Buray @ 9:00 PM

Buray is a town that almost never sleeps. Almost being the operative word. I got to talk to BigMac's crew and she said she is not afraid being in night shift at all. BigMac is a 24/7 burger joint. According to her, 12 midnight to 1 in the morning is the quietest time of the entire shift.

There are still plenty of travelers dining in the in the eatery still. For a provincial town, 9:00PM should relatively be desolate than this.

 

Street vendors "parag sudoy", though they don't litter or crowd the main road way anymore, there are still some left to cater to the late night travellers.

Chooks to Go can be seen from far away! Lighted signs are the best.

Still plenty of people buying lechon manok at night. 

I wish hope that the barangay officials would make the park look more enticing for Christmas by putting Christmas lights. I'd like the people to remember Buray with happy thoughts as they pass by. Would I be asking for too much?

Have a good day Buraynons!

Map of Samar

A Map of Eastern Visayas

Detailed Map

Major Business Establishments in Buray

You'd know if a town is progressing when businesses no matter how big or small started popping out. That is a good sign that a town is progressive enough for a business to survive.

BigMac has been a local fixture in this town. Used to be stationed near the area where MLHUILLIER is now. Motorist usually make this burger joint as a pit stop for a fullfilling snack. The locals also patronize this joint from time to time.

MLhuillier opened in Buray on the later part of 2010. This is a huge convenient to all the people in the Paranas area. We now get to send and receive money right away instead of traveling for 45 minutes to go to Catbalogan City.

The only gasoline station in the area, Petron has been around for some time now. Owned by the Dabuet family, Buray seemed to be the perfect place for a gasoline station. Since its a crossing between 3 cities, travelers can dine or explore Buray while the buses and other vehicles gets refueled too. A win-win situation indeed.

A recent addition of the business establishments in the town, Chooks to Go finally opened a branch here! Yehey! This lechon manok franchise is indeed successful and the fact that they chose Buray to be the location of their pioneering Paranas branch says a lot of what an amazing town Buray really is.

Trade and Commerce in Buray

 This is a triangular-formed park at the center of the barangay. Buray is a town that almost never sleeps. I will research more about how and when this park was created. For the meantime, I will share the new and the old business establishments in Buray.

You’d know when you’re in Buray because the town is buzzing with people from all over the Samar Province. It being the center point of crossing roads between Borongan, Catbalogan and Tacloban, gave a lot of decent livelihood for the townspeople. Most common livelihood is being a “Parag sudoy”. They are street vendors that pedal locally-made delicacies like Coated Pili, Piñato Mani and the likes to buses, vans or private vehicles that stops over the town crossing.

 This is how they carry and package the delicacies. Most of it are made by Buraynons themselves. It is a great source of snack while traveling. 

There are plenty of “carenderias” or eatery houses that you can see along the main highway to cater to passengers from buses that stop over this area for lunch or dinner. I will try to take a clearer picture when there are not too many people around. The photo was taken around 8:00 am and you can really notice the hustle and bustle of the town. It's rush hour everyone!

Facts About Buray

                    Buray (Binogho) is a barangay under the municipality of Paranas (formerly Wright). This quaint little town is situated in the Western area of the province of Samar and part of Eastern Visayas Region VIII. Geographically speaking, Buray is a lot better off than its Municipality itself [Paranas], with it being the center of trade and commerce. On the last Census 2007, Buray had a population of 1, 670 residents. 

                     There are other 43 neighboring barangays that are under the Municipality of Paranas. Here are the barangays in alphabetical order:

Anagasi Apolonia Bagsa Balbagan Bato Cantaguic Cantao-an Cantato (Canturab) Casandig I Concepcion Jose Roño Cawayan Lawaan I Lipata

Lokilokon Mangcal Maylobe Minarog Nawi Pabanog Paco Pagsa-ogan Pagsanjan (Pagsan-an) Patag Pequit Poblacion 1 Poblacion 2 Poblacion 3 Poblacion 4

Poblacion 5 Poblacion 6 Salay San Isidro Santo Niño Sulopan Tabucan Tapul Tenani Tigbawon Tula Tutubigan Casandig II Lawaan II

Prominent People Behind Region VIII

• General Douglas Mc Arthur – With ½ assault troops landed on the Tacloban Palo Beaches (White and Red beach) and on the neighboring town of Dulag (Blue beach)
• Ferdinand Magellan – First blood compact in the country in southern section of Limasawa Island.
• Rajah Kolambu – Accepted Magellan’s first blood compact in Limasawa Island which is held during Good Friday on March, 1521.
• Gen. Vicente Lukban – Revolutionary leader who attack the American garrison in Balangiga.
• Sumuroy – Led the biggest revolt in Northern Samar and the people of Palapag and Pambujan rose in arms against the recruitment of natives for forced labor in Cavite shipyards.