Arts & Culture, History, News & Features from Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro
Here, at long last, is a primer for the younger generation of Kagay-anons, as well as those of us, getting up in years, who could be a tad wiser after going through this book, about who those pioneers who made our city were. Gwendolyn Ramos Garcia relates how she came up with the idea for “The Amazing …
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The Cagayan de Oro City Council honored two music professors of the Liceo de Cagayan Conservatory of Music, Theatre and Dance on November 22, 2023 with commendation for their outstanding achievements in classical music which placed Cagayan de Oro in the World Music Map. Resolution No. 14729-2023 in the 20th City Council (Sangguniang Panlungsod) of Cagayan …
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The story of a top secret Filipino unit that fought Imperial Japan in Occupied Philippines The tensions growing with China’s incursions in the West Philippines Sea have again revived similar times during the early 1940s when Imperial Japan began expanding its empire by invading China, then Southeast Asia including the Philippines. Author Marie Silva Vallejo recalls those turbulent times …
The first Kagay-anon full-length film written, produced, and directed by Kagay-anons in decades has garnered multiple awards in a prestigious film festival in the USA. In an online post dated November 15, 2023, San Francisco, The Filipino Arts & Cinema International (FACINE) which concluded its 30th year last Sunday, November 12, announced its tiered citations – Gold, …
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On November 3, 2023, a Kagay-anon MMA fighter based in Qatar won his debut MMA fight with a third round technical knockout on the undercard of ONE Friday Fights 39 at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Moises Lois Ilogon, a.k.a. The Lion King, won his third straight professional MMA bout to keep his record …
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An anthology of poems by Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan Department of English Language and Literature Faculty Member Dr. Arlene J. Yandug has been nominated as a finalist in two prestigious national book awards. “Coming Home to the Island: poems” has been selected as one of five finalists in both the Best Book of Poetry in English category by the 41st National Book …
With more than 20 models and variants to choose from, the best of German, Japanese, and Chinese tech, and three of the most dedicated hard core bikers in the Philippines, there’s nothing true blue bikers could wish for more for their dream machine! The newest motorcycle dealership has just opened its new showroom along the …
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The Gospel of the Beast of award-winning director Sheron Dayoc from Zamboanga City, Philippines, is competing at this year’s 36th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) from October 23-November 1, 2023. The Tokyo International Film Festival is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. According to FIAPF statistics, it is one of Asia’s competitive film festivals, …
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North-Min Auto Dealership Inc. (NMADI), the official Isuzu dealer for the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Dipolog and Pagadian in Mindanao, launched the New Isuzu D-Max Limited simultaneously during The Great Isuzu Fridays (T.G.I.F.) Holideals on Friday, October 27, 2023 at its four locations. “The new Isuzu D-MAX Limited makes the already appealing D-MAX pick-up even more attractive …
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From a sleepy little town in the 50s to the 80s, Cagayan de Oro City has gradually expanded its environs: first towards the Cogon Market area, thence to the Lapasan Central Business District when the Limketkai Clan put up its Limketkai Center. This was the first wave of its urban expansion. However, it would be …
