Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
Remembering the Day that will live in Infamy Today, December 8, 2020 marks the 79th Anniversary of the start of World War II in the Philippines. Actually, as reckoned from the international date line, it was just a few hours after the infamous attack of the Japanese Navy on the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, …
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The fiercest battle of World War II in Bukidnon With Marion Hess and Maj. Thomas Deas, MD On 17 April 1945, the returning forces of the United States successfully landed in Parang, Cotabato for the final phase of the Battle for Mindanao dubbed Operation VICTOR V. Mindanao posed a greater challenge than most of the …
We are republishing this article in memory of the late Bishop Lorenzo Genotiva who first enlightened us during a Christmas Day Service in a dialogue with his son Calvin. The word Christ and its compounds, including Christmas, have been abbreviated in English for at least the past 1,000 years, long before the modern Xmas was commonly used. Christ was often written …
Average Power Rate in CDO up 71.6% since 2016 It is ironic that despite demand for electricity heading south, power rates in Region X are heading north. A recent update on the power situation in Mindanao has revealed that Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao now has the highest power rates in the whole island. …
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The growth rate for Northern Mindanao regional economy may have slackened to 5.9 percent in 2019 compared to 7.1 percent in 2018, but it still attained the highest per capita for the period among Mindanao’s six regions. During the 2019 Economic Performance of Northern Mindanao Dissemination Forum held virtually on November 20 via zoom and …
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The economy of Region X grew by 5.9 percent in 2019, slower compared to the 7.1 percent growth recorded in 2018. The main drivers for growth in 2019 were Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (contribution of 1.9 percentage points), Construction (contribution of 0.7 percentage point), and Education with a contribution …
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Guerrillas vs. Japanese, Korean & BC troops in Talakag, Bukidnon 18 June 1944 – 29 June 1944 It was considered as one of the most intense battles between the guerrillas and the Imperial Japanese Army in Mindanao during World War II. For eleven days in June 1944, guerrilla units of the 109th Division of the 10th Military …
The Untold Tales of Camiguin Island In 1596, the Jesuits obtained a Sede Vacante, a license issued by Governor General Francisco de Tello de Guzman through a Patronato Real to do mission work along the Butuan River and Camiguin (Mallari,1995). In 1599, the missionades founded Guinsiliban, in the south east of the island: a strategic site, a natural lookout from where they could observe the sea passage of the southern …
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