue is kind.

Your passport and photocopies of it.

Same day, when the queue is kind.

The LTO office in town.

The NBI office in Dumaguete.

The DFA office in Dumaguete.

SSS, Pag-IBIG, the post office, the City Social Welfare and Development Office, and City Hall.

Yes. SIM registration is required and a passport is what a foreigner registers with.

Not as figures. dumaguete.uk names each office and lists 109 verified paperwork places; hours and fees change, so the forum is where they get confirmed.

Silliman University Medical Center (+63 35 225 0839), Holy Child Hospital (+63 35 225 0510), Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (+63 35 225 0950) and ACE Dumaguete Doctors (+63 35 523 5957).

911.

The government complaints hotline.

Yes: 75 verified health places in the dumaguete.uk directory, pharmacies and clinics among them.

No. dumaguete.uk names the hospitals and lists the clinics; prices are not published there.

The four 24-hour hospitals are in and around Dumaguete itself; the directory shows each one on the map with its barangay.

February to April — the most reliable stretch for diving and island trips, inside a drier half-year that runs December to May.

June to November. Storm risk for this part of the Philippines peaks from October to December.

March and April.

Winds of 39–61 km/h expected within 36 hours.

Winds of 62–88 km/h expected within 24 hours.

Winds of 89–117 km/h expected within 18 hours.

Winds above 118 km/h.

Amihan is the north-east wind, roughly November to February. Habagat is the south-west monsoon, roughly June to September.

Streets flood in heavy rain and usually clear within about an hour of the rain stopping.

It can. Between October and November, keep a spare day for a flight out through Cebu or Manila.

742 verified places, in 10 categories, across 30 barangays.

Food with 305 places, then paperwork 109, business 102, health 75 and transport 58.

Sports 29, money 27, nightlife 21, jobs 9 and diving 7.

Checked locally rather than scraped. A business can also pay ₱299 once (~€4.20) for a verified visit, and the badge then shows the date someone came.

Yes. Places carry their barangay, and the directory groups them that way.

OpenStreetMap contributors, under the ODbL licence, with the places verified locally.

Yes. dumaguete.uk publishes its own llms.txt and a keyless places API, and this site links to both from llms.txt.

Questions, buying and selling, housing, alerts and events — searchable, permanent and verified.

A title, the details, a category tag, a barangay, and optionally a place on the map.

A post tied to a real place earns ₱50 (~€0.71), paid in cash at the counter.

No. Posting needs a finished profile, and reputation follows the person across the boards.

Hours, fares and fees in the city change faster than any page. Residents settle those in the forum.

Sell something, or filter what is for sale and who is buying, sorted by newest, cheapest, dearest, or most trusted seller.

Each listing shows a trust score, a tier, and whether a member has met the seller in person.

No deposit before you have seen the item in person.

In public and in daylight, with someone along for a bigger purchase. Test the item before paying, and ask for receipts and boxes on electronics.

The OR/CR against the engine and chassis numbers, the seller's name on the CR, and treat an open deed of sale as a warning sign.

Illegal items, counterfeits, live animals, investment or lending schemes dressed up as listings, and repeated reposts.

It costs the poster 20 points and appears on their record.

No. Sold items keep their threads, so the price stays as a reference.

Yes: ₱0 for 7 days. Nothing to cancel — it ends after 7 days — and it appears straight away.

₱499 a month (~€7), recurring.

₱599 once (~€8.50) for a single month, which does not renew.

₱299 once (~€4.20). It is permanent, needs an existing listing, and the badge shows the date of the visit.

An ad panel is ₱800 a month (~€11.30). A sliding card is free for 7 days, then ₱800 a month.

By PayPal, on dumaguete.uk.

dumaguete.uk says plainly that the site is new and tells advertisers to ask for current figures rather than publishing a number.

The name, what the place does, where it is — with its barangay — and how to reach it, so it can be placed on the map and verified.

₱100 an hour (~€1.40), ₱300 for 3 hours (~€4.20), ₱600 a day (~€8.50), ₱3,500 a week (~€49).

Yes: ₱6,900 (~€97).

₱3,000 (~€42), handed back with the bike.

By 21:00. After that it is ₱50 an hour (~€0.71).

Puncture-proof tubes front and rear, disc brakes front and rear, a tilting phone holder, a lock, a side stand and a bell.

Bagacay, Dumaguete. Booking is by message, the same day.