CDOBloggers elect new officers during Year End Elections & Thanksgiving

Growth. Support. Collaboration. Teamwork. Camaraderie. by Tito Mike Cagayan de Oro’s first and pre-eminent group of bloggers elected their new set of officers for 2024 during their annual elections and thanksgiving held at the new Ribs & Bibs function room at the 5th Floor of SM CDO Downtown on December 29, 2023. The 2024 CDO …

Gourmand Capital of Metro Cagayan de Oro

By Tito Mike The Segundo Distrito de Misamis was the largest of the five politico-military districts in Mindanao that was created in 1818, composed of what is now Misamis Oriental,  Misamis Occidental, Camiguin, Bukidnon, Lanao, Zamboange del Norte. and the northern part of Cotabato. From its humble beginnings as the capital town of the Segundo Distrito …

Finding El Dorado : The Year that was in Arts & Culture

The year in the Arts and Culture shone bright for the City of Golden Friendship. It wasn’t only lumad or natural born Kagay-anons who brought honor and prestige to the city, but many too were those who came from near and far seeking greener pastures and have made the city their home. Among the latter …

Rising Stars of Oro Sports 2023

Lest this short brief be mistaken as a comprehensive take on Kagay-anons who made us proud in the national and international arena of sports, let me clarify this is just a very short list of those whom I had the honor and privilege to write about. Furthermore, I chose to write about our young rising …

Skyscrapers herald coming Gilded Age of Metro Cagayan de Oro

The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) projects Cagayan de Oro City to become the Philippines next metropolitan center by 2025 after Manila, Cebu and Davao in its Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022. Based on its projected population growth, strategic location as gateway and logistics hub for Northern Mindanao, and role as a key education center …

Pueblo de Oro, Del Monte host 75th Diamond Edition of PAL Interclub Golf Championships

Philippine Airlines has selected Cagayan de Oro and Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon as the twin venues for the Diamond Anniversary Edition of the Philippine Airlines Interclub golf team championships to be held on February 19-March 4, 2024. Hosting the tournament are Northern Mindanao’s two premier golf course – Pueblo de Oro Golf & Country Club, situated …

Coming Home to the Island: Poems wins National Book Award for Best Book of Poetry in English

Coming Home to the Island: Poems” by Arlene J. Yandug has won the 41st Philippine Literary Arts Council Prize for Best Book of Poetry in English. The author expressed her delight with the citation, but likewise some trepidation moving forward to her next book, given her duties as Chief Editor of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan’s …

Mindanao author relates life journey in latest book

Bookends by Nikki Rivera Gomez When I read a recent social media post announcing the imminent launch of the fourth book by Nikki Rivera-Gomez, a good friend from way back during my days as a development employee for the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor (CIC) Special Development Project, I excitedly volunteered to publish his story on …

Pueblo de Oro to invest P13.5-B more in Cagayan de Oro

More than P18 billion worth of investments is being allotted by the Pueblo De Oro Development Corporation — the property development arm of the Luchangco-led ICCP Group — for more housing projects in key locations in the country, including Cagayan de Oro, Batangas and Cebu. Pueblo De Oro said the investments were decided as they …

CDO Hosts PUV Modern Jeep Mindanao Forum & Fleet Management Academy

Biggest Consortium of Mindanao Transport Coops Pursues 10-Point Agenda By Gerry Lee Gorit Photos by Gerry Lee Gorit, The National Federation of Transport Cooperatives & Mumzy Vany CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY hosted the last leg of the 2-day Philippine Commercial Vehicle Show 𝗣𝗨𝗩 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 held at the Aquilino …