The 10th of January 2021 will be the 122nd Anniversary of the first raising of the Filipino flag at the Casa Real when the five-man Concejo Provincial of the revolutionary government assumed office. The members of the Concejo were chosen in accordance with Aguinaldo’s decree of June 18, 1898. On that occasion, the newly installed municipal head, Toribio Chaves …
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Freight & Supply Ships at the 1945 Macajalar Bay Landing
Return to the Philippines While doing further research on “FS ships” for an article I previously posted online and was updating with new in information (The Macajalar Bay Landing and the Liberation of Mindanao), I came across a very interesting post “ The Passenger-Cargo ex-“FS” Ships of the Philippines” posted on August 13, 2016 by The Philippine Ship Spotters’ …
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Sixteen Air Raids in Eight Months
Cagayan, Misamis Oriental Sept 1944-May 1945 From September 9, 1944 to May 10, 1945, US Army Air Force, Navy and Marine aircraft bombed Cagayan de Misamis in Misamis Oriental and its immediate areas no less than sixteen times in a span of eight months. Why the apparent rural backwater that Cagayan was during the Second …
The Macajalar Bay Landing and the Liberation of Mindanao
It’s ironic how some seven going on eight decades on, many Kagay-anons remain unaware that it was their own compatriots who liberated Cagayan, Misamis from the Japanese on 12 May 1945 and not the Americans. It’s important to note that the Macajalar Landing be understood in the context of the entire strategy to liberate the entire island …
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Two Battles for Purple Heart Canyon (1942 & 1945)
FOUR DAYS OF HELL IN MAY Probably one of the most intriguing tales to come out of Bukidnon during World War II were the two battles fought in Mangima Canyon in 1942 and 1945. In the first instance, the Mindanao Force of the United States Army Forces Far East (USAFFE) under Lt. Gen. William F. …
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Matteo’s Siomai – From the Newsroom to the Kitchen
When Journalist Herbie Gomez had to start working from home because of the Covid-19 lockdown early this year, he started looking for ways to constructively use all the time he now had in his hands. Then the family thought of offering their family recipe for siomai, first offering it to friends of their kids in …
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Oro Biz lauds CDO as 7th Most Competitive HUC
Local business leaders have praised the performance of Cagayan de Oro City for maintaining its status within the Top 10 Most Competitive Cities in the Philippines in the Department of Trade and Industries Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index for 2020. Cagayan de Oro City retained its ranking as the 7th Overall Most Competitive Highly Urbanized …
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Cagayan de Oro ranks 7th as PH Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City
The City of Cagayan de Oro retained its ranking this year as the 7th Overall Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City (HUC) in the 2020 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index. The DTI Competitiveness Bureau conducted the 8th Regional Competitiveness Summit on16 December 2020, via Facebook Live. “We had consistently been among the Top Ten Highly Urbanized Cities …
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Early History of the Oro Chamber
Through the years, Oro Chamber has remained one of the leading local chambers of commerce in the Philippines. It is the first “Hall of Fame Awardee” of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCI) and was the first to host the 1st Mindanao Business Conference (MINBIZCON) in 1992, and again hosted it in 1994, …
Recuerdos del Pascuas de ayer en Zamboanga
Here We Come A-Caroling These memoirs consists of two parts: the first covers the period 1963-1968 and the latter the early 1970s. That’s because our family moved from our apartment at the corner of Barcelona and Pura Brillantes Streets in the pueblo (poblacion) to our own house at Moret Field, Baliwasan in 1968. The recuerdos for the first period …
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