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Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 11:58 AM

CdeO emerging as a top tourist-business destination
Posted on August 16, 2010 by damarre

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Cagayan de Oro has been cited lately as among the perfect destinations where travelers can mix business with pleasure, relaxation and adventure. Specifically, Region 10′s economic center was chosen not only as gateway to northern part of Mindanao but also due to its city-based adventure activities.

The city’s whitewater rafting adventures, and other outdoor activities are just a few mnutes from the city proper. Basically it’s where business and pleasure mix.

“These places are perfect for corporate travelers and holidaymakers,” says Cesar Cruz, Philippine Tourism Authority president. “Each place has something unique to offer, and we’re hoping that more and more people understand the fact that the Philippines has what it takes to be one of the world’s premier travel destinations.”

Aside from Cagayan de Oro, also named emerging destinations are: Laoag and Dagupan (Region I), for their heritage sites, and beaches; La Trinidad Valley Cordillera Administration Region (CAR), for its magnificent strawberry fields, vegetable terraces and cut flower industry; Zambales (Region III), a multifaceted destination for beach holidays, mango agri-tourism and sports adventure activities; San Juan, Batangas (Region IV-A) can easily boast endless beautiful beaches and stylized type of resorts; Marinduque (Region IV-B) with its world class resort and rich cultural traditions; Sorsogon of Bicol (Region V) which is synonymous to eco-tourism activities like whale interaction and firefly tour.

In Visayas: Silay City in Negros Occidental (Region VI), for its preserved ancestral houses, rich culinary heritage and newly constructed world class airport; Danao in Bohol (Region VII), the new eco-adventure mecca complemented by nearby white sand beaches and the nature’s wonders of the Chocolate Hills and tarsier; the island destinations of Northern Samar (Region VIII) with its pristine beach areas, rich flora and fauna and iconic natural land formation.

Down south: The Island Garden City of Samal (Region XI), for its paradise-like coves and beaches, eco-adventure sites and activities; Butuan City (Region XIII) of Caraga is historical mecca of the Philippines with good access to Agusan marshlands and surfing capital of Siargao; Sarangani (Region XII) can always pull a surprise with its beautiful coastlines, diverse cultural heritage and aqua tourism activities; Dapitan City (Region IX) of Zamboanga del Sur, holds one of the historical treasures of Dr. Jose Rizal, complemented by its rustic surroundings and thriving aqua culture industry.

The criteria used by the Department of Tourism and PHILTOA for choosing the Top Emerging Business Destinations are: good accessibility, communication network , availability of meeting facilities and standard accommodations.

The destinations will be featured at the 21st Philippine Travel Mart on September 3 to 5 at the SM Megatrade Halls, as part of the Biyahe Exchange Program, a one-on-one business meeting between corporate buyers and travel sellers where travel adventures, trips, and tours are offered to companies for corporate outings and company incentives.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 11:59 AM

A. Brown Co. profits balloon after sale of Nat’l Grid stake
Posted on August 16, 2010 by damarre

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PROFITS of holding firm A. Brown Co., Inc. surged by more than five times to P479.6 million in the second quarter on the back of a one-time gain, the listed company said in its financial report.

A. Brown attributed the profits growth to the “gain on sale of available-for-sale investments due to the disposal of an investment in Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp.”

In March, One Taipan Holdings Corp. led by Henry Sy, Jr., the son and namesake of mall and banking tycoon Henry Sy, Sr., bought A. Brown unit Monte Oro, which held a 30% stake in transmission firm National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.

The transaction allowed A. Brown to rake in P384.9 million in dividend income.

But combined sales of crude palm oil and property projects in the second quarter dropped to P39.93 million from P56.05 million in the previous year.

A. Brown has three realty projects: the Xavier Estates in Cagayan de Oro City that sold 27 lots in the second quarter from 32 lots for the same period last year; the 40-hectare Teakwood Hills Subdivision also in Cagayan de Oro City that is under construction; and the 12.39-hectare Valencia Estates in Bukidnon that sold three units in the second quarter from five in the previous year.

“The management is optimistic that sales will increase in 2010 due to steady global demand for Filipino labor. There is also an increasing demand from local professionals investing in affordable housing projects especially with the support from the local banks and the Pag-IBIG [fund] for more affordable housing loan rates,” A. Brown said.

The firm said it has 1,061.43 hectares of land for oil palm production and nursery operations.

Shares in A. Brown — which was incorporated in 1966 as Bendana, Brown, Pizarro & Associates, Inc. and merged with Brown Chemical Corp. in 1993, rose to P3.19 apiece on Friday from P3.16 on Thursday.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:02 PM

PROJECT WATCH: Golden Mile latest updates
Posted on August 12, 2010 by damarre

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The Golden Mile project is still on-going. As seen in the pictures, the concrete river protection from the back of the city hall up to the area just behind the Chavez lot next to the amphitheater has been completed.

However, major earthfilling works are still needed shown below.

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There are also changes perhaps as the north extension wall overlaps with the completed one.

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This opening below is where trucks get some of their aggregates. Also, based on the perspective, this is right across the proposed river fountain.

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Shown below, the river fountain is right next to the city hall straight down from Toribio Chavez Street.

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The Golden Mile is not just a river tourism project but also an infrastructure development as measure against erosion and flooding.

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Some of the unused concrete piles….

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Hopefully, this Golden Mile project will be completed soon.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:07 PM

City Livelihood Skills Training now underway
Posted on August 12, 2010 by damarre

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Some 167 participants are now undergoing livelihood skills training on commercial cooking, baking and pastry, and food processing at the Westbound Terminal in Bulua. The six-month training program is being handled by the Cagayan de Oro city Mayor’s Office-Community Improvement Division in coordination with the Technical Skills Dev’t Authority (TESDA).

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Also, 183 participants are undergoing six-month livelihood skills training on hairstyling and massage therapy.

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This will benefit many people in the city particularly in the small business enterprise sector as support businesses for large investments in the city.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:08 PM

New city sanitary landfill to cost P300 Million
Posted on August 12, 2010 by damarre

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TO SOLVE the rising problem of garbage in Cagayan de Oro City, the City Government will reportedly spend a whopping P300 million for the construction of a sophisticated sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagatpat.

Alex Jimenez, chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Northern Mindanao’s Environmental Impact Assessment Monitoring Division, said the proposed landfill site is about 30 hectares.

“It is where the existing landfill at Sitio Zayas in Barangay Carmen will be transferred,” Jimenez said.

He added that the City Government in collaboration with the DENR has been drawing frameworks to realize what is said to be “an expensive project” under the administration of Mayor Vicente Y. Emano.

Jimenez said the budget for other social services of the City Government have to be sacrificed should the project be pursued.

The DENR is one of the members of an adhoc committee in the City Council created to look into the possibility of establishing not only an ordinary dumpsite but a sanitary landfill in particular, which is now under study.

Sanitary landfills are sites where waste is isolated from the environment until it is considered safe when it has completely degraded biologically, chemically and physically.

According to experts, there are four minimum basic conditions that should be met by any site design and operation before it can be regarded as a sanitary landfill. One is full or partial hydrogeological isolation; second is that the formal engineering preparations must be adapted on designs that should be developed from local geological and hydrogeological investigations; third, it should have trained staff to permanently control the operation, the depositing of waste and the regular operation and maintenance; and fourth, the waste should be spread in layers and compacted.

But Jimenez said before construction of the landfill would start, roads going to the area should first be established.

“Personally, I suggest putting up a garbage disposal site at the nearby urban areas to at least save out from less travels on garbage collections.

with article by Nicole J. Managbanag/Loui S. Maliza of Sun Star CDO

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:16 PM

PROJECT WATCH: Other construction updates 21
Posted on August 10, 2010 by damarre

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Month of August and some new projects in Cagayan de Oro City again….first is the renovation of this 3-storey building at the corner of Corrales Avenue and Hayes Street. This is now owned by Montecarlo Realty (UKC Builders). They’re working on the building’s facade and perhaps also on the inside.

More commercial spaces will be available once this building will be completed. Photos taken 2 weeks ago so expect more accomplishment by this time.

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Another new construction is this small 2-storey development beside D’Sainte Bar…photo taken from DTI Bldg. Again, these were taken a few weeks back. There are now concrete posts and construction is now on the 2nd floor as of this time.

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These series of large warehouses nearing completion are found along the road towards Bulua Terminal just across Jetti Station.

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Bank of the Philippine Island’s Velez Branch is now undertaking a major facelift….

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The former Sunriva Café and Restaurant is now undergoing major renovation….perhaps a new locator? We’ll soon find out.

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Below is another large warehouse project by Architect Heinrich Ty located at Barra Highway, Opol just before Kinasanghan Area.

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Across the warehouse building above is another new construction…said to be the bigger campus of Blessed Mother College (formerly Blessed Child Academy) located at Iponan shown below. Their original building is along the Barra Side.

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This 4-storey building below is just at the back of Win Grace Dormitory. Perhaps another dorm project. It can be accessed through Hayes Street near the marble works.

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Have you heard about Juan Fuel? Well, they have one fuel refilling station operating along JR Borja Highway Extension and they’re constructing a 3-storey building behind it as shown below.

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In Lapasan, there are now developments at the vacant lot owned by Liberty Land Corp. The property is along the highway (right side eastbound) some several meters after the pedestrian overpass. Things will get brighter in the next few days to see what this construction is.

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There’s also some construction at the corner lot along Kauswagan Highway and bypass road near High Time Drive-In Motel. The area is small but perhaps good place for some night life. We’ll keep you updated on this.

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There are still more new constructions going on but I’ll keep them first for the next post. As of now, just browse over the above projects. Need a job? You can inquire on the above developments.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:25 PM

PROJECT WATCH: Other construction updates 20
Posted on August 10, 2010 by damarre

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Some updates of previously posted construction projects…. first is the large and long warehouse development by UKC Builders near Bulua Bus Terminal and Market Complex shown above.

Rumored to be an NFA Warehouse, this project is half-way done… perhaps consisting of two long warehouses with a space at the middle possibly and entry from the main road beside Jetti Refilling Station.

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Photos below were taken from nearby BIR Building.

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Next update will be this 5-storey building at the corner of JR Borja and Daumar Streets in Cogon shown below. Work somehwat slowed these past few weeks…maybe waiting for the glass panels which have been installed lately.

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Vineyard International Polytechnic College Building located at the corner of Corrales Avenue and Antonio Luna Street is also nearing completion as shown below. Pictures taken a couple weeks back.

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This commercial building below located along CM Recto in Lapasan just beside Pimentel Iron Works is still going higher (vertical). No perspective is shown. Perhaps 3-4 storeys when finished.

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Below is the status of the building being constructed at the former COC Annex along Vamenta Blvd. in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Looks like a 2-storey building. In the background is the 6-storey apartment building (or dormitory) which also nearing completion.

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Construction of the commercial building beside Polymedic Medical Plaza is also still ongoing as shown below. This building is expected to complement the hospital operations with pharmacy and coffee shop.

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Lastly, CLIMBS Building along Bulua Highway is already taking shape…just a stone’s throw from pottery row. First posted last April 10, 2010, the building is expected to be completed by third quarter of this year.

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Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:29 PM

Holcim opens CDO warehouse
Posted on August 9, 2010 by damarre

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CAGAYAN de Oro residents and nearby towns will now have faster and more accessible way of buying cement from Holcim Philippines as it opened its new warehouse in the city last Friday.

William Sumalinog, regional operating head of Mindanao Sales, said opening the warehouse and office in Cagayan de Oro City is part of Holcim Philippines commitment to better serve customers in the region.

“The warehouse and office will make Holcim products more accessible, which is the fulfillment of our promise to serve better our Cagayan business partners and customers. They won’t have to go to the Lugait plant anymore to buy Holcim cement,” he said.

