Victorina Mesina Magbag was born on February 25, 1921, the eldest daughter of Sebastian Guzman Magbag and Salome Suarez Mesina who both were from San Fernando, Pampanga. She is fondly called by her nickname Nanang. She has 4 brothers and 5 sisters namely, Alejandro, Jose, Leonardo , Emmanuel, Juanita, Cristanita, Salome, Nicena and Rita. When …
Monthly Archives: February 2021
BSM: The Redolence of Oro’s Fashion Maven
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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Whither Are Books on the Virtualscape?
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 …
Filipino space engineers make history with Maya-2 CubeSat launch
The country witnessed another historic moment as its second cube satellite (CubeSat) Maya-2 was successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 1:36 A.M. (PHT) aboard the S.S. Katherine Johnson Cynus spacecraft. Sending the satellite into the ISS is the final step before the satellite reaches its targeted altitude in …
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Bringing PMAP to Higher Ground : Libot assumes mantle as PMAP CDO President
The People Management Association of the Philippines Cagayan de Oro Chapter has a new president following a year in which they were adjudged the PMAP’s 12th Chapter of the Year in 2020. In a virtual ceremony during the chapter’s 14th General Membership Meeting and 44th Induction Ceremony held via Zoom on Feb. 10, 2021 Outgoing …
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MVIP faces further delay due to submarine cable damage
The Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) may extend beyond its adjusted December 2021 target completion due to the damage of several portions of its fiber optic cable connection. The submarine cable no.1 portion of the MVIP’s Dapitan-Santander 350kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) line between Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte and Santander, Cebu, which was completed only …
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Kagay-anon works with UK team developing COVID-19 vaccine
As the whole world now focuses on getting vaccinated against COVID19, Kagay-anons will be proud to know that a compatriot is part of the research team in the United Kingdom that is working hard on developing the Novavax vaccine. Louies Andrew Mabelin, 31 years old and a Kagay-anon, is a senior oncology research nurse at …
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A Different Ash Wednesday this year
Ash Wednesday on February 17, 2021 will look a tad different in churches around the world this year. It will be no different in churches across the Philippines. Where permitted by the prevailing quarantine status of the locality, the massive crowds will be curtailed to pandemic-restricted size limits with members of the congregation spread out …
XU Grad nominated for DAISY Award
A graduate of the Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan’s School of Nursing has been nominated for the prestigious DAISY Awards in the United States. Michael Ray Ungab, 37, is a staff nurse now working at the Behavioral Floor of the UnityPoint Health Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois in the United States. “I received the nomination …
Leadership and Communication : 27th Nat’l PR Congress Explores Role of Leaders
Manila, Philippines, XX February 2021 — COVID-19 is not just a health crisis. While wreaking havoc around the world and causing so many losses, the pandemic also raises many other crucial issues, foremost of which is leadership. Governments, businesses and organizations continue to struggle, all caught off guard by the pandemic and had to think …
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