Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
Milestone Stories 2016-2024 As Cucina Higala, the only restaurant in Mindanao celebrating the island’s Heritage Dishes, celebrated its 9th Year Anniversary, the following greeting was posted on its social media page: Celebrating 9 Years of Mindanao Heritage Cuisine and Memorable Dining Experiences Today we celebrate 9 wonderful years of Mindanao Heritage Cuisine — nine years …
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Commentary by Mike Baños When Fr Antonio Moreno SJ firs requested me to do a review of his book “Imperfect Leadership (A Jesuit Reflects on His Journey), I reluctantly said yes, though I warned him I greatly feared the fires of hell should I come up short of his expectations. After all, who was I …
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The Department of History of Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) has recently concluded a landmark academic initiative that brought its students and faculty into meaningful dialogue with scholars in China. Through the 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 and the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, the department reaffirmed its commitment to internationalization, historical inquiry, and …
Cagayan de Oro City’s luxury boutique hotel and the Philippines leading food service company have been undertaking the enviable goal to level up Northern Mindanao’s culinary experience. For the last decade, Limketkai Luxe Hotel and Unilever Food Solutions Philippines (UFS Philippines) have been conducting product demonstrations and trainings to make life easier in the kitchen for …
One of Cagayan de Oro’s legends which persists to this day tells of the Big Fish that inhabits the Cagayan River. Even as early as the Spanish colonial period, tales of the denizen of the deep abounded, such as one which relates how the priests from St Augustine Church once took care of it before …
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A family of artists are holding an art exhibition from August 9 to September 6, 2025 at the Fr. Demetrio Art Gallery of XU Museo de Oro, Xavier Ateneo Downtown Campus, Corrales Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City. Opening reception is on August 9, Saturday, at 3pm. Everyone is encouraged to visit the gallery and enjoy …
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During the time of the great explorations, Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies (the Americas) in 1492, with the support of the King and Queen of Spain. In this venture, the territory of Spain expanded and the Catholic faith was propagated to the different places of the globe as far as the Philippines. Mexico was …
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Bigby’s Quality Food Corporation, the mother company behind a group of Cagayan de Oro-based restaurants, has just opened its latest one at the 5th Floor of SM CDO Downtown. Dubbed “ZUBAIBAI” Seafood Restaurant, gourmands can immediately discern the link to its progenitor Boy Zugba, the group’s Kusina Bisaya “serving best Kagay-anon grilled home-cooked meals in …
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The passage and subsequent signing by President Elpidio Quirino on June 16, 1950 of RA # 525—the Iligan City Charter— was a coming-of-age event for a town that for decades played second fiddle only to neighboring Dansalan City. Afterall, the latter was capital of Lanao. Dansalan had it all especially before the outbreak of WW …
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Even before he was cutting his teeth as a lawyer and teacher, Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., without question one of this City of Golden Friendship’s Golden Boys, started out as a cub reporter for the Mindanao Star, then the No. 1 weekly newspaper in the city. The late Manuel Quisumbing, Sr., …
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