An anthology of poems by Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan Department of English Language and Literature Faculty Member Dr. Arlene J. Yandug has been nominated as a finalist in two prestigious national book awards. “Coming Home to the Island: poems” has been selected as one of five finalists in both the Best Book of Poetry in English category by the 41st National Book …
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CFMOTO Cagayan de Oro opens showroom in Kauswagan
With more than 20 models and variants to choose from, the best of German, Japanese, and Chinese tech, and three of the most dedicated hard core bikers in the Philippines, there’s nothing true blue bikers could wish for more for their dream machine! The newest motorcycle dealership has just opened its new showroom along the …
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New Isuzu D-Max Limited debuts at NMADI T.G.I.F.
North-Min Auto Dealership Inc. (NMADI), the official Isuzu dealer for the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Dipolog and Pagadian in Mindanao, launched the New Isuzu D-Max Limited simultaneously during The Great Isuzu Fridays (T.G.I.F.) Holideals on Friday, October 27, 2023 at its four locations. “The new Isuzu D-MAX Limited makes the already appealing D-MAX pick-up even more attractive …
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The sparks that lit the Uptown Explosion
From a sleepy little town in the 50s to the 80s, Cagayan de Oro City has gradually expanded its environs: first towards the Cogon Market area, thence to the Lapasan Central Business District when the Limketkai Clan put up its Limketkai Center. This was the first wave of its urban expansion. However, it would be …
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 A𝒓𝒕 : 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑾𝒂𝒓 M𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆
A professional lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines-Diliman has adopted an interesting tack in historiography through the art of two Japanese soldiers stationed in the Philippines during World War II. 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 Ian 𝐔𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐚’s lecture The Afterlives of Art: Problematizing the Anti-War Message proposes the creation of a space …
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Safety & Sanitation issues constrain more food products refilling stations
Before the advent of single use plastics and most especially plastic sachets, homemakers were already used to buying their daily food needs from the neighborhood sari-sari store and tiangge, and brought along used glass bottles for their cooking oil and condiments, and bayongs for their meat, fish and vegetable purchases. As the late National Artist Nick Joaquin coined it, the …
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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, …
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. …