Kagay-anon film selected as finalist in FACINE 30 Kagay-anon Filmmaker Joe Bacus’ full-length feature film Markado: The Moon Devourer has been selected as one of the finalists of the F A C I N E 30 (Filipino Arts & Cinema International Festival) to be held in the United States next month. The landmark film will …
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Cagayan de Oro rises to No. 7 as the Philippines Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City
Cagayan de Oro City rose one rank higher to No. 7 in the Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index (CMCI) for Highly Urbanized Cities for 2023. It was previously ranked No. 8 in 2022. Cagayan de Oro is ranked Top 2 for the Resiliency Pillar, Top 5 for the Innovation Pillar, Top 7 for both Most …
Grit & Grind: Pueblo Golf’s Pride is Looking Out for No. 1
BY TITO MIKE A typical day for most teeners her age would most probably be focused on their studies, social media face time, and of course, their crushes. But even at 16, Alethea Paige O. Gaccion’s typical day is laser-focused on one goal: being the best junior golfer of her generation. The eldest daughter of …
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Newest Out of Nowhere Kitchen pops up in SM CDO Downtown
By Tito Mike An accounting manager and a physician specializing in ophthalmology may sound like the unlikeliest partners to operate a restaurant, but that’s exactly what Denise Gregonia and Maoi Soriano have been doing these past four years. Just last week, the partners opened their newest Out of Nowhere Kitchen branch on the third floor …
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CAMI Candles light the way to a brighter lifestyle
No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. (Luke 8:16 NIV) The global pandemic created havoc and all sorts of disruptions in the lives of people around the …
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Rescue Proficiency for Normin Rivers and Floodwaters bolstered
Rescue trainees practice throw bagging near Bolao Spring, Cagayan River on August 30, 2023.
24 going on 25: Bigby’s reopens 3rd Branch in SM City CDO Uptown
Looks to open more branches in Vis-Min and Luzon By Tito Mike On December 8, 1998, three fresh graduates from the pioneer class of the Center for Culinary Arts (CCA) in Manila introduced the first truly intercontinental menu to Cagayan de Oro along Archbishop Hayes street, in an area known as Havelano Square. On September …
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World Travel Awards cites Seda Hotels as the Philippines Leading Hotel Group 2023
For the 10th straight year, Seda Hotels has been recognized as the “PHILIPPINES’ LEADING HOTEL GROUP” in the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA)! The WTA Asia and Oceania Gala Ceremony 2023for “the Oscars of the travel and tourism industry” was held this year at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Stakeholders in …
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Mindanaw Arboretum : Living museum aims to sustain Philippine Arboreal Heritage
Within a ten-hectare property at Barangay Pagawan, Manticao , Misamis Oriental is a repository of endemic trees native to the Philippines. Started in 2018 by Lawyer Carl Cesar Rebuta of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc.- Friends of the Earth Philippines (Kasama sa Kalikas), the 1.6 hectare Mindanaw Arboretum now has over 200 …
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Mindanao Art Exhibition on its 5th Re-embodiment
By Kelly Ramos The Panit-Bukog 5 (PB5) Mindanao contemporary art exhibition will open with three dates and venues this year. It will start with an exhibition on Sept. 8 at the Fr. Francisco Demetrio Gallery in Museo de Oro, at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City. A second exhibition follows on Sept. 9 …
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