Sumalinog added that the warehouse is Holcim Philippines’s vote of confidence in Cagayan de Oro City’s development path, and a solid proof of the company’s intention to stay in the city market for the long term.

The Holcim Philippines official said customers from Bukidon, Misamis Oriental and Caraga areas are some of the beneficiaries of the warehouse’s opening. Aside from making it easier for customers to do business with Holcim, Sumalinog noted that the warehouse will benefit the community due to the jobs it will create and business it will generate for nearby establishments.

The Holcim Philippines office and warehouse, which can house up to 100,000 cement bags, are located at GTS Building, Corrales Extension, Cagayan de Oro City.

Holcim is one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and aggregates (crushed stone, gravel and sand) as well as downstream activities such as ready-mix concrete and asphalt.

The Group holds majority and minority interests in more than 70 countries on all continents.

Holcim Philippines, Inc. (HPHI) is a Philippines-based cement manufacturer and a member of Holcim Group.

Holcim Philippines is involved in the manufacture, sale and distribution of cement to the domestic and export markets. The Company produces four cement products: Holcim Excel, Holcim WallRight, Holcim Premium Bulk and Holcim Duracem.

Its products are sold in bags, jumbo bags and in bulk.

Holcim Philippines operates four cement plants in La Union, Bulacan, Misamis Oriental, and Davao. It currently has 1,500 employees in the Philippines.

PHOTO: Holcim dealer Trinidad Go and William C. Sumalinog, Holcim regional head, lead the ceremonial cutting of ribbon of the newly-opened Holcim warehouse in Cagayan de Oro on Friday. photo by Rolando Sudaria

article from Business Week Mindanao

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 12:40 PM

Golden Cowrie Native Restaurant to open CDO branch
Posted on August 9, 2010 by damarre

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Golden Cowrie, one of the best restaurants in Cebu offering native dishes, will establish its first branch in Cagayan de Oro along Rosario Strip in Limketkai Center.

Aside from the “Lutong Bahay” cuisine, they’re offering unlimited rice….we all do like these…

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Cagayanons just love to eat.

Goldilocks to open store at Georgetown Cybermall
Posted on August 9, 2010 by damarre

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Goldilocks is set to open another branch in the city with the latest one located at Georgetown Cybermall along RN Pelaez Boulevard.

It will be the fourth store after Divisoria, Carmen and Limketkai Mall. As seen below, opening will just be in a matter of days.

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“Indoor Fishing and Restaurant” to open in CDO soon
Posted on August 9, 2010 by damarre

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Have you ever tried to do “fishing” first before you actually eat your catch? More often than not, in most seafood diners, you just simply point at some live fish in an aquarium or select from freshly caught fish in a container for them to cook and serve them later at your table. But things will definitely change in Cagayan de Oro when a very unique restaurant will soon open a first of its kind in the city.

FIESTA INDOOR FISHING AND RESTAURANT, located along Tiano Bros. Street fronting Chaibodia Bistro & Café is offering somewhat a different style in seafood eating. The place was formerly Steve’s Grill, the old building demolished and reconstructed now. The building is nearing completion as shown in the pictures.

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I really do not know if the fish caught will be eaten by customers but there are prizes…based on the photos (tarp is installed onsite), the owner must have copies this somewhere either in Japan or Korea…

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Below is the pool where you will fish….

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Of course, if there’s a new investment….jobs, jobs, jobs…

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So, try this one out when it opens.

Kiwi Swirl Frozen Yogurt now swirling at Gazebo
Posted on August 18, 2010 by damarre

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Cagayan de Oro has not gotten over the fro-yo craze yet. Kiwi Swirl Frozen Yogurt recently opened (last August 1) at Gazebo Home Store Café at the corner of Don Apolinar Velez and Gaerlan Streets. Kiwi Swirl offers delicious Frozen Yogurts, Yogurt Smoothies, Parfaits, Coffee and more desserts.

Please do try. More photos below (from facebook).

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September 3rd, 2010, 12:41 PM

High demand prompts MisOr firm to increase production
Posted on August 14, 2010 by damarre

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SPYTHE Global, a coconut-based sugar manufacturer in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, is targeting at least 20 to 30 tons of finished products per month, as it claimed high demand in organic sugar abroad.

Joy Aster Gamolo, Spythe Global owner, said this is to cope up with the increasing demand on sugar exports in Japan, Europe and in the United States of America.

Gamolo claimed no difficulties in producing such amount to supply the demand since the sugar plantation can produce one ton of finished products in one hectare land.

However, she did not elaborate more on the details of the number of hectares the sugar company is utilizing.

Spythe Global started with a three-man labor in the production of three kilos each month in 2002 until it increased its sales by tons after four years of perfecting the product.

“We just got out in the market in 2006, producing not less than a ton of finished product every month,” Gamolo said in an interview during the one-town one-product (OTOP) coordinators’ conference on Friday at Pearlmont Hotel.

“Despite all the problems we encountered…if we talk about problems, we cannot finish discussing it the whole day,” she added.

Spythe Global’s coconut-based sugar, a high-end product, is available in malls and other big stores in Cagayan de Oro.

“It’s expensive, though, but it has several benefits, especially for diabetic patients who would really want to use sugar in their food and beverages,” Gamolo said, as she encouraged local government units to invest in organic sugar manufacturing to reach the high demand abroad.

She said there is a bright future in coconut sugar production.

Gamolo said Spythe Global is employing at least eight to 10 workers in every hectare of land plantation, which is a “great help to the local government unit of Balingasag.

Spythe Global was recently recognized in the national level for being a high-performing company in the sugar industry.

article by Loui Maliza of Sun Star CDO

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September 3rd, 2010, 12:44 PM

Uptown Condotel investment scheme seen to lure investors
Posted on August 16, 2010 by damarre

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UPTOWN Condotel, the newest condotel in Cagayan de Oro, is now nearing completion and is expected to revolutionize the industry due to its unique investment scheme that is intended to lure more investors into the city.

The 3-storey 48-units residential building located at the sprawling Business Park of Xavier Estates in Upper Balulang is being developed by Plumbline Development Corporation, a real estate firm newly-established by a consortium of Hawaian-Filipino businessmen.

Mr. Erwin L. Pepino, Plumbline’s corporate secretary and vice-president for public relations, said they are expecting the construction and furnishing to be finished by December.

“By January next year, we’ll start turning over the units to buyers,” Pepino said.

The concept of a condotel follows that of a condominium and hotel lifestyles. It combines the luxury of a full service hotel with a concept of ownership of commercial condominium units.

But apart from its clean, green and peaceful location, what makes Uptown Condotel unique from the rest is the integration of an investment scheme where an investor or buyer of a unit can enjoy the comforts of modern living and, at the same time, earn additional income.

According to Pepino, there are three ways prospective investors can benefit from the new scheme. First, by buying a unit during the pre-construction phase, the buyer can have the potential of earning exponential income due to price appreciation.

Second, by having their unit rented out like regular hotel rooms, the owner can earn up to 15% per annum as return of investment.

And third, by buying a unit at Uptown Condotel, the buyers are not just investing in a single unit but also buying into a prime real estate property since they will then become part owners of common areas within the vicinity of the building.

Mr. Pepino explained that each investor or buyer shall receive an equal sharing of profits or proceeds of rented units. This means, that the owners of un-rented units shall get the same amount with those whose units were rented out.

“We’re bringing in a cutting-edge business concept that would lure investors into the city,” Mr. Pepino said.

“Our aim is not just to provide a hotel-like home atmosphere to our investors, local and foreign, but also give them prime investment opportunities in Cagayan de Oro’s real estate market,” he said.

Pepino added that since Uptown Condotel is Plumbline’s first property development project, the company is determined to make it the finest in the region.

Each unit is a 45 square meter area, bigger than a suite room and has a luxury hotel services such as 24-hour operator assisted telephone service (no need to apply for your own landline), Cable TV & Free Internet Connectivity, and 24-hour House Keeping (Room Service) on Demand. It also provides a 15 sq.m. exclusive parking for each unit.

All hotel units will have kitchen facilities and each unit’s T&B will be fitted with bathtubs. The standard unit price for the residential unit provides for the suite to be fully furnished. Included in the price are the appliances, fixtures, furniture and linen.

article by Nelson Constantino of Business Week Mindanao

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September 3rd, 2010, 12:51 PM

Paseo del Rio recognized during 4th Philippine Real Estate Festival
Posted on August 9, 2010 by damarre

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Even before construction has began, Paseo del Rio, the mixed use development designed by Palafox & Associates and owned by the Pelaez Group has been recognized as among the 17 projects awarded “models of excellence” last August 7 during the 4th Philippine Real Estate Festival (PREF) inside the jampacked World Trade Center in Manila.
Read full article HERE

PROJECT WATCH: Paseo del Rio groundbreaking held
Posted on August 9, 2010 by damarre

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A simple ground breaking was held yesterday August 8, 2010 at the site of the Paseo del Rio Mixed Use Complex owned by Zealep, Inc. Part of the program was the unveiling of the latest and perhaps the final design of the high rise business hotel to be constructed onsite.

When I went to the site yesterday, the ceremony has already ended with only the new tarpaulin and some tents left onsite. Accordingly, the groundbreaking began at 8:00 AM.

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Based on the final rendering, the hotel will have at least 16 floors…. hope to see ground movements in the coming days.

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September 3rd, 2010, 12:56 PM

City gears for establishment of Pamantasan ng Cagayan De Oro
Posted on August 3, 2010 by damarre

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CITY HALL is now gearing for the establishment of a city college that will benefit more poor families.

Mayor Vicente Emano this week issued an executive order creating an adhoc committee to prepare a feasibility study, conduct documentation and propose measures for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a city college, which will be called Pamantasan ng Cagayan de Oro.

The special committee is chaired by Councilor Adrian Barba with Councilor Alvin Calingin as the vice-chair. Members are Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya; the chair of the City College Scholarship program; City superintendent of schools; Prof Soc Anthony del Rosario, the City Administrator, City Treasurer, City Planning and Development Coordinator, representatives of the Commission on Higher Education-10, Department of Education and office of Congressman Jose Benjamin Benaldo.

The committee has been tasked to look for an appropriate school site, determine the courses offered and the scholarship program, the composition, terms of office and honoraria of the board of trustees and its powers, duties, functions and responsibilities as well as initial funding requirements.

Mayor Emano expects the report and recommendation of the adhoc committee within 60 days.

It may be recalled that it was the mayor who ordered the implementation of the City College Scholarship Program so that poor but deserving students can finish their college education. The mayor said the establishment of a city college will enable the city to accommodate more students. (LCR)

Ad hoc committee inspects proposed new city dumpsite
Posted on August 4, 2010 by damarre

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City Councilor and Ad Hoc Committee Chairman Alvin R. Calingin (2nd from left) and technical experts from City Hall inspect the proposed 26-hectare open dumpsite situated on the rugged terrains and mountain slopes at sitio Kulago, Pamalihi in Barangay Pagatpat on Aug. 4.

The body, created by Mayor Emano, is tasked to look for suitable landfill site as the city plans to transfer the existing Upper Dagong, Carmen dumpsite to a new location.

from Business Week Mindanao

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September 3rd, 2010, 01:01 PM

Cherry Mobile Concept Store inaugurated
Posted on August 3, 2010 by damarre

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Young showbiz stars John Lloyd Cruz and Kim Chiu were the special guests in the inauguration of the first Cherry Mobile Concept Store in Cagayan de Oro City at Graphic All-In Store Main Branch along Capt. Vicente Roa Extension. Both Cruz and Chiu are celebrity endorsers of Cherry Mobile cell phones. (photo from Gold Star Daily)

‘Computers’ make 15-min biz permit processing doable
Posted on July 31, 2010 by damarre

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THE Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Oro Chamber) said the 15-minute processing of business permits is “doable”.

This, as Oro Chamber said, if local government units (LGUs) including Cagayan de Oro, consider full computerization of their facilities.

