Shortly after I got married in 1985, I worked as a medical representative for a German-based pharmaceutical company with Cagayan de Oro City, Bukidnon, Eastern Misamis Oriental and Gingoog City as my assigned territory. I would make my rounds of Cagayan de Oro for two weeks, take a week long trip to cover Eastern Misamis …
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Dragon Lord of the Mahangub Highlands
There’s more to the Mahangub Highlands Integrated Farm than meets the eye, far more than your usual tourist destination. Owned by Elmer Velasco Sayre and his family, and now styled as the Sayre Highlands Resort, you can find it in Sitio Mahayag, Barangay Digkilaan in Manticao, Misamis Oriental. As a B.S. Agriculture graduate of the …
Pros and Cons chime in on HB No. 9850: An Act Integrating a Comprehensive Study of Philippine History during World War II into the Higher Education Curriculum
The House of Representatives unanimously approved with a 195-0 vote on third and final reading on September 7, 2021 House Bill No. 9850, a measure integrating a comprehensive study of Philippine history during World War II (WW2) into the Higher Education curriculum. The World War II in the Philippines Education Act mandates the study of …
Ma. Teresa “Ghaye” R. Alegrio: Peers extol former PCCI and Oro Chamber Exec
Colleagues in the business, academic and civil society have lauded a former chief executive of the largest business organization in Region X, and Mindanao head of the country’s largest business organization after she succumbed to a lingering illness late Friday afternoon, October 1, 2021. Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Area Vice President for …
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This Day in World War II History: 77th Anniversary of Spyron Submarine Landing in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental
During World War II, US Navy submarines helped supply Filipino and American guerrillas with arms, ammunition and supplies, also ferrying personnel in and out of the islands. Known as the SPYRON (for Spy Squadron) Operation, it supported the Filipino and American Guerrillas resistance to the Japanese occupation after the Philippines fell to the Japanese Imperial Forces in early 1942. The …
LOCAL HISTORY IS NATIONAL HISTORY and NATIONAL HISTORY SHOULD BE LOCAL HISTORY: Towards a New Perspective of Philippine General History
In the old high school curriculum before the K-12 curriculum, Social Studies for First Year High School was Philippine History and Government. One of the course topics was the difference between nation and state. A co-teacher used to illustrate this difference by citing the case of Yugoslavia as a state composed of nations, commenting dramatically …
Retail Chain ramps up to meet pandemic challenge
The coronavirus pandemic has literally shaken the foundations of human civilization, and the retail sector has been one of the hardest that has been hit, but retail players have flexed their creativity to turn threats imposed by the new normal into opportunities to further strengthen their resiliency. In Mindanao, The Primer Group of Companies has …
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Towards a New Narrative of Philippine General History
The Department of Education of the Philippine government prescribes a syllabus for a course on Philippine history in Philippine high schools that is probably the closest we get to an official history of the Philippines. The narrative of this official history presents a thrice-repeated pattern of freedom lost and freedom regained. The first time the …
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PH Tatler picks JF Soberano in Gen. T List 2021 Leaders of Tomorrow
Cebu Landmasters, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jose Franco Soberano has been selected as one of the Top 40 Philippine Honorees and Leaders of Tomorrow on The Gen.T List 2021 by the Philippine Tatler. Franco was awarded under the real estate and hospitality category for putting the community at the heart of …
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The Boy Scout who met MacArthur at Macabalan
This quaint vignette from World War II may not qualify for inclusion in many of our history books, but it’s an interesting footnote in history from a time many prefer to forget, but Boy Scouts from around the world may long want to remember. That’s because it involves a Boy Scout from Cagayan in 1942 …
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