Nestlé Philippines continues to embody its role as Kasambuhay for Good of Filipino families as it forges a significant partnership with the City Government of Cagayan de Oro. The partnership was formally launched on March 6, 2024 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the Cagayan de Oro City Hall, and is …
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Cagayan de Oro needs basic, long-term solutions to fix its water supply woes
Cagayan de Oro City needs to move forward and apply basic solutions to address its current water supply problems instead of bickering to find a scapegoat for the ongoing brouhaha over the quality of its current water services to its consumers. In a radio interview over Strong Radio with anchor Patrick Tablon in the program …
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Pueblo de Oro unveils La Aldea del Rio Model House
Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation (PDO) unveiled its much awaited La Aldea del Rio model house marking another milestone in affordable housing for the middle-income demographic. The unveiling ceremony were held on February 17, 2024 headed by PDO Vice President and General Manager Chrysler B. Acebu. Guests and interested buyers got a firsthand chance to …
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Kagay-anon Architect featured in BluPrint’s Architecture of Silence
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 …
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COWD seeks to resolve rate row with majority partner
The Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) is actively seeking an acceptable compromise with its majority partner regarding the price of bulk water it sources from their joint venture company.\ During a media press conference held 16 January 2024 at the COWD Board Room, Engr. Antonio Young, COWD General Manager, said the dispute arose when …
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Safety & Sanitation issues constrain more food products refilling stations
Before the advent of single use plastics and most especially plastic sachets, homemakers were already used to buying their daily food needs from the neighborhood sari-sari store and tiangge, and brought along used glass bottles for their cooking oil and condiments, and bayongs for their meat, fish and vegetable purchases. As the late National Artist Nick Joaquin coined it, the …
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When plastic waste won’t wait : DENR, Nestlé PH organize multi-stakeholder discussions for successful implementation of EPR law
Solid waste continues to be a challenge for the Philippines as waste generation rates steadily rise annually while recovery and recycling rates lag behind. Of the estimated 61,000 metric tons of solid waste generated daily in the Philippines, up to 24% is plastic, the biggest source of which are packaging materials or SKUs (stock keeping …
DENR & Nestle PH expedite Extended Producer Responsibility education & registration drive in Cagayan de Oro City
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Nestle Philippines conducted a one-day Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) education and registration drive dubbed “Rethinking Plastics: EPR Paving the Way Towards Circularity” on October 6 at the Mallberry Suites Business Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, which lapsed into law in July 2022, …
Pueblo de Oro garners Best Township Awards in Luzon and Mindanao
Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation has been recognized by two prestigious award giving bodies for its two flagship projects in Malvar, Batangas, and Cagayan de Oro City. Pueblo de Oro Townscapes Malvar won both the Best Township Development and Best Lifestyle Development awards during the 11th PropertyGuru Philippine Property Awards of the property technology …
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CREBA PILLAR AWARDS : Cagayan de Oro Developers are Mindanao’s Developers of the Decade
In celebration of its 50th Founding Anniversary this year, CREBA recognized the Best of the Best in Philippine Real Estate & Housing Development through the prestigious CREBA PILLAR AWARDS on September 28, 2023 at the Conrad Hotel Manila during the Gala Night of the CREBA Golden Jubilee National Convention and Housing Expo. Dubbed “The Search for the Developers of the Decade,” awardees …