Lordilie S. Enjambre, Oro Chamber executive director, said the 15-minute business permit processing, which President Benigno Aquino III committed in his first State of the Nation Address (Sona), was laudable, and should be prioritized by LGUs.

“It’s a good move from President Aquino actually. He’s on the right track and got good plans,” Enjambre said.

She said Cagayan de Oro should consider allocating funds for the purchase of computers, saying the local government can very well afford the equipment.

“We should do away now from applying the manual operation with regards to issuing the business permits. We should apply modern technology. The problem is, in the city government alone, they’re not fully applying computerization,” she said.

In Bukidnon, some member-companies of the chamber made comparisons on the processing of business permits with other areas in Northern Mindanao and Enjambre said “they found out it was not that too long to be released.”

“If you filed your business permit applications/renewals today, you can pick it up the following day,” she said.

In Iligan City, she said member-companies noted that the processing is done in about 20 minutes.

In his Sona, President Aquino said: “The never-ending horror story of registering business names, which used to take a minimum of four to eight hours depending on the day, will be cut down drastically to fifteen minutes.”

He added: “I call on our local government units to review its own procedures. While we look for more ways to streamline our processes to make business start-ups easier, I hope the LGUs can also find ways to implement reforms that will be consistent with the ones we have already started.”

article from Sun Star CDO

Nerbac now issues eTIN
Posted on July 31, 2010 by damarre

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THE National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (Nerbac) in Northern Mindanao now issues electronic Taxpayer Identification Number (eTIN) to all start-up and existing entrepreneurs who do not have TIN yet.

Issuance of TIN shall be free of charge and can be availed by visiting the Center at Corrales Ave. cor. A. Luna Sts., Cagayan de Oro City.

Nerbac Northern Mindanao is the first Government Agencies and Instrumentalities
(GAIs) given the authority by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to issue TIN.

The eRegistration or formerly eTIN system is an online facility for TIN issuance as part of government effort to streamline business processing.

Nerbac was created through Republic Act 7470 to fast track investment inflows and strengthen the country’s business and investment climate.

A myriad of government services is offered for the start-up and expanding business that include streamlined business registration and licensing, knowledge management, proactive investment marketing, export documentation and financing facilitation.

The Center houses representatives from mandatory agencies like the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Social Security System, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. Pag-Ibig Fund and Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

An Entrepreneurship and Business Registration Orientation is presented every first Thursday of the month to guide start-up entrepreneurs on the step by step procedure, requirements and forms needed in registering a business.

Moreover, a compendium of business registration guides is also available at the
Nerbac library.

The Center is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays with no noon break.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:02 PM

New City Tennis Court nears completion
Posted on July 29, 2010 by damarre

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The New City Tennis Court along Hayes Street is nearing completion. Some minor works are still to be finished including the concrete fence at the other end of the picture.

Basically, only the net and court markings are left before the court can be deemed playable and open to the public. The perimeter fence is almost done. On the right of the picture is the under construction new building of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). With the impending completion of the tennis court, the old one near City Hall will have to be closed to give way to the Duaw Park and Pay Parking Building, that is if the new administration will continue then Mayor Jaraula’s proposals.

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September 3rd, 2010, 01:07 PM

MisOr hospitals tap Smart for ‘mobile surgery project’
Posted on July 29, 2010 by damarre

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Through the innovative use of mobile phones and Internet access provided by Smart Communications, Inc. , medical specialists based in Cagayan de Oro hospitals can now effectively manage the treatment of patients in four provincial hospitals located in different parts of Misamis Oriental.

Doctors are able to do this via online consultations, said Dr. Ramon Nery, Co-chair of the Technical Working Group for hospital operations. He explained that online consultations form part of the efforts of the Misamis Oriental provincial government to use wireless technologies to improve surgery services in its hospitals under its Mobile Surgery Services Project.

Through online consultations, a young patient diagnosed with meningocoele at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital-Balingasag, for example, can have remote consultations with a neurosurgeon stationed at the Provincial Health Office located Cagayan de Oro. A general practitioner from the provincial hospital facilitates the consultation which is done via the OOVOO application using a webcam.

Dr. Maximo Simbulan, head of the Mindanao Consortium of Surgeons, said information gleaned from online consultations, as well as data sent using the eight 3G phones provided by SMART, enables members of the mobile surgery team to improve pre-operation preparations and ensure the efficient delivery of surgical services at the different provincial hospitals.

The online facility also eliminates the need for patients to travel long distances to consult the specialists based in Cagayan de Oro City.

The Mobile Surgery Services Project is a collaboration of the Misamis Oriental provincial government under Gov. Oscar Moreno, and Dr. Ignacio Moreno, Provincial Health Officer for Misamis Oriental, and the Mindanao Consortium of Surgeons. The program was showcased today at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital – Balingasag.

SMART is providing free one-year Internet connectivity to all seven provincial hospitals of Misamis Oriental to support the development of the Mobile Surgery Services Project. First to have internet access are the provincial hospitals of Gingoog, Talisayan, Balingasag and Manticao.

The telco’s technical support include training for medical staff and personnel who will be involved in the computerization of hospital operations. So far, SMART has already trained nurses and doctors on basic computer literacy and troubleshooting as well as the use of basic connectivity tools like email and the webcam. Future trainings include those aimed at improving frontline skills and hospital operations.

This project with SMART is in line with the Province-wide Investment Plan for Health, under which Misamis Oriental has been rehabilitating the buildings and upgrading the facilities and medical personnel services of its seven provincial hospitals.

SMART’s support of this undertaking is part of its telehealth efforts which is under its community partnership program called Kabalikat.

PHOTO: A young patient with meningocoele at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital-Balingasag is having a remote consultations with a neurosurgeon stationed at the Provincial Health Office in Cagayan de Oro via OOVOO application using a webcam. Assisting the on-line consultations are Dr. Ramon Nery, co-chair of the Technical Working Group for hospital operations, Smart Communications Head of Public Affairs Ramon Isberto, and Dr. Mateo of the Balingasag Hospital.

article from Business Week Mindanao

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September 3rd, 2010, 01:09 PM

Emano outlines flagship projects
Posted on July 28, 2010 by damarre

City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano has outlined his flagship projects for his 3-year term: Establishment of a City College, Privatization of Garbage Collection, Development of New Sanitary Landfill, Creation of New Barangays and Third Legislative District of Cagayan de Oro City.

This even as Emano created yesterday four Ad Hoc Committees primarily tasked “to study and propose measures” on the matters within 60 days or two months.

The creation of the four multi-agency Ad Hoc Committees was formalized by Mayor Emano after the latter simultaneously issued Executive Order Nos. 007, 008, 009 and 010 on July 27, 2010. City Councilor Adrian L. Barba was named as Ad Hoc Chairman who will prepare feasibility study, conduct documentation and propose measures for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a City College, to be known as the ”Pamantasan ng Cagayan de Oro”.

Noting that while the City Government has a College Scholarship Program, Mayor Emano explained that it is more practical and prudent to establish a City College in order to accommodate more poor students who could not enroll in private colleges and universities due to high tuition fees.

The body is tasked to look for appropriate school site, determine the courses offered and the scholarship program; the composition, terms of office and honoraria of the Board of Trustees and its powers, duties, functions and responsibilities; and the initial funding.

The second committee, chaired by neophyte City Councilor Nadya B. Emano-Elipe, will study and propose measures for the privatization of the city’s garbage collection, citing that the increasing volume of solid wastes is hard to cope with a growing metropolis like Cagayan de Oro City.

“The privatization of garbage collection is one of the options in order to address the city’s cleanliness and sanitation,” Mayor Emano stressed.

In relation to this, a third committee, with comebacking City Councilor Alvin R. Calingin as its Chairman, was also created to identify, acquire and develop an area suitable for a new dumpsite or sanitary landfill.

Mayor Emano reasoned that the development of a new landfill or dumpsite is necessary because the existing sanitary landfill at Upper Dagong in barangay Carmen has been overtaken by the city’s growth and progress, thus needs its immediate transfer to a new location.

The Mayor added that the transfer of the present sanitary landfill will also pave the way for the physical development of the area as ‘another economic growth center’ of the city.

“And besides, it is no longer conforming to the requirements of R.A. 9003 or Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2003, the Clean Air Act, and other laws, rules and regulations,” he pointed out.

The last Ad Hoc Committee, chaired by City Councilor Ramon G. Tabor, will study and propose measures for the creation of new barangays and third legislative district of Cagayan de Oro City.

By dividing big barangays of the city through a plebiscite, Mayor Emano is optimistic that better delivery of basic services to the people would be ensured. “The people of Cagayan de Oro City could also have an equal representation in Congress, aside from getting more benefits from the national government, if a third legislative district is created,“ Mayor Emano concluded. (City Information Office)

Oro to put up modern traffic system
Posted on July 28, 2010 by damarre

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The city government is set to undertake a multi-million peso project to modernize the traffic system with the installation of a close-circuit television camera to at least 50 junctions in the entire city in the coming months.

This was disclosed during the meeting of the Committee on Public Utilities chaired by city councilor Alden Bacal on Thursday.

Bacal told Mindanao Gold Star Daily that at least six interested private companies have initially signified their intention to tender their interest on the said undertaking of City Mayor Vicente Emano’s administration.

The installation of the new traffic system would cost the city amounting to P150 million or more depending on the companies’ proposals. Some other companies offered a Build-Operate and Transfer (BOT) Scheme.

The new traffic system includes the installation of a traffic control and monitoring center that would possibly house the Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA).

“There is also a pending proposal to professionalize the RTA personnel considering that they would be manning the entire traffic system,” he said.

He said for the past 12 years, the traffic system of Cagayan de Oro has already been declared obsolete and some that were non-functional as among other contributing factors of the worsening traffic situation in the city.

“I already asked the RTA to identify major junctions in the city that need the installation of a modern traffic light,” he said.

Initially, the RTA has submitted 15 major junctions which include Bulua junction near Bulua Gym, Kauswagan-Bulua highway junction; Kauswagan-Liceo junction; Recto-Licoan junction; Recto-Corrales junction; Osmeña-Recto junction; Megacenter junction in Lapasan; Gusa-Galaxy junction; Puerto junction; Velez-Luna junction; Yacapin-Velez junction; JR Borja-Velez junction; Velez-Divisoria junction; Velez-Tirso Neri junction and KSY junction near Carmen bridge.

However, Emano recommends to install another 35 streetlights to other major and minor junctions in the entire city including those with commercial complexes.

With the implementation of the modern traffic system, the RTA is also tasked to set-up new traffic plan for re-routing inside the city limits which affects all public utility vehicles like jeepneys, motorela, motorized sikad and multicabs.

Bacal said they would not implement the new-rerouting scheme until such time that the modern traffic system would be installed in all major and minor thoroughfares.

The city government still welcomes proposals from other companies.

article by Lito Rulona of Gold Star Daily

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September 3rd, 2010, 01:11 PM

CDO’s first modernist public sculpture installed at CU
Posted on July 26, 2010 by damarre

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Cagayan de Oro’s first modernist public sculpture is in Capitol University.

Capitol University President Atty. Casimiro B. Juarez Jr. and world-renowned Filipino sculpture Eduardo Castrillo recently unveiled Mindanao’s first modernist public sculptural installation, Convergence, a work by Ovvian Castrillo Hill, donated to Capitol University by Eduardo Castrillo and his family, at the CU Friendship Park.

I got this clearer sculpture below from Ovvian’s website. Except for “Simbang Gabi”, basically it’s the same work. I don’t know if it’s the same donated to CU.

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4 feet diameter Stainless Steel sculpture
2’2” H X 4’W X 3’ D anchor stand+base
(1” marine plywood in Elastomeric paint finish)
ARTIST’S PRICE: Php 290,000.00

Ed Castrillo must have fell in love with Cagayan de Oro as even Ovvian, her daughter donated the P290,000 worth masterpiece.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:13 PM

La Tegola’s new location
Posted on July 26, 2010 by damarre

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La Tegola Cucina Italiana, Cagayan de Oro’s only Italian Restaurant has moved to a new location right across Gaston Park.

