Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
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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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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NGCP recently energized the Toril-Bunawan 230kV transmission line, the final component of its Mindanao 230 kiloVolt (kV) backbone project. This will secure the reliability of power transmission services in the entire Mindanao. As one of NGCP’s critical projects, the Mindanao backbone will connect bulk generation from the northern and southern parts of Mindanao and ensure …
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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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Group urges consumers to act vs increasing power rates Power consumers from Northern Mindanao can do something about the rising cost of electricity in the region. A consumer group has advised organized consumer and business groups to officially petition the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to review the power supply contracts of electric cooperatives and private …
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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ILIGAN CITY —– The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO-10) assured on Wednesday, November 18, that hog raisers in Iligan City whose will be culled because of the African Swine Fever (ASF) will be compensated. During the latest Talakayan sa PIA press briefing, DA-RFO 10 Executive Director Carlene Collado, said the Northern Mindanao Hog Raisers (NorMinHog) will …
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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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Amid the ongoing challenges posed by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the various business units of the Aboitiz Group expect to maintain their momentum and proceed with their projects and plans for the year. “Despite the headwinds of the first nine months, the Aboitiz Group’s business continuity plans have proven effective and will remain …
