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. …

Markado: The Moon Devourer

Kagay-anon film selected as finalist in FACINE 30 Kagay-anon Filmmaker Joe Bacus’ full-length feature film Markado: The Moon Devourer has been selected as one of the finalists of the F A C I N E 30 (Filipino Arts & Cinema International Festival) to be held in the United States next month. The landmark film will …

Grit & Grind: Pueblo Golf’s Pride is Looking Out for No. 1

BY TITO MIKE A typical day for most teeners her age would most probably be focused on their studies, social media face time, and of course, their crushes. But even at 16, Alethea Paige O. Gaccion’s typical day is laser-focused on one goal: being the best junior golfer of her generation. The eldest daughter of …

Mindanao Art Exhibition on its 5th Re-embodiment

By Kelly Ramos The Panit-Bukog 5 (PB5) Mindanao contemporary art exhibition will open with three dates and venues this year. It will start with an exhibition on Sept. 8 at the Fr. Francisco Demetrio Gallery in Museo de Oro, at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City. A second exhibition follows on Sept. 9 …

2GO capitalizes on Cagayan De Oro’s vibrant economic drive

Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, 24 August 2023 – 2GO, the Philippines’ largest end-to-end logistics, transportation, and distribution solutions provider and a part of SM Investments Corporation, is dedicated to optimizing the movement of goods to and from Mindanao. This initiative aims to catalyze business prospects for local enterprises and corporations across the region, boosting its …

Nestlé, Cepalco, Minergy close the sustainability loop with RE

When Nestlé Philippines, Inc. (NPI) launched its roadmap in 2021 to attain net zero greenhouse gases by 2050, it pledged to transform its operations by running all of its factories and offices in the country on renewable electricity. Barely two years later, it has attained that lofty goal in in partnership with Mindanao Energy Systems …

Velez kin restores hero’s monument at MOGCHS

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 …

Oro thanks NHCP for hosting Local History & Heritage Nat’l Confab

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 …

Philippine-American War Sites to Visit in Cagayan de Oro

Kagay-anons actively opposed Spain’s ceding of the Philippines to the United States under the terms of their peace treaty signed on December 10, 1898. In Cagayan de Misamis (as Cagayan de Oro was then known) the Spanish authorities surrendered to Misamis Governor Jose Roa y Casas and Cagayan de Misamis Mayor Toribio Chavez, who were both appointed by …