Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
By Feng Shui Expert Richard Yu Cagayan de Oro—the City of Golden Friendship—stands at the edge of a powerful new chapter. As 2026 dawns under the blazing banner of the Year of the Yang Fire Horse, the city feels the stirrings of momentum, courage, and long-awaited breakthroughs. This is not a quiet year. It is …
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When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts… CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- There’s just no stopping the economic juggernaut that is this capital city of Northern Mindanao. As the leading growth driver in powering the region’s economy past the trillion peso mark in 2024 with 28.3 percent of the P1.04 trillion total, …
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American Guerrillas On Mindanao 1. CLYDE M. ABBOTT ASN 6553635, 1st Lieut, Inf. Reported to Tenth Military District on 15 Oct 1942. Born in Cuba, New Mexico, on 30 Oct 1917. Second Year High School; speaks English and Spanish; 6 years as Pvt, USAC: Commissioned 2nd Lieut, Inf, Tenth Military District, USFIP, on 28 Nov …
Requiem for a Kagay-anon Lawyer, Public Servant and Statesman CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – It’s fascinating how something as catastrophic as the global pandemic can lead to a tribute to a Pioneer Kagay-anon Lawyer, Public Servant, and Statesman who most present-day Kagay-anons know so little about. Which is quite a pity, given how Don Manuel …
(Condensed by Renato G. Tibon from the Book Twilight in Misamis – Josefa Borromeo Capistrano’s Guerrilla Days by Erma M. Cuizon) FORMATIVE YEARS “Be calm, do not panic” was the first ominous message Josefa Borromeo Capistrano heard over the radio airwaves from the Voice of America, following America’s declaration of war on Japan. The day …
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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Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (AFI) and the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Orochamber) formalized a strategic partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on June 27, 2025. The MOU was signed by AFI Chief Operating Officer Mardie Mapa-Suplido, and Orochamber President Almarco C. Brito during the Orochamber’s 2nd General Membership …
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PhilHealth links up with Philippine Orthopaedic Association to ramp up public awareness on Z Benefits Package for Selected Orthopedic Implants & Joint Replacement CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- PhilHealth Regional Office 10 and the Philippine Orthopedic Association (POA) held a press conference on May 9, 2025, at Limketkai Luxe Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City, to promote …
When Col WENDELL W. FERTIG assumed command of the Mindanao Guerrillas on 18 September 1942, he was confronted with the problem of setting up and perfecting a good radio communication system, both for internal and external contact. Efficient administration of the units under his command and the transmission of vital information to higher headquarters especially …
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A. The Need For Unity The diverse guerrilla bands springing into existence and taking shape and form during the last quarter of 1942, were loosely organized, clearly wanting in discipline and manifestly in dire need of many necessary attributes that make up the requirements for fighting units. The guerrillas had no definite source from which …