The diner previously had its operations at the former Bigby’s original site (Juan Sia Bldg.) along Arch. Hayes Street. A NOTICE was installed at the old site for their customers’ info shown below.

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The new site is just beside Avon Cosmestics along Rizal Street, with ample parking space and a quiet neighborhood, an ambiance warranted for a fine dining destination.

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Try some Italian cuisine…at La Tegola…either bring more cash or credit card!

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:15 PM

Airport buildings construction nears completion
Posted on July 24, 2010 by damarre

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CONSTRUCTION of different buildings at the P7.853 billion (US$167.09 million) Laguindingan International Airport in Laguindingan town, Misamis Oriental are now in full swing, a report from Project Management Office (PMO) of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) said.

As of July 18, the passenger terminal building is now 22.86 percent complete while the operation and control tower building is now 24.27 percent complete.

Other structures at the airport such as the power house building is now 38.61 percent complete and the cargo terminal building now stood at 24.91 percent complete while the crash fire and rescue building is 28.95 percent complete.

The maintenance building, cold water receiving station, administration building, waste water treatment plant and other airport support facilities are also nearing completion through the efforts of contractor Hanjin Heavy Industries and Const. Co. Ltd.

Hanjin is in-charge of the airport’s P5.279 billion worth of civil works and buildings, which include the 45-meter runway, taxiways A and B, main apron, the passenger terminal building, the operation and control tower building, power house building, cargo terminal building, maintenance building, cold water receiving station, administration building, waste water treatment plant, and other airport support facilities.

Construction of buildings and civil works at the airport started on January 18, 2008 and is expected to be finished by January 17, 2012.

For the air navigation system and support facilities, estimated to cost P743.399 million (US$15.817 million), implementation is set to start in the second quarter of 2010 and is expected to be finished by the second quarter of 2012.

The minutes of discussion (MOD) between the Korea Export-Import Bank and the Government of the Philippines for the air navigation system and support facilities was already signed on May 21, 2010 but bid documents are still being finalized by Yooshin Engineering Corp. in consultation with Kexim and DOTC Bids and Awards Committee.

Meanwhile, the access road leading to the airport is already finished while the DOTC is still in the process of paying the 2.99 hectares of land not yet acquired for the main airport. But the PMO said this land is outside the work area and will not affect the ongoing construction.

The Laguindingan International Airport, which sits in a 418.14 hectare area, is envisioned to be a new major trunkline airport to be constructed and operated based on the relevant standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It aims to cater to the increasing aviation traffic demand not only in Northern Mindanao but the whole island of Mindanao.

The total project cost of the airport when it was approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CC) on June 13, 1995 was pegged at P707.80 million (US$36.77 million) but was later revised to P7.853 billion (US$167.09 million).

The airport’s total project cost is sourced from EDCF-Republic of Korea (US$30.60 million), KEXIM Bank Export Credit (US62.75 million), Government of the Philippines (US$60.36 million) and EDCF-ANSSFSP (US$13.38 million).

article by Terry Betonio of Sun Star CDO

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:17 PM

City mulls 20-hectare Isla de Oro reclamation project
Posted on July 24, 2010 by damarre

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IF PLANS go well, a 20-hectare reclamation project will be implemented at the Isla de Oro islet and its nearby areas under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme.

During his weekly radio program where he bared some of the City Government’s thrusts and top priorities, Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano pushed for the implementation of the Isla de Oro reclamation project as he feared that the water emanating from the Cagayan de Oro River became stagnant and posed health hazards to residents in the area.

The river, which separates the islet and the mainland, stopped flowing after its mouth upstream was blocked by the ongoing construction of the riverbank project.

The riverbank protection project was started by former Mayor Constantino Jaraula, which formed part of his conceptualization of the “Golden Mile” riverbank development project.

If left unattended, Emano said the murky and foul-odor water from the river will become a breeding ground for dengue-carrying mosquitoes.

With this, Mayor Emano is calling on local and foreign investors to finance the reclamation project.

He suggested that the percentage of the profit-sharing scheme should be 45 percent for the City Government and 55 percent for the proponent.

During his nine years as a mayor from 1998 to 2007, Emano had implemented multi-million infrastructure projects in Cagayan de Oro under BOT scheme. These include the construction of the city’s two biggest public markets — Cogon and Carmen.

Aside from pursuing the reclamation project, the City Government will also implement the river dredging operation in an effort to lessen the accumulation of siltation at the Cagayan de Oro River.

It has been observed that the Cagayan de Oro River usually overflows whenever continuous downpour occurs due to heavy siltation that caused its water to shallow.

At the same time, Emano assured the public that he will continue the implementation of infrastructure projects which were started under the administration of former mayor Jaraula.

“That’s why I hired him (Jaraula) as a P1-a-year consultant because I want to work with him in running the affairs of the city even though he’s now enjoying a private life,” Emano said.

Among the notable ongoing priority projects of the previous administration include the four-storey, P170-million City Hall Legislative and Administrative Building; the P15-million New City Amphitheater; riverbank protection; drainage system; among others. (CIO)

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:18 PM

City to pursue JR Borja Bridge project
Posted on July 24, 2010 by damarre

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The City Government will strongly lobby for the release of the Spanish Grant for the construction of the 250-lineal meter JR Borja Bridge across Cagayan de Oro River, linking JR. Borja Street and Barangay Carmen on the opposite side.

In his weekly radio program yesterday, city Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano said he will exhaust ways and means to make the proposed J.R. Borja-Carmen Bridge Project become a reality.

The proposed bridge project is expected to ease the flow of traffic of vehicles coming to and from the eastern side of Cagayan de Oro, thus reducing the number of vehicles passing through Gov. Ysalina Bridge (Carmen Bridge).

The construction of the J.R. Borja Bridge is one of the five bridges in Northern Mindanao that will be funded under the Spanish Grant.

In 2008, the Spanish government thru Engr. Pablo Garcia shown below visited then City Mayor Jaraula as to the design design of the bridge which will coincide with the Golden Mile project.

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Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:20 PM

DOST launches tech-biz café
Posted on July 24, 2010 by damarre

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THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Northern Mindanao office recently launched its “Technology-Business Café” last July 22 at VIP Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.

The launching featured the technology business opportunities on Giant Freshwater Shrimp with Prof. Henry Dejarme, MSU-Naawan’s Research and Extension Director, giving his knowledge and expertise on the technology.

The Technology-Business Café is a venue to disseminate science and technology information and to promote investments into technologies for commercialization.

It also aims to enhance economic development through the application of science and technology in business enterprises by way of an informal, comfortable atmosphere where people join in the conversation.

The Technology-Business Café is not a scientific meeting or a long lecture with a passive audience listening to an ‘expert’. Rather, it is runs on the principles of free speech and respect for the individual and that everyone feels able to ask questions about the topic.

The launching of the Technology-Business Café is part of the lined-up activities of the National Science and Technology Week focusing on the theme “FilipInnovation: The Way Forward.”

PHOTO: Regional Director Alfonso P. Alamban on his opening remarks for the launching program of the café at the VIP hotel. (Exuperio S. Zagado, Jr / PIA-10)

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:22 PM

PROJECT WATCH: New XU-CIT Building
Posted on July 27, 2010 by damarre

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Some specific details on the proposed Jose Ch. Alvarez Technology Complex which will rise next year at Manresa Campus of Xavier University.

As shown below, the location of the complex is right across Pueblo IT Park (Phoenix Petroleum) and Masterson Mile.

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In earlier press release, the two buildings will be designed for the 21st century. With a small environmental footprint, these will have state-of-the-art rainwater, wind, and solar catchment systems for efficient energy and water use. The buildings themselves will be a teaching tool and icon for green architecture.

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The P72.3 million facility is expected to be completed in 2011. Xavier University, represented by then President Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ, and Asian Carmakers Corporation, the official distributor of BMW cars in the Philippines, represented by Mr. Jose Ch. Alvarez, Chairman formally signed a Memorandum of Agreement last June 17, 2010 at Shangri-la Hotel, Makati City for the donation of the P72.3 million to fund the construction.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 01:51 PM

Talking about Ayala Invasion in Cagayan de Oro, :cheers:

PROJECT WATCH: Ayala Mall and Hotel – latest perspective
Posted on August 31, 2010 by damarre

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Shown above is the latest perspective of the proposed Ayala Mall in Cagayan de Oro City taken from City Hall…unless another one will be posted onsite in weeks to come.

Based on the latest design, the mall will still have three levels. The anchor store on the left (along Capt. Vicente Roa) is reportedly Robinsons Department Store, same with that of Abreeza in Davao. Quite interesting as clearly shown is the boutique hotel on the right rising above the mall.

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The boutique hotel shown below is I think 10 storeys high and will become a landmark structure in this area.

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Construction work (pile driving) will reportedly begin in October. Now, what the city needs to do is to prepare and implement a traffic plan in the area…ASAP!

Ayala to launch 150-room hotel in CDO in December
Posted on July 29, 2010 by damarre

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Ayala Land, Inc. has lined up several project launches for 2010 including a 150-room hotel in Cagayan de Oro City scheduled in December 2010. Perhaps this is one of their so-called boutique hotels.

This was revealed during Ayala’s presentation at the JP Morgan Asia Pacific Conference (New York) and A Roadshow c/o JP Morgan (San Francisco) held in the United States last June 28-30, 2010 and July 1-2, 2010, respectively.

The slide above and below are just some of the slides which indicates the hotel project in Cagayan de Oro. Of course, the mall project will have to be launched in the fourth quarter also of this year. If my math is right, a 150-room hotel would need at least 10 storeys for a space in the Floirendo lot, unless of course Ayala will construct it in another property.

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Download the whole presentation HERE.

PROJECT WATCH: Alegria Hills update
Posted on August 18, 2010 by damarre

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Ayala Land’s first subdivision development in Mindanao is slowly completing its major facilities. The Alegria Hills Clubhouse is almost finished. As shown above, the admin building, social hall, function rooms, the main clubhouse and perimeter landscaping are all in the final stages of construction. I think at the end of this week, the facility may be ready for inauguration. [photo from Cebu Realty]

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Also, Blocks 1, 5 and 8 of Phase 1 are all sold out. Only 2 lots are left available for Block 9. More lots are available for Blocks 2, 3 and 6. The clubhouse is shown south of the residential lots but on higher ground.

RANDOM SHOTS: CDO Port and Alegria Clubhouse
Posted on July 29, 2010 by damarre

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Took some snapshot of Cagayan de Oro (Macabalan) Port….in the background is the Alegria Hills Clubhouse.

Below is a closer look…..too bad I wasn’t carrying a “big camera” so I can further zoom in on. I may have to drop by the clubhouse for a closer look which was reportedly nearing completion and inauguration.

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Let's look back...

Ayala to launch boutique hotel in CDO this year
Posted on April 15, 2010 by damarre

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PROPERTY developer Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) plans to launch five boutique-type hotels this year,including one in Cagayan de Oro City as disclosed by Jose Jalandoni, who heads the company’s hotel new business and hotel division.

He said the new hotels, which will offer an average 150 rooms will be catering mainly to business travelers. Aside from Cagayan de Oro, other sites are in Alabang, Davao, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City and North Triangle in Quezon City.

“We would like to build our hotels beside our malls. It creates a more powerful destination product,” he said, noting that the company plans to complete the five hotels within two years.

This disclosure is another good news…again I believe this will be in the Floirendo lot fronting Gaisano Mall as announced in previous press releases. Besides, the city;s hotel business is enjoying brisk sales even in times of crisis.

By the way, in case you’re wondering what a boutique hotel is….and how is it different from other hotels…just visit the link below.

