Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon – Travelers along the Sayre Highway going from Malaybalay to Valencia and vice versa have long been curious about this mysterious house at Barangay Cabangahan near Bancud, with its man and animal sculptures and baroque architecture. According to Levi Ann Pacana Babas, contrary to popular belief, the house was actually built in …
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Even before the global pandemic became full-blow, many journalists all over the country were already finding themselves out of work as social media displaced many community newspapers, and no less than 11,000 workers found themselves jobless with the closure of ABS-CBN. However, being journalists and by nature resourceful, it did not take long for some …
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There’s more to the Mahangub Highlands Integrated Farm than meets the eye, far more than your usual tourist destination. Owned by Elmer Velasco Sayre and his family, and now styled as the Sayre Highlands Resort, you can find it in Sitio Mahayag, Barangay Digkilaan in Manticao, Misamis Oriental. As a B.S. Agriculture graduate of the …
The coronavirus pandemic has literally shaken the foundations of human civilization, and the retail sector has been one of the hardest that has been hit, but retail players have flexed their creativity to turn threats imposed by the new normal into opportunities to further strengthen their resiliency. In Mindanao, The Primer Group of Companies has …
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Cebu Landmasters, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jose Franco Soberano has been selected as one of the Top 40 Philippine Honorees and Leaders of Tomorrow on The Gen.T List 2021 by the Philippine Tatler. Franco was awarded under the real estate and hospitality category for putting the community at the heart of …
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As one of Cagayan de Oro’s renowned fashion mavens, Benjie S. Manuel has few peaks left to climb. As Founding president of the Mindanao Fashion & Entertainment Force (MFEF), Founder and Creative Director of The Model Workshop, the first and the longest tenured president of the Oro Fashion Designers Guild (OFDG), and Fashion Designer at …
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At a time when everything is pivoting toward the virtualscape, thanks to the world’s encompassing embrace of the ever more inclusive smartphone, the venerable paper-and-ink book finds itself at a crossroads. For what use is a book in hand when you can virtually have the world at your fingertips via the virtualscape? As it turns …
The 6th Cagayan de Oro Chinese New Year Festival will be held virtually amidst health protocols mandated by the ongoing global pandemic. In an online interview hosted by the City Information Office on 05 February 2021, Chedilyn Aissa Dulguime, OIC-City Tourism & Cultural Affairs Officer said the activities coordinated by her office for this first …
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04 February 2021 – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business organization in the country, expressed its support to the move by the government to ensure the stable supply of meat and meat products in the market amidst shortage in the country’s local production. In a statement, the PCCI said it …
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Six students from the Liceo de Cagayan University Conservatory of Music, Theater and Dance have been accepted at the prestigious Brigham Young University Hawaii Concert Choir. They are Amera Grace Balindong-BM Pedagogy (Voice), Jasmin Thea Quiñones-BM Performance (Voice), Felix Solana III-BM Theater, Jacob Marion Leop-BM Theater, Ronald Baa– Associate in Music and Liceo Senior High …
