Indian Envoy pays homage to Cagayan de Oro’s Oldest Store

During the recently concluded Mindanao Food Congress, an official from the Indian Embassy in Manila made it a point to find time to visit Cagayan de Oro’s oldest store. “I saw a tourism video of Cagayan de Oro which started with a picture of Wadhu’s Quality Store and decided I would visit it the next …

CHAMBER WORKS By Niño Cesar Borromeo Tiro

Chamber Works by Kagay-anon classical composer Niño Cesar Borromeo Tiro is finally here, and it is a musical tour-de-force of classical composition. Tiro was earlier awarded a grant by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Competitive Grants Program by virtue of his Ani ng Dangal Award given during the 13th Philippine Arts Festival for his piano composition Phantasie für Ludwig  performed by concert …

India’s Festival of Lights: Indian Business Forum to Celebrate Diwali at Mindanao Food Congress

With ‘India’ as a Partner Country for the Mindanao Food Congress, the India Business Forum (IBF) is pleased to organize Indian Cultural and Food Night for Guests and Participants on the first day of the event on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 to mark the celebration of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Diwali, India’s biggest and …

Experience Authentic Beef Ramen from Japan at Niku-Yata Ramen House

The Bigby’s Group of Cagayan de Oro which brought us Bigby’s Café, Boy Zugba, Missy Bon and Raki-Yata Ramen does it again! A new store of the renowned premium ramen shop Raki-Yata has just opened in SM City CDO Uptown’s North Wing. The new place will go by the name Niku-Yata, which highlights their focus on the beefier end of the ramen spectrum. “Niku …

Seven Seas Waterpark celebrates La Naval de Manila

Valor of the Kapampangans, Blessed Virgin’s Miracle There’s an oft forgotten chapter in Philippine History that deserves to be remembered by the following generations of Filipinos not merely for  the valor shown by the defenders of the Islas Filipinas against the Dutch invaders, but even more so for the Miracle of Our Lady of the …

Melvin Lachica: Opening Doors to the Future for Oro’s Designers

“Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “I live for opening doors for the young generation of creators. If we do nothing else with our success, let’s open up some doors.”– L.A. Reid The world of Haute Couture by its very nature, has often been marked by …

Historical Trails aims to boost awareness, domestic tourism in Northern Mindanao

History isn’t always top of mind for domestic tourists, that many even remain unaware of the historicity of places in their localities. But that may soon change, at least in Northern Mindanao.” The Northern Mindanao Historical Trails Committee is now taking an inventory of historical places in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental, to …

Todo na Two HelloCDO

Cagayan de Oro’s Lifestyle Show marks Two By Tito Mike Cagayan de Oro’s premier online Lifestyle Show celebrates its second anniversary this month with the tagline “Hello CDO Todo na Two!” What started off as a one-off concert to help people in the production and events industry who were adversely affected by the pandemic, has …

Across the Continents : Healthy and Tasty Mediterranean Gourmet Foods

A week ago I was coming back from a business trip in Barangay Indahag, coming down the road at Upper Macasandig when we decided to drop by the newly opened Mediterranean Gourmet Foods. It’s easy to find, at the ground floor of the EJM Building in Maandig Avenue just next door to the now shuttered Kambingan sa …

XU Press pursues its mission into the fringes of Mindanao

Bringing in the written word from the peripheries In pursuit of the Jesuit mission “to reach out to people beyond their frontiers” in Mindanao, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan’s (Xavier Ateneo) XU PRESS presents itself as an “alternative press” for the Mindanao-focused writings, research and literature, which would otherwise would not have been published by the …