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Ayala to establish CDO Technohub
Posted on April 8, 2010 by damarre

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Ayala Land Inc. will establish a BPO Technohub in Cagayan de Oro City. This was revealed during the Daiwa Asian Investment Conference held last March 10-12.

As shown in their presentation, the proposed project is part of the company’s expansion of BPO facilities outside Mega Manila. As seen in the slide above, renderings of the CDO Technohub together with Subic and Angeles (Marquee) Technohubs are still not available but maybe in the drawing board. Other similar sites in Davao (Abreeza), Bacolod and Iloilo already have their perspectives as shown. No further details where given but I guess it will be in the Floirendo property….or perhaps maybe another area. Lets just wait.

PROJECT WATCH: Alegria Hills Clubhouse construction in full swing
Posted on January 28, 2010 by damarre

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Construction of the Alegria Hills Clubhouse is in full swing as shown in the following photos. Lots of construction workers are seen making all kinds of civil works on the seemingly very large building within Ayala’s first housing venture in Mindanao.

I estimate the ground works and the building stretch to at least 100 meters. The building alone is almost 70 meters long.

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You can clearly see the concrete columns and structural frames of the 2-storey clubhouse which is reported to have the largest restaurant overlooking the city.

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The backhoe at the right reminds me of something….

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It’s good to see contractors really imposing the use of safety gears like helmets and of course, uniforms.

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Construction of the high-end subdivision is still ongoing as much of the civil works are still concentrated on the lower portion of the property. The view at the top of the plateau should be spectacular.

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Ayala to put up Community Center, BPO and another Residential Subdivision in CDO
Posted on December 7, 2009 by damarre

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Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) will soon make its presence in Cagayan de Oro more felt by Cagayanons with more projects. Based on the Analysts’ Briefing Presentation by Mr. Jaime E. Ysmael, ALI’s Senior Vice President and Chief Finance Officer last November 12, 2009, Ayala will construct a Community Center, a Business Processing Outsource (BPO) Facility and another Residential Subdivision of the Avida Brand.

The Community Center puzzles me because by the word “community”, it has to be adjacent to a community, just like SM City in Pueblo de Oro. Thus, it must be located in Indahag or Upper Camaman-an, where ALI’s Alegria Hills is located. Now, news that has been circulating in the city refers to Ayala’s joint venture with the Floirendo Family at the prime property fronting Gaisano Mall which according to Vice Mayor Vicente Emano in his weekly radio program, was formally signed last November 23 in Manila with implementation targeted in the first quarter of 2010. So this really puzzles me until ALI makes a press release as to the location of this so-called “Community Center”. Community Center or Malls by Ayala include Metro Point Mall in Manila and Pavillion Mall in Biñan, Laguna. Or maybe, “Community Center” is just a name.

Regarding the BPO, I assume this has to be located at the Floirendo lot because Upper Camaman-an seems to be not suitable for such project. But still I hope it materializes wherever it may located.

Now the third project is another residential subdivision of the Avida Brand. ALI’s first venture in Mindanao, Alegria Hills is an Ayala Land Premier brand. Perhaps this new project will still be located in the vicinity of Indahag and Upper Camaman-an where ALI has reportedly acquired more than 300 hectares already.

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Avida Land Corp. was formerly known as Laguna Properties Holdings, Inc. before the name was changed in 2006. Shorts for “Ave” or “celebrate” and “vida” which means “life”, this new name is more in tune with Ayala Land’s commitment to transform the lives of the hardworking middle class.

From their website:

“By offering thoughtfully planned, secure, and easily accessible communities at affordable prices, Avida indeed provides homeowners occasions to celebrate life.

The brand promise of Avida stems from the brand promise of the parent company, Ayala Land, which is “Enhancing Land, Enriching Lives.”

Avida focuses on enriching the lives of the hardworking middle class by offering their families a home to be proud of one that is nestled in a peaceful and safe community, accessible to public transportation, beautifully and practically designed, and one that will prove reliable performance over time.

Thus, Affordable living at its best.

The last phrase states “affordable living” so, unit prices of this new subdivision must be lower than Alegria.

Aside of high-end subdivision Alegria, Ayala will build a mall, hotel, technohub or BPO, and another mall, which is community center.

According to the plan too, Ayala will have its Alegria's second phase and will build another subdivision under Avida. :cheers:

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 02:07 PM

I just like to highlight what makes Cagayan de Oro very beautiful, very progressive, and very peaceful. :cheers:

Cagayan de Oro chosen as focal culture site for September
Posted on September 3, 2010 by damarre

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The traveling framework of the Philippines as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011 features Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental as the highlighted city for September, making it the first site in Mindanao to be featured as such. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Commissioner and International Theater Institute-Philippines President Cecile Guidote Alvarez said that the choice of Cagayan de Oro “is in consideration of the rich cultural diversity of Misamis Oriental.”

The celebration, she said, “underscores the commitment of the Philippines as member of Asean for connectivity to the promotion of culture of peace, as well as the achievement of the UN [United Nations] MDGs [Millennium Development Goals].”

The month of September has been declared Peace and Children’s Month by the United Nations. Hence, activities, hosted by Mayor Vicente Emano of Cagayan de Oro City and Gov. Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental, will center on consciousness campaign for children to have access to education and to prevent the utilization of children in armed conflict as warriors and refugee.
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Guidote-Alvarez added that events will also gear towards the clean-up the world program and highlight Cagayan de Oro as a virtual education city. “We hope that [Cagayan de Oro] can be a center of campaign to help children to access education and to prevent the utilization of children in armed conflict as warriors and refugee,” she added.

Cagayan de Oro is the seventh locale highlighted as focal site for the celebration of the Philippines as the first Asean Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011. The inaugural event was in Angeles City, Pampanga which hosted the Asean Ministerial Meeting and the Festival of the Arts; followed by Capiz as the venue of the Dance Exchange: Second Philippine International Dance Festival hosted by Gov. Victor Tangco; and then by Santiago City, Isabela which staged the Patarraday Festival hosted by Mayor Amy Navarro; and then led by Gov. Vilma Santos of Batangas which launched the world’s longest painting on continuous canvas; then Bohol which launched the Teatro Abatan program and the Día del Galeón project; and Angono Rizal, which launched an Artists’ Village project. Last month’s event was hosted by Mayor Gerardo Calderon of Angono with Gov. Casimiro “Jun-Jun” Ynares 3rd of Rizal.

These monthly events for the Asean Culture Capital framework are linked to the Dynamism and Wealth of Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia centered on the UN MDGs.

article from Manila Times

Cagayan de Oro, the melting pot and the open city like Geneva, Dubai, and Toronto. This makes the city very distinct from other cities in the country. ^^

What's Kagay-anon culture? Well, look at the settlers and their vast mixed children. Despite their differences, they all live in harmony. :cheers:

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 02:14 PM

PROJECT WATCH: Bonne Hotel updates
Posted on September 3, 2010 by damarre

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Bonne Hotel located at the former SBC Party Venue site along Kauswagan Highway is now nearing completion. Although the hotel’s entrance gate is along the highway, I still had difficulty taking photo updates of the project because the gate is always closed and there’s always a guard on duty standing by, aside from the fact that the hotel is located some 50 meters from the gate and trees are blocking the view.

Well, construction has been slow (almost a year now) but I’m hopeful this project will soon be completed. I first posted this on October 19, 2009 or almost 10 months.

So based on the photos I recently took, the 3-storey hotel (in the background) is almost done except maybe for exterior and interior finishings. The old building of SBC Party Venue (left) is currently being reconstructed and converted into a 2-storey building perhaps also connected to the new building behind it. Rumors say this hotel will have a pool, function rooms and restaurant.

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In case you didn’t know, SBC was bought by the owner of Liberty Land Corp.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 02:19 PM

Primavera Residences :cheers:

Pics from FrancisXavier

scale model
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:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 02:27 PM

Gaisano Bulua :cheers:

PROJECT WATCH: Gaisano Bulua updates
Posted on August 31, 2010 by damarre

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Construction of Gaisano Bulua is making significant progress. One can clearly see the 3-storey structure on the left. The building along the main frontage is still being constructed. Still, everyone is guessing what the building would look like because there’s still no perspective displayed onsite.

Based on the construction photos, this would be completed next year, maybe during fiesta time again?

From the photos below, I’m assuming Unipace Corp. (Gaisano) is building several buildings onsite joined by bridges. Still, it’s just my guess. Maybe Gaisano will post the tarpaulin soon.

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Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 02:33 PM

Solidmark to boost loyalty program
Friday, September 3, 2010

APPLIANCE company Solidmark intends to strengthen its "Club Amigo" loyalty program after this resulted to more clients paying their monthly installments, while generating more patrons.

Victor Leonardo P. Geverola, sales and marketing manager of Solidmark Appliance in Velez Street, said the rewards scheme has earned them increasing number of religiously-paying, installment plan customers.

Solidmark, which celebrated its third year anniversary in Cagayan de Oro, said customers have brought home free refrigerators, complete set of television with DVD player and a rack, and other small-amounted appliances through the "Club Amigo" program.

Points can be earned by simply accumulating points while paying monthly installments. The more they pay, the more they accumulate points.

"Points are given even if customer pays late due to valid reasons. This has encouraged delinquent customers to pay," he said. "Some would even delay payments just to accumulate points, but still pay religiously nonetheless." (LSM)

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on September 3, 2010.

Botoy

September 3rd, 2010, 02:56 PM

:cheers:

18 Storey LKK hotel updates as of 09/02/10

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cyrusal

September 3rd, 2010, 03:02 PM

wow, that's a lot of reposts... thanks!

burotski

September 3rd, 2010, 03:33 PM

Originally posted at CdeO Main Thread
PROJECT WATCH: Bonne Hotel updates
Posted on September 3, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_4892.jpg?w=468&h=351

Bonne Hotel located at the former SBC Party Venue site along Kauswagan Highway is now nearing completion. Although the hotels entrance gate is along the highway, I still had difficulty taking photo updates of the project because the gate is always closed and theres always a guard on duty standing by, aside from the fact that the hotel is located some 50 meters from the gate and trees are blocking the view.

Well, construction has been slow (almost a year now) but Im hopeful this project will soon be completed. I first posted this on October 19, 2009 or almost 10 months.

So based on the photos I recently took, the 3-storey hotel (in the background) is almost done except maybe for exterior and interior finishings. The old building of SBC Party Venue (left) is currently being reconstructed and converted into a 2-storey building perhaps also connected to the new building behind it. Rumors say this hotel will have a pool, function rooms and restaurant.

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In case you didnt know, SBC was bought by the owner of Liberty Land Corp.

boju2

September 3rd, 2010, 04:14 PM

^^Daghan na kaayo midget hotel sa CDO mao nang naghinam-hinam na ko makakita ug mga dagko na sab :)

boodex

September 3rd, 2010, 04:35 PM

Isla Baksan at tne middle...Consolacion (left) and Kauswagan (right)

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flickr photo by wfire205

wow ganda, malinis ang tubig, luntiang mga puno at parang wala sa syudad oh, hope ma maintain eto, malapit lang ang bahay namin dito pero ngayon ko lang nakita eto, ganda pala. thanks Madame GearX...:cheers:

boju2

September 3rd, 2010, 05:00 PM

^^Refreshing :)

michael_ray

September 3rd, 2010, 05:39 PM

Greenwich Xavier to open soon
Posted on August 18, 2010 by damarre

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Greenwich Pizza is set to open soon its Divisoria branch specifically the old Miggy’s Bakeshop at the corner of Pabayo and Abejuela Streets, Cagayan de Oro City.

Actually, Greenwich had an old branch before located just a few meters away which they vacated and later on occupied by Netopia. The said building has been demolished lately and a new modern arcade is now being constructed onsite. The proposed new branch has been labeled as Greenwich Xavier (due to proximity to the popular university). It will be Greenwich’s 3rd branch in the city.

