Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Even before he was cutting his teeth as a lawyer and teacher, Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., without question one of this City of Golden Friendship’s Golden Boys, started out as a cub reporter for the Mindanao Star, then the No. 1 weekly newspaper in the city. The late Manuel Quisumbing, Sr., …
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PhilHealth links up with Philippine Orthopaedic Association to ramp up public awareness on Z Benefits Package for Selected Orthopedic Implants & Joint Replacement CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- PhilHealth Regional Office 10 and the Philippine Orthopedic Association (POA) held a press conference on May 9, 2025, at Limketkai Luxe Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City, to promote …
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- Last weekend we had an opportunity to present Mindanao’s Heritage of its Indigenous Dishes to the highest government agency charged with the stewardship of Philippine history and cultural heritage. In town at that time were the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Chair Regalado Trota Jose, Jr.; Executive Director Carminda …
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Top Gun inspired styling makeover By Mike Baños, Motoring Editor, BusinessWeek/Mindanao Daily Fans of the Top Gun movie franchise will love the fighter jet inspired makeover of the new 2025 Isuzu mu-X SUV. When Isuzu Cagayan de Oro North-Min Auto Dealership, Inc. (NMADI) officially launched the new 2025 Isuzu mu-X (officially designated as the RJ08) …
16 February 1943 Before the normal processes of government could be established over Mindanao, Col WENDELL W. FERTIG believed, and rightly so, that military governments must be set up, to prepare a firm ground upon which civil authority could stand and steadily function. On 16 Feb 1943, Col FERTIG issued a proclamation establishing, in behalf …
16 September 1942 For a period of five months immediately before 16 Sept ivk2 when the movement of rearmed resistance began and rapidly gained momentum all over Mindanao, the provincial and municipal coffers were practically empty. The financial problem, however, could not be side-tracked. The issue had to be met squarely. In the beginning, this …
G-2 Section, 10th Military District Commended 22 February 1943 Three rugged years of concentrated efforts of the Intelligence Section of the Mindanao Guerrillas brought recognition in the form of commendation from the Highest Headquarters of the United States Army in the Pacific in which Major General A. C. WILLOUGHBY, Assistant Chief of Staff, G2, in …
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Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan (Xavier Ateneo) and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) are establishing a Historical Preservation Zone within the Downtown campus with eight school buildings with “exceptional and historical significance” that the NHCP will honor with a historical marker in 2033 when the university marks it centennial. XU was …
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, PHILIPPINES – The ongoing upgrades of some of the Philippines key international and trunkline airports are an encouraging development which the country can capitalize on to score a quantum leap in its foreign tourists arrivals. “The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) is closely following the ongoing upgrades of …
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