Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippines longest running ang biggest culinary show and festival outside Metro Manila has undoubtedly contributed to the impressive gains made by Filipino cuisine in the global gastronomic world. During the launching of the 28th edition of Kumbira! Culinary Show and Competitions at a local mall, Norbert Gandler, chairman of …
Continue reading “Kumbira helps sustain rise of Filipino Cuisine in Culinary World”
Cagayan de Oro City- A Kagay-anon architect’s entry is now in the finals of a renowned international design awards following its first stage win. Architect Edwin Dychauco Uy House for a Father design entry is one of the 138 shortlisted entries (out of the 642 Design Mark recipients) as a Finalist for Best Design in the …
Continue reading “Kagay-anon Architect gains finals of prestigious international design awards”
Opera singer and music educator Cipriano Mercado de Guzman, Jr. has been awarded the Gawad Parangal sa Natatanging Pasigueño 2024 for Culture and the Arts-Music. Originally hailing from Barangay Bambang in Pasig, De Guzman is now based in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg but actively tours Europe, Asia and the USA as an opera singer and …
A Filipino opera singer and music educator from the Liceo de Cagayan University Conservatory of Music, Theatre and Dance, recently attained his tenth win in international music competitions. Cipriano Mercado de Guzman, Jr. aka The Filipino Baritone, won First Prize in the Professional/Senior Category of the International Music Competition Barcelona “Grand Prize Virtuoso” held July …
XU Press launches two new anthologies at Basa Books XU Press has launched two important books by two illustrious authors, celebrating the opening of the Kagay-anon owned and operated Basa Books at the 3rd Level of Ayala Centrio Mall on April 11, 2024. We were indeed thankful to be favored with an exclusive media invitation …
Two of the Liceo de Cagayan University Conservatory of Music, Theatre & Dance Expat Professors recently joined other prominent Filipino entertainers in serenading President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and his wife Liza during a meet-and-greet with the Filipino expat community in Berlin, Germany. The March 12, 2024 Filipino Community Gathering was held late in the afternoon at the Grand …
Continue reading “Liceo Music Conservatory Profs serenade First Couple in Germany”
By Mike Baños Kagay-anon Architect Edwin D. Uy is one of the Philippines innovative architects whose project – House No. 26 is featured in a compilation of 18 diverse and purposeful dwellings from around the Philippines in BluPrint Magazine’s latest coffee table book The Architecture of Silence. Capturing the essence of silence and serenity within …
Continue reading “Kagay-anon Architect featured in BluPrint’s Architecture of Silence”
By Tito Mike Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was successful in Europe, the United States, and Australia in the early 1980s. The band recorded medley recordings made by recreating hit songs as faithfully as possible and joining them together with a common tempo and underlying drum track. The ’45’ refers to the playback speed of a …
Continue reading “Stars on 45: 80s Oro DJs reunion reminisce the good old days”
Cagayan de Oro is among the Philippines top 5 most searched travel destinations for 2024, according to the travel booking online platform Agoda. Agoda’s 2024’s “Philippines’ New Horizons” is a list of local destinations most searched by travelers year-on-year, who used agoda.com for search, travel and hotel bookings. “While the Philippines’ well-loved destinations continue to attract their fair share of …
Continue reading “CDO in Agoda’s Top 5 most searched PH Travel Destinations in 2024”
Big Bad Wolf Books Changing The World, One Book At A Time By Tito Mike The world’s biggest ever book sale is coming to Cagayan de Oro at the Event Hall of SM Downtown at the 5th Floor. From February 2, 2024 to February 18, 2024, Cagayan de Oro residents and visitors from neighboring cities …
Continue reading “Biggest Book Sale Ever Opens At SM Downtown February 2nd”