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Just above the proposed pizza and pasta outlet is Willsbar, a popular videoke venue in the city.

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Greenwich Stores nationwide has been re-packaged due to the increasing number of pizza stores in competition.

Location wise, it would be more appropriate to call it Greenwhich Divisoria. Pero they might want to use the name of a reputable institution to make their branch name more appealing. :)

Dreamer's

September 3rd, 2010, 07:13 PM

diba former bakeshop ni sya before? atbang sa PS bank if im not mistaken.
i think 30 meters to the Xavier entrance gate.
wise gyud :)

cribs88

September 4th, 2010, 01:35 AM

^^ I just love the updates

cribs88

September 4th, 2010, 01:36 AM

Location wise, it would be more appropriate to call it Greenwhich Divisoria. Pero they might want to use the name of a reputable institution to make their branch name more appealing. :)

dba naa pman greenwich sa ororama cogon?

jaysan81286

September 4th, 2010, 02:28 AM

dba naa pman greenwich sa ororama cogon?

wala naay greenwich sa ororama cogon... dugay na...

jaysan81286

September 4th, 2010, 02:29 AM

diba former bakeshop ni sya before? atbang sa PS bank if im not mistaken.
i think 30 meters to the Xavier entrance gate.
wise gyud :)

Yeps... Miggy's... atbang sa Metrobank DivPark Branch...

oro plata mata

September 4th, 2010, 03:58 AM

projects in the bag...1. lkks 18 storey tower 2.pdr hotel 3. market city 4. gaisano bulua 5. legislative building 6. laguindingan airport.7. coastal highway. 6. opol bulua road 8. must science building 9. premaviera condo 10. starbuck 11 golden mile.....soon to come 1. ayala mall 2. puerto flyover. on the watch list 1. 33 lkks tower 2. gaisano hotel 3. crown hotel 4. city center. 5 mindanao railway. 6. cable car. 7. sm expansion

TONZI

September 4th, 2010, 04:29 AM

salamat sa updates! na-refresh ako mind sa taas nga panahon nga nawala atong "channel" :)

bariQ

September 4th, 2010, 04:40 AM

awwwwhhh... wala nadiay miggys diha man mi gatambay sa una gaskuela pa :(

kadumdum pako sa ila lasagna og binignit

mottymot_007

September 4th, 2010, 04:45 AM

salamat sa updates! na-refresh ako mind sa taas nga panahon nga nawala atong "channel" :)

bai tonzi, mura lugar ug cable tv nga wala naka-bayad ug usa ka buwan.... karon nabalik.. pasabot nakabayad na? hahaha juk :lol:

mottymot_007

September 4th, 2010, 05:08 AM

http://www.travelsmart.net/ph/inquirer/issues/jan99/jan09/features/fea_main.htm

BAUTISTA MANUSCRIPTS
De Oro history written
by boy, 9, in 1899
By Agnes Paulita R. Roa
Cagayan de Oro City

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ONE of the priceless historical legacies that Cagayan de Oro City possesses is a piece of document written in the early century and mimeographed by Xavier University sometime in the '60s. It is known as the ''Bautista Manuscripts.''

The document is a rare chronology of the history of Cagayan de Oro from the Spanish colonial times up to its revolutionary years during the Filipino-American War in 1900-01.

The author, Filomeno Bautista, was a 9-year-old boy who lived in Cagayan de Misamis (the city's old name) when the town declared and celebrated its independence from Spain on Jan. 10, 1899.

The historical events of that era and the subsequent resistance war that the Cagayanons waged against the Americans were all witnessed and heard by Bautista. It moved him years later to write the book that chronicled this history of the town and Misamis province from the 1870s to 1901.

As written in the ''Bautista Manuscripts,'' the Spanish civil and military officials left Cagayan in haste in late 1898 after hearing of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's victory against Spain in Luzon.

The Spanish military governor of the huge Provincia de Misamis (comprising the present two Misamis provinces, Bukidnon, Camiguin, the two Agusans, the two Surigaos, Lanao del Norte, and Zamboanga del Norte with Cagayan de Misamis as the capital), left the administration of the town and the province to Filipino local officials who were chosen by the town's citizens in December 1898.

Prof. Mardonio Lao of Central Mindanao University in Bukidnon, author of ''Cagayan de Oro: 1622 to 1901,'' wrote that Aguinaldo sent emissaries to Mindanao who regularly contacted local officials. Through them, the Cagayanons were able to organize the local government based on the laws and regulations of the Malolos revolutionary government.

Bautista wrote that on Jan. 10, 1899, the public officials and citizens of Cagayan de Misamis declared independence from Spain and celebrated for two days with a ''parade, music, speeches and cannonades.''

The parade stopped at the Casa Real de Cagayan, which used to be the seat of power of Spanish colonial officials. In the balcony of that huge mansion stood Pedro Akut, who recited the poem ''Pinahanongod'' (Dedication) which was specially written for the occasion by Toribio Chaves, the new mayor.

Akut's rendition was said to have touched the hearts of his listeners. The words of the poem can truly evoke strong patriotic feelings even when read today. Below are excerpts of the poem from its original Visayan text:

''. . . Hiniktan tiil, kamot, ug hunahuna
Wa kita'y pamu-ot nga ka-ugalingon,
Mga katarungan ta dili pagatagdon,
Sa mga mapintas nga mga Katsila . . .
Oh! Cagayan, Cagayan de Misamis!
Itagsip sa inyong panumduman
Kining nueve ug dies sa Enero
Ning malipayong katu-igan . . .
Mil ochocientos ochenta y nueve

Ang pangilin sa malipayong pagsa-ulog,
Gitabu nga wa pa sugod mo-agi
Pagyokbo sa hinalangpong nasud . . .''

The city's Historical and Cultural Commission also possesses a rare photo of the parade's main float, the ''La Libertad de Filipinas,'' and was immortalized in the poem.

On the float stood a beautiful young maiden, Señorita Isidra Yamomo, holding the tricolor flag of the new republic which was to be hoisted for the first time that day.

The flag was sewn by sisters Agapita and Getulia Neri, daughters-in-law of Toribio Chaves.

Yamomo was standing on a broken chain symbolizing ''liberty.'' At her right was a young girl holding a laurel wreath signifying ''victory,'' and at her left, a young boy with a bolo representing ''defense.''

The fiesta of Jan. 10, 1899, also served as inauguration of the first Filipino officials of the then huge Misamis province and its capital, Cagayan de Misamis: Jose Roa y Casas, Provincial President; Manuel Corrales y Roa, Councilor for Peace and Internal Order; Pio Roa y Alcala, Councilor for Justice and Civil Registry; Ramon Neri y Abejuela, Councilor for Taxes and Property; and Toribio Chaves y Roa, Municipal President.

The Cagayanons enjoyed what it was to be governed by fellow countrymen for over a year. On March 30, 1900, the Americans came and took possession of the town and the province.

For sometime now, many have commented that Cagayan de Oro is bereft of any historical tradition and heritage. The events of Jan. 10, 1899 speak eloquently for itself, for through it the city scored three important historical milestones:

l The first to declare its independence in Mindanao.

l The first in Mindanao to hoist the tri-color flag of the new Philippine Republic.

l The first to install Filipino provincial and municipal officials in Mindanao after the Spanish era.

The day, however, did not write finis to the history of Cagayan de Oro. Its date was only the start of an unfolding drama of revolutionary exploits of local patriots.

Soon after 1899, particularly the following year, blood flowed in the streets and hills of Cagayan de Misamis, as Cagayanons fought to keep their freedom--another glorious chapter in the city's history when lives were sacrificed and fortunes were lost all for the sake of liberty.

Let not Cagayan de Oro forget Jan. 10, 1899.

___________________

Agnes Paulita ''Nanette'' Roa is a member of the Cagayan de Oro Historical and Cultural Commission, and chairs its committee on historical research.

dark_knight_detectve

September 4th, 2010, 05:27 AM

dark_knight_detectve

September 4th, 2010, 06:05 AM

mag-expand pod unta ang Max Fried Chicken sa LKK or SM

Linguine

September 4th, 2010, 10:16 AM

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SMB Drinking Contest..

Nanglahus na sa ilok ang beer hehe!

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:.....:ohno:

michael_ray

September 4th, 2010, 10:22 AM

awwwwhhh... wala nadiay miggys diha man mi gatambay sa una gaskuela pa :(

kadumdum pako sa ila lasagna og binignit

They have transferred in Corrales near the new branch of Cecils.

sonofignatius

September 4th, 2010, 10:35 AM

mottymot_007

September 4th, 2010, 10:59 AM

^^ Father FX: am not a History Major but I really get fascinated at History. The nostalgia that history brings makes you feel you really belong! I am glad you consider CdeO your home. :)

cribs88

September 4th, 2010, 12:28 PM

when is the sm xpansion?
any details?

deanrj003

September 4th, 2010, 02:49 PM

open na ang Golden Cowrie sa ketkai .. :)

michael_ray

September 4th, 2010, 02:54 PM

^^Wow! Ma try nga!

bariQ

September 5th, 2010, 01:39 AM

They have transferred in Corrales near the new branch of Cecils.

im glad buhi pa ato local bakeries. dapat agresibo na sila kai daghan na sila mga kontra taga manila/cebu

tell me if im wrong. local bakeries resto/carenderia
persimmon
kathryn's
cecil's
miggy's

mottymot_007

September 5th, 2010, 04:51 AM

Mga tsadaboys adto tag iligan... mamista ta nila alingatong, cyberwizard, tonzi ug uban pa member sa SSC Iligan :D?

Alingatong

September 5th, 2010, 05:12 AM

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Alingatong

September 5th, 2010, 05:15 AM

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RonnieR

September 5th, 2010, 12:50 PM

I enjoyed my two days stay in CDO last August 28 and 29.

Had great night life at Mojo and TILT bar.

Truly, the city of Golden Friendship. I will go back again in CDO in the future.

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 02:25 PM

I enjoyed my two days stay in CDO last August 28 and 29.

Had great night life at Mojo and TILT bar.

Truly, the city of Golden Friendship. I will go back again in CDO in the future.

what were you doing here, if you dont mind me asking?

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 02:29 PM

I enjoyed my two days stay in CDO last August 28 and 29.

Had great night life at Mojo and TILT bar.

Truly, the city of Golden Friendship. I will go back again in CDO in the future.

im glad that you enjoyed your stay here. kindly tell us ahead if you have plans on coming back

jaysan81286

September 5th, 2010, 02:32 PM

I enjoyed my two days stay in CDO last August 28 and 29.

Had great night life at Mojo and TILT bar.

Truly, the city of Golden Friendship. I will go back again in CDO in the future.

Oh! Nag TILT po ako last August 28... You enjoyed MojO? hehehehehe... Anyways, you should have informed us...

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 02:37 PM

open na ang Golden Cowrie sa ketkai .. :)

thats amazing. we should try this resto next time guys.

FrancisXavier

September 5th, 2010, 02:39 PM

mojo, :D

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Hudcc Plans Low-cost Housing Project In Cdeo (http://www.cagayandeoro.gov.ph/?page=news&id=1887)
by Ian A. Fuentes/city Information Office
Here’s a piece of good news to homeless urban poor settlers in Cagayan de Oro City.

