Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
Natural pearls have been prized for their beauty and rarity for over four millennia. Oriental Pearls (also called Bahraini or Genuine Pearls), are the world’s most precious gem and continue to break world record prices in both the Middle-east and in the west. Natural gulf pearls are among the finest in the world and are …
Continue reading “A Kingdom for a Pearl: The Tale of the Lost Nautilus Pearl of Sulu”
While the Philippines does not have an endemic breed of elephant today, the ones now existing in the Indonesia portion of Borneo apparently owe their survival to some elephants earlier gifted to the Sultan of Sulu but which he later sent back to North Borneo (Sabah) while it was still under the dominion of the …
Well-written for children said the pediatrician, and a heartwarming story about patience, love, and charity according to the teacher. “I like how Oozy did tricks [for] the children,” said a child. A children’s book written by a Kagay-anon doctor in Delaware, USA, and her sister in Cagayan de Oro, has earned praise from an American …
Mindanao Daily News Network’s long-serving editors, talents and loyal employees were honored with special service awards during the 3rd Mindanao Governance and Leadership Excellence Awards on December 29 at Centrio Event Center, Cagayan de Oro City. MDNN Publisher and CEO Dante M. Sudaria personally awarded the special excellence and service awards to the members of the editorial …
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On this feast of the Holy Innocents, we decry the opening of a casino in Taboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental. On June 15, 1993, the archdiocese, headed by the late Archbishop Jesus B. Tuquib, D.D, rallied successfully against the proposal of putting up a casino in the city of Cagayan de Oro. Together with the City …
The Wedding Suppliers Association of the Philippines Northern Mindanao Chapter has set their program plans and projects for 2022 during a Christmas Fellowship at Amaya View, Indahag Hills, Cagayan de Oro City last December 24, 2021. The event was graced by no less than WSAP Founder Thel Jesus “TJ” Yuson who personally planed in from Manila to …
When my mother, Ma. Ester Desembrana Baños passed away a few years ago, among the mementos she left behind were a number of photo albums some of which had pictures of Old Zamboanga dating back to the early 1920s and 1930s. I was particularly intrigued by one which showed a regal residence which she captioned …
Continue reading “Memories of Old Zamboanga: The Old Mankin House in Pasonanca”
“Pagkadako sa atong kalipay sa pagpasalamat sa Ginoo kay karong adlawa natawhan kita sa Dios, ang atong Manunubos.” Kini ang mensahe sa mga anghel ngadto sa magbalantay sa karnero sa panahon sa pagkatawo sa atong Manunubos. Mianhi Siya aron makig-uban kanato sa atong managkadungan nga pagbaktas sa dalan. Ang dalan mao gayod ang atong Ginoo …
In January 2022, three-time Oro Chamber President Ruben A. Vegafria formally turns over the gavel of leadership to incoming president Raymundo G. Talimio, Jr. during the Oro Chamber’s 4th Quarter General Membership Meeting, Awards Night and Fellowship. Among the highlights of the occasion is Vegafria’s presentation of the President’s 2021 Annual Report, and he shared with …
When people in most cities in Mindanao woke up in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette on Friday, 17 December 2021, they found they had neither mobile nor internet services in their gadgets and computers. This posed a major problem not only for LGUs and disaster response agencies unable to contact their personnel in the field, …
