Solid waste continues to be a challenge for the Philippines as waste generation rates steadily rise annually while recovery and recycling rates lag behind. Of the estimated 61,000 metric tons of solid waste generated daily in the Philippines, up to 24% is plastic, the biggest source of which are packaging materials or SKUs (stock keeping …
Monthly Archives: October 2023
DENR & Nestle PH expedite Extended Producer Responsibility education & registration drive in Cagayan de Oro City
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Nestle Philippines conducted a one-day Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) education and registration drive dubbed “Rethinking Plastics: EPR Paving the Way Towards Circularity” on October 6 at the Mallberry Suites Business Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, which lapsed into law in July 2022, …
Cagayan de Oro-based music professor adjudged one of world’s best classical composers
World Classical Music composers competition settled with 3-way tie After a year’s delay, the organizers of the 2022 WorldVision Composers Contest finally decided to declare a tie for second place among the three finalists. In a letter dated October 1, 2023 to Horst Hans Bäcker (representing the Philippines), Rod Schejtman (Argentina), and Claudio H. Martinez …
Pueblo de Oro garners Best Township Awards in Luzon and Mindanao
Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation has been recognized by two prestigious award giving bodies for its two flagship projects in Malvar, Batangas, and Cagayan de Oro City. Pueblo de Oro Townscapes Malvar won both the Best Township Development and Best Lifestyle Development awards during the 11th PropertyGuru Philippine Property Awards of the property technology …
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CREBA PILLAR AWARDS : Cagayan de Oro Developers are Mindanao’s Developers of the Decade
In celebration of its 50th Founding Anniversary this year, CREBA recognized the Best of the Best in Philippine Real Estate & Housing Development through the prestigious CREBA PILLAR AWARDS on September 28, 2023 at the Conrad Hotel Manila during the Gala Night of the CREBA Golden Jubilee National Convention and Housing Expo. Dubbed “The Search for the Developers of the Decade,” awardees …
Liceo Music Conservatory FilipinoBaritone breaks 16-year hiatus of Filipinos performing in a fully-staged opera in Italy
Professor Cipriano M. de Guzman Jr. of the Liceo de Cagayan University Conservatory of Music, Theatre & Dance in Cagayan de Oro City, made his Italian Opera debut on September 23 & 24, 2023 in the Operastudio Molise’s production of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) at Teatro Savoia in Campobasso, Italy. …