The City Government and the Housing and Urban Development Coordination Council (HUDCC) will develop an affordable and decent socialized housing project that is expected to benefit poor and landless residents of the city. This was announced by City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano after Vice President and HUDCC Chairman Jejomar “Jojo” Binay assured funding for the establishment of a low-cost housing project that offers monthly amortization for as low as P340 a month per unit. In a recent phone conversation, Mayor Emano recalled the Vice President as saying that the HUDCC could provide …”as many (housing units) as your lot would allow it”. “This is a great opportunity for our less fortunate residents to own a decent shelter they are longing for a long time,” said Mayor Emano during his weekly radio program, referring to poor settlers living in crowded shanties, alleys and sidewalks, creeks and riversides The low-cost socialized housing project would be equipped with complete drainage system and basic amenities, according to the City Mayor. Under the joint venture proposal, Mayor Emano said the city government will provide a suitable land area as its counterpart for the socialized housing project while the HUDCC will finance the construction of the housing units. As this developed, Mayor Emano will meet with key department heads at City Hall to discuss the matter, especially on the identification of the project site. (City Information Office)

boju2

September 5th, 2010, 03:04 PM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs429.snc4/47222_1382479121422_1215284385_30900955_4076254_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs602.snc4/58201_1382490561708_1215284385_30900973_5981445_n.jpg

More info here (http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pangit?v=wall).

RonnieR

September 5th, 2010, 03:05 PM

what were you doing here, if you dont mind me asking?

im glad that you enjoyed your stay here. kindly tell us ahead if you have plans on coming back

Oh! Nag TILT po ako last August 28... You enjoyed MojO? hehehehehe... Anyways, you should have informed us...

I went there with few friends from MLA and CEB for leisure/fun, fiesta din kasi....I love to travel. :)

Even if it was drizzling on the 28th, that area of Velez St. was packed with people. My first time to visit on a city fiesta. I will go back again to your city. I hope I could meet you guys. :)

Masikip at daming tao sa Mojo....just a block lang yung TILT....

boju2

September 5th, 2010, 03:06 PM

I enjoyed my two days stay in CDO last August 28 and 29.

Had great night life at Mojo and TILT bar.

Truly, the city of Golden Friendship. I will go back again in CDO in the future.

You're always welcome sir :cheers:

GoldenPark™

September 5th, 2010, 03:41 PM

Wendy's Fastfood chain is doing some negotiations to enter the CDO market.. Sana matuloy... sa LKK daw... :)

adeuksom

September 5th, 2010, 03:50 PM

Vintage Car Show 2010

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burotski

September 5th, 2010, 04:06 PM

Ang Sunriva diay maoy nahimong Buffalo Wing Restobar... Looked cozy when I passed by last night... :-)

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 04:08 PM

Wendy's Fastfood chain is doing some negotiations to enter the CDO market.. Sana matuloy... sa LKK daw... :)

youre the second person who told me that. i hope they'll push through.

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 04:10 PM

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 04:12 PM

theres now a rumor that johndorf is planning to build a 10 storey condo near SM. if this happens, this will be another condo in pueblo. the good thing about it is that the area for the johndorf condo is now being fenced.

dark_knight_detectve

September 5th, 2010, 04:45 PM

sonofignatius

September 5th, 2010, 05:20 PM

Kinilaw
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Pagka... LAMI!

kinilaw of happy memory! learned to eat this dish when i went to CGY for the first time in 1994. got hooked from then on. perfect with lechon (to remove the cholesterol-induced guilt!) :)

what makes kinilaw of cdo and neighboring areas distinctly good, i think, is its use of tabontabon etc.

trivia: when the native precolonial boats (balanghai) were unearthed in butuan, among artifacts recovered there were those of the tabontabon! this interesting info was shared to our class by the late dr doreen fernandez, food expert and ateneo de manila professor.

Dreamer's

September 5th, 2010, 07:24 PM

Posted on 09:29 PM, September 05, 2010

Bellevue opens economy hotel in Alabang, eyes Bohol, Palawan, Cagayan de Oro

THE BELLEVUE Group of Hotels, Inc. formally opened last week a three-star business hotel in Alabang catering to “cost-conscious travelers” in Metro Manila.

“We had a vision to expand the Bellevue brand and create a more budget-friendly economy hotel,” General Manager John Patrick Y. Chan said on Friday following the B Hotel’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Ryan Y. Chan, John Patrick’s older brother and Bellevue Group’s marketing and communication director, said the hotel is intended for business travelers and corporate clients who want to have a “bang for the buck.”

The 11-storey hotel has a total of 152 rooms including eight penthouse units, a café, a bar, a lobby shop, and basement parking.

The general manager said the hotel’s rate of P4,000 for a standard room per night is P1,000 to P1,500 cheaper than its five-star counterpart, The Bellevue Manila, located about five kilometers away from B Hotel.

B Hotel, which took around P500 million to build, is a direct investment of the Chan family, which is on the lookout for other sites to expand the Bellevue brand.

John Patrick Chan said the company was planning to build hotels in Bohol, El Nido in Palawan, and Cagayan de Oro within the next three years.

The company is planning for an “ethnic indigenous hotel” in El Nido, which will be an “environment-friendly” villa that will not use air-conditioning and will be made up of indigenous materials, Ryan Chan said.

The management is also planning to market the “green project” overseas, he said.

“The overall vision is to expand the brand as a national chain,” John Patrick Chan added.

The Bellevue Manila said there were a number of booking cancellations from the previous week, following recent hostage crisis which killed eight Hong Kong Nationals.

John Patrick Chan, who is also president of the Philippine Hotel Federation, said: “From what I’ve seen on the industry reports, I’ve noticed that the beginning of September has low occupancy for all areas.”

He is optimistic, however, of the hotels’ occupancy rates for October, the peak season which usually extends to Holy Week.

“We’re expecting things to pick up in October as it’s supposed to be,” he said. -- Jo Javan A. Cerda :cheers:

Dreamer's

September 5th, 2010, 07:39 PM

Dreamer's

September 5th, 2010, 07:44 PM

From Main Thread

Posted on 09:29 PM, September 05, 2010

Bellevue opens economy hotel in Alabang, eyes Bohol, Palawan, Cagayan de Oro

THE BELLEVUE Group of Hotels, Inc. formally opened last week a three-star business hotel in Alabang catering to “cost-conscious travelers” in Metro Manila.

“We had a vision to expand the Bellevue brand and create a more budget-friendly economy hotel,” General Manager John Patrick Y. Chan said on Friday following the B Hotel’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Ryan Y. Chan, John Patrick’s older brother and Bellevue Group’s marketing and communication director, said the hotel is intended for business travelers and corporate clients who want to have a “bang for the buck.”

The 11-storey hotel has a total of 152 rooms including eight penthouse units, a café, a bar, a lobby shop, and basement parking.

The general manager said the hotel’s rate of P4,000 for a standard room per night is P1,000 to P1,500 cheaper than its five-star counterpart, The Bellevue Manila, located about five kilometers away from B Hotel.

B Hotel, which took around P500 million to build, is a direct investment of the Chan family, which is on the lookout for other sites to expand the Bellevue brand.

John Patrick Chan said the company was planning to build hotels in Bohol, El Nido in Palawan, and Cagayan de Oro within the next three years.

The company is planning for an “ethnic indigenous hotel” in El Nido, which will be an “environment-friendly” villa that will not use air-conditioning and will be made up of indigenous materials, Ryan Chan said.

The management is also planning to market the “green project” overseas, he said.

“The overall vision is to expand the brand as a national chain,” John Patrick Chan added.

The Bellevue Manila said there were a number of booking cancellations from the previous week, following recent hostage crisis which killed eight Hong Kong Nationals.

John Patrick Chan, who is also president of the Philippine Hotel Federation, said: “From what I’ve seen on the industry reports, I’ve noticed that the beginning of September has low occupancy for all areas.”

He is optimistic, however, of the hotels’ occupancy rates for October, the peak season which usually extends to Holy Week.

“We’re expecting things to pick up in October as it’s supposed to be,” he said. -- Jo Javan A. Cerda :cheers:

cribs88

September 6th, 2010, 12:40 AM

donnex

September 6th, 2010, 01:47 AM

Johndorf is pouring more investment in the city after the success of their latest project called Bellevue....their property within the business park would not be an office definitely kasi may office na sila so there's a rumor na condo daw ito....anyway malalaman natin yan....aabangan.......

burotski

September 6th, 2010, 01:47 AM

Unsa ka-tinuod nga McDo daw ang itukod sa former Roan gas station atbang sa Makro? :-)

donnex

September 6th, 2010, 01:51 AM

Unsa ka-tinuod nga McDo daw ang itukod sa former Roan gas station atbang sa Makro? :-)

that's a very good location for McDo with drive thru....pero mas maganda sana kung high rise or medium rise building para may landmark dyan...I mean pag nasa C.M recto ka you will notice kaagad na that part is kauswagan na..

donnex

September 6th, 2010, 01:52 AM

bisayadako

September 6th, 2010, 01:57 AM

bisayadako

September 6th, 2010, 02:02 AM

Vintage Car Show 2010

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs208.ash2/47137_1374233475286_1215284385_30883765_7360591_n.jpg

kanang itom nga auto (open hood) just before the white shade, naa sa INTERCO sa una, duha kabuok. Asa na kaha karon?

GearX

September 6th, 2010, 04:02 AM

Ang Sunriva diay maoy nahimong Buffalo Wing Restobar... Looked cozy when I passed by last night... :-)

yes.. their radio ad was aired ahead almost 3 weeks before the resto :cheers:

GearX

September 6th, 2010, 04:03 AM

Unsa ka-tinuod nga McDo daw ang itukod sa former Roan gas station atbang sa Makro? :-)

that's what taxi drivers told me too :cheers:

GearX

September 6th, 2010, 04:36 AM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs602.snc4/58201_1382490561708_1215284385_30900973_5981445_n.jpg

More info here (http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pangit?v=wall).

i made some corrections on the location of Macahambus Cave...see below.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6228/58201138249056170812152.jpg

bisayadako

September 6th, 2010, 04:42 AM

i made some corrections on the location of Macahambus Cave...see below.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6228/58201138249056170812152.jpg

abi nako ang final rapids kanang tungod sa cave?....medyo kusog2x pa na diha para sa kayaks...

Toymatz

September 6th, 2010, 04:46 AM

i made some corrections on the location of Macahambus Cave...see below.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6228/58201138249056170812152.jpg

Also, the location of the Macahambus Gorge and "Hanging Bridge" is out of place! Heloo everyone! It's nice to know our thread is back...Belated happy fiesta!!!:)

GearX

September 6th, 2010, 04:52 AM

abi nako ang final rapids kanang tungod sa cave?....medyo kusog2x pa na diha para sa kayaks...

yes...the final rapids is now just before the cave...changed after the flood... one major landmark is that graduation rock which is very visible from the cave.

Toymatz

September 6th, 2010, 05:03 AM

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jaysan81286

September 6th, 2010, 05:06 AM

that's what taxi drivers told me too :cheers:

Possible... Possible... McDo nga naay drive through/thru... :)

GearX

September 6th, 2010, 05:13 AM

The view from Macahanbus Cave (note large rock on the river)
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/718/img4758a.jpg

closer view of graduation rock
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3798/img4757a.jpg

one of the last group of rafters on first trip
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9240/img4753a.jpg

i think that's @bisayadako on the kayak :)
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/40/img4752a.jpg

kayak and rafting
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7945/img4754a.jpg

the final rapids as seen from the cave.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1973/img4762a.jpg

cribs88

September 6th, 2010, 05:51 AM

nice!^^

bisayadako

September 6th, 2010, 07:23 AM

The view from Macahanbus Cave (note large rock on the river)

the final rapids as seen from the cave.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1973/img4762a.jpg

yep, mao ni .... viewed from cave "verandah"...

zubuwood

September 7th, 2010, 06:30 AM

The Proposed Ayala Mall and Hotel
CM Recto Avenue Corner Corrales Ave and Capt Vicente Roa Street

Perspective below now posted at the City Mayor's office lobby at Cagayan de Oro City Hall
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg197/mottymot_007/cdo23.png

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg197/mottymot_007/cdo22.png

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg197/mottymot_007/cdo21.png

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mall complex includes hotel and Robinsons (as per city mayor's personnel:)

^^ looking at the logo of the tall edifice to the right part I think that is a hotel and not just an ordinary hotel but a SHANGRI-La :cheers: abangan nyo yan CDO :banana:

deanrj003

September 7th, 2010, 07:36 AM

^^ looking at the logo of the tall edifice to the right part I think that is a hotel and not just an ordinary hotel but a SHANGRI-La :cheers: abangan nyo yan CDO :banana:

^^ murag d man shangrila .. gtan.aw man nako ila website .. wa mai nakabutang nga sa cdo .. isa ra ang upcoming nga hotel dd2 nga sa pinas .. sa taguig ra nya 2014 pa jud mag.open .. murag sa ayala hotel ra man jud ni based ani oh

nope...that's the logo of Ayala Hotels Inc. which covers Hotel InterCon Manila, Cebu Marriot and Oakwood...

a combination of A and H

http://www.ayalahotels.com.ph/ahilogo.jpg

:) .. murag lang ..

