Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
To recognize the forgotten sculptor from Jasaan The heirs of Kagay-anon Patriot Apolinar Velez y Ramos have restored the monument of their esteemed ancestor at the Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (MOGCHS). The restoration was coordinated by Ruby C. Santos and Tingting Muñoz Maandig in coordination with MOGCHS Planning Officer Roldan Magsacay. The project …
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The City Government of Cagayan de Oro expressed its profound thanks and gratitude to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), for the privilege of hosting the 2023 National Conference on Local History and Heritage (NCLHH) held 8-9 August 2023 at the Capitol University Mini-Theater, Cagayan de Oro City. “We are immensely proud to …
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Ramon Icayan Cabello was born on November 7, 1919, the third of fiver children of Simeon Ubalde Cabello, a maestro carpintero (master carpenter) and sometimes music composer, and Justa Emanel Icayan, a homemaker, both Lumad Jasaanons of Jasaan, Misamis (later Misamis Oriental). After finishing his primary school in Jasaan, Ramon started as apprentice carpenter to …
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The Philippines through European Lenses: late 19th century photographs from the Meerkamp van Embden Collection/Otto van Muijzenberg,-Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2008-page 267. Album II
A grade 4 student from Kong Hua school has continued Cagayan de Oro’s proud heritage of outstanding junior girls tennis players pioneered by the likes of Marisue Jacutin-Mariona, and Roxanne May Resma, by rising to become the Philippines top ranked tennis player in the Girls 12-and-under age group category. According to the Philippine Tennis Association (PHILTA) ranking …
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Cagayan de Oro City’s leading property developer does it again! After over three years of painstaking planning and meticulous research, Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation finally broke ground for its latest project, the Westwoods Storeys Mid-Rise, Mid-Market Condominium-in-a-Forest during a groundbreaking and tree planting ceremony held at the project site on June 30, 2023. Located in The Knoll (meaning a …
Chicken Humba takes center stage this August as the Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (COHARA) hosts its first ever Hala Kumbira Inter-barangay Competition at the 5th floor SM CDO Downtown Premier Event Hall on August 18, 2023 starting 1:00 pm. Competitors will be challenged to develop a recipe to promote Chicken Humba as a signature …
June 25, 2023 (CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY) Despite a significant contraction in the regional economy due to the pandemic, Northern Mindanao quickly recovered and has even surpassed its losses in over a year. Regional Development Council 10 (RDC-10) Vice Chair and National Economic Development Authority Region 10 Director (NEDA-10) Mylah Faye Aurora B. Cariño said by …
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Angeles Labrador Limena was born October 2, 1899 in Sorsogon, Sorsogon. He was christened Angeles by his parents since his birth date fell on the Feast of the Catholic festival of the Guardian Angels. He went to study in Sorsogon to be a priest, but before he was ordained he left to join the armed forces in Manila …
Fr Dimaano, Fr Moran, Bishop Hayes, and Fr O’Brien join Fr Haggerty during his installation as as Rector of Ateneo de Cagayan in 1937. (Jesuit Archives)