RonnieR

September 7th, 2010, 12:38 PM

I like these frames inside CDO airport.
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1010698.jpg

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1010697.jpg

but I don't like the signage of the airport - why put a company sponsored signage? It should be neutral.....I hope the new airport in Lagui_____ would be different.

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1010694.jpg

RonnieR

September 7th, 2010, 12:40 PM

This is where I stayed in CDO....renovated place.

Middleton Apartelle

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boju2

September 7th, 2010, 04:44 PM

^^Thanks @RonnieR for sharing that photos :cheers:

boju2

September 7th, 2010, 04:50 PM

I like these frames inside CDO airport.

but I don't like the signage of the airport - why put a company sponsored signage? It should be neutral.....I hope the new airport in Lagui_____ would be different.

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1010694.jpg

:) They don't have money to put up that signage thats why they offered it to the advertisers, imo :lol::lol: parang sarisari store lang :lol::lol: in fairness, nice signage :cheers:

national guard

September 7th, 2010, 06:13 PM

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In Photo: Leaders of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Oro Chamber), such as Ralph Paguio, Ruben Vegafria and Ghaye Alegrio, say the 19th Mindanao Business Conference is a very big opportunity for Cagayan de Oro City and Mindanao to show to the rest of the country and the world the prevailing peace and order and business opportunities that abound in the island. (Bong D. Fabe)

19th MinBizCon to showcase Mindanao, says organizer
Written by Bong D. Fabe / Correspondent
TUESDAY, 07 SEPTEMBER 2010 11:43

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The crisis currently gripping Manila after the recent hostage tragedy is a very big opportunity to showcase Mindanao, especially Northern Mindanao and this regional center to the rest of the Philippines and the world, the organizer-group of the upcoming 19th Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) said.

Business leaders from the six regions in Mindanao will converge in this city on Sept. 17 to 18 at the Grand Caprice in Limketkai Center for the 19th MinBizCon.

“The 19th Mindanao Business Conference is the biggest gathering of businesses in Mindanao…. And this is now our chance, our moment, to showcase Cagayan de Oro and Mindanao that we are very peaceful here,” conference director Ruben Vegafria said during a media briefing on Tuesday at the Oro Chamber Business Development Center here.

Vegafria said the botched rescue of hostage victims that left eight tourists from Hong Kong and the hostage-taker dead continue to hound the Aquino administration, but it will “not affect” businesses in this city and Mindanao.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued an advisory to its residents against visiting the Philippines, which some economists, political leaders and pundits said will affect some business sectors in the country, especially tourism.

But Vegafria played down such predictions, saying “Cagayan de Oro is the most peaceful city in the entire republic.”

“Our hosting of the 19th Mindanao Business Conference is a manifestation that we are at peace and that we love peace. So, let them [tourists] come here and see there is nothing wrong here,” he said.

Vagafria said Oro Chamber’s hosting of the MinBizCon is “one way of projecting our place, Cagayan de Oro, and Mindanao” and that Mindanawons should grab this opportunity to spur growth and development on the island.

“Cagayan de Oro is a very peaceful city. And this is a chance for us Kagay-anons to show to the rest of the country and even to the whole world that we and even Mindanao is a very peaceful place,” Oro Chamber president Ralph Paguio said.

Paguio said violent incidents in some parts of the Mindanao are just “isolated cases.”

To prove his point, he pointed out that at least 18 American companies will join the conference and will put up exhibits in the Oro Best exhibit at The Atrium in Limketkai Center.

Even US Ambassador Harry Thomas will address the conference, he said.

President Aquino and former President Fidel Ramos will keynote the conference that will focus on three concerns of the business sector in Mindanao: energy, agriculture and mining.

On mining, former President Ramos will speak on the topic “Responsible Mining as Catalyst for Economic Growth in Mindanao;” Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala will talk on “Mindanao Agribusiness: Influencing Philippine Agriculture Policy;” and Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras will talk on “Beyond Privatization, Liberalization and Deregulation in the Energy Sector: Challenge in Capital Raising.”

“We want to improve and develop Mindanao which is why the Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry volunteered to host this year’s Mindanao Business Conference because we believe we have much to offer that other regional centers do not,” Paguio said.

FROM BusinessMirror (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/992-19th-minbizcon-to-showcase-mindanao-says-organizer)

zubuwood

September 7th, 2010, 06:27 PM

^^ murag d man shangrila .. gtan.aw man nako ila website .. wa mai nakabutang nga sa cdo .. isa ra ang upcoming nga hotel dd2 nga sa pinas .. sa taguig ra nya 2014 pa jud mag.open .. murag sa ayala hotel ra man jud ni based ani oh

:) .. murag lang ..

^^Mao ba mga bai... Pero I'm still hoping na Shangri-la jud unta :)

michael_ray

September 7th, 2010, 07:03 PM

To @ronnier, I'm glad that you have enjoyed your stay in our city. Balik-balik.... :)

michael_ray

September 7th, 2010, 07:04 PM

^^Mao ba mga bai... Pero I'm still hoping na Shangri-la jud unta :)

We're wishing to have these famous hotels in Cebu and Manila here in CdeO. :)

michael_ray

September 7th, 2010, 07:26 PM

It was just last year that Figaro opened its first branch in CdeO. This year, another one is brewing. :)

2nd CDO shop...

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp4/lewangeles/IMG00475-20100904-1145x.jpg

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp4/lewangeles/IMG00470-20100904-1015.jpg

soon...

RonnieR

September 8th, 2010, 04:12 AM

:) They don't have money to put up that signage thats why they offered it to the advertisers, imo :lol::lol: parang sarisari store lang :lol::lol: in fairness, nice signage :cheers:

Honestly, di talaga maganda tingnan....parang tindahan ang dating sa labas but inside, okay yung mga photos of hotels, very tourist friendly. I'm sure that the new airport Laguin----- ang hirap kasi isulat ng name, would surely be at par with international standard.

jongkzzz

September 8th, 2010, 04:32 AM

hi. please invite friends! =)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs436.snc4/47927_464500231022_707636022_7122143_6307576_n.jpg

jongkzzz

September 8th, 2010, 04:35 AM

hi please invite friends. =)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs436.snc4/47927_464500231022_707636022_7122143_6307576_n.jpg

michael_ray

September 8th, 2010, 08:39 AM

dlt

RFM

September 8th, 2010, 08:49 AM

This September comes the biggest gathering of leaders, dignitaries and businessmen in Mindanao
THE 19TH MINDANAO BUSINESS CONFERENCE

http://62.0.5.138/normannorman.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/noynoy-aquino-time-magazine-cover.jpg
PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III

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FORMER PRESIDENT FIDEL VALDEZ RAMOS

http://62.0.5.133/pinoyshouts.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/harry_thomas_1502.jpg?w=150&h=196
US AMBASSADOR HARRY K. THOMAS, JR.

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GMA NETWORK CHIEF EXECUTIVE FELIPE GOZON

What are the specific dates for this conference?

michael_ray

September 8th, 2010, 08:49 AM

This September comes the biggest gathering of leaders, dignitaries and businessmen in Mindanao
THE 19TH MINDANAO BUSINESS CONFERENCE

The power guests...

http://62.0.5.138/normannorman.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/noynoy-aquino-time-magazine-cover.jpg
PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9806/ramosh.jpg
FORMER PRESIDENT FIDEL VALDEZ RAMOS

http://62.0.5.133/pinoyshouts.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/harry_thomas_1502.jpg?w=150&h=196
US AMBASSADOR HARRY K. THOMAS, JR.

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GMA NETWORK CHIEF EXECUTIVE FELIPE GOZON

It will be an exciting event, focusing on energy, shipping, agribusiness, mariculture and other key industries,” Ralph Paguio, PRESIDENT OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY FOUNDATION. INC..

RFM

September 8th, 2010, 08:50 AM

Can anybody help in identifying bars in CDO with piano?

michael_ray

September 8th, 2010, 08:53 AM

What are the specific dates for this conference?

September 17 to 18 at THE ATRIUM, Limketkai Center.

RFM

September 8th, 2010, 08:57 AM

September 17 to 18 at THE ATRIUM, Limketkai Center.

Thank you michael_ray

RFM

September 8th, 2010, 09:03 AM

Cagayan de Oro... The Golden Heart of Asia

Michael_ray. your signature about CDO is very Good. This is based on this caption: the city of golden friendship. This can be adopted or improved following the same line.

michael_ray

September 8th, 2010, 09:09 AM

^^I got this new moniker from DOT Region X Director Catalino Chan. It is indeed appropriate for CdeO as the city now goes global not only in business and industry but in tourism as well.

RFM

September 8th, 2010, 09:15 AM

^^I got this new moniker from DOT Region X Director Catalino Chan. It is indeed appropriate for CdeO as the city now goes global not only in business and industry but in tourism as well.

Yes I agree. to mention the word - Asia, CDO is going global from the city of golden friendship which is known or popular locally.

mottymot_007

September 8th, 2010, 10:26 AM

Can anybody help in identifying bars in CDO with piano?

I know one :)

Compadres in Pryce Plaza

I'm not sure kung operational pa ni sila

D Saint near DTI in Agustin Street
Bistro in Capistrano

cyberwizard

September 8th, 2010, 10:35 AM

To @ronnier, I'm glad that you have enjoyed your stay in our city. Balik-balik.... :)

if anyone be in CdeO, just PM us..:cheers:

RFM

September 8th, 2010, 11:07 AM

I know one :)

Compadres in Pryce Plaza

I'm not sure kung operational pa ni sila

D Saint near DTI in Agustin Street
Bistro in Capistrano

thanks mottymot...

adeuksom

September 8th, 2010, 12:27 PM

CDO to host biggest gathering of entrepreneurs
Posted on September 8, 2010 by damarre

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2Frscn1780.jpg&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fcagayandeorodev.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F08%2Fcdo-to-host-biggest-gathering-of-entrepreneurs%2F%23more-6664

The business community here in Mindanao is wrapping up its preparation for the 19th Mindanao Business Conference, to be held here in Cagayan de Oro City on September 17-18 at the Grand Caprice Convention Center.

Ruben A. Vegafria, conference director of the 19th MinBizCon said that prior to the business congress they had consultations with the chambers of commerce and business leaders in six different regions to come up with a common vital concern that would be addressed during the business conference.

The regional consultations conducted earlier raised common concerns on energy, agriculture and mining, such will be the focus of the plenary topics to be deliberated and discussed during the Mindanao Business Conference.

Ralph Paguio, president of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. likewise revealed the innovation introduced for this year’s conference and that is the high-level roundtable discussions with the different government departments prior to the event.

The roundtables are designed to serve as a review of government actions taken over the previous years.

He said, with this strategy they were able to present immediate solutions to some of the pressing concerns during the congress.

The Mindanao Business Conference will run in parallel with the Mindanao Investment Forum, OTOP Mindanao Island Fair and OROBEST Expo 2010.

The trade fair will be joined by eighteen (18) American firms. US Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry Thomas is expected to grace the opening of MinBizCon.

Xavier University will likewise host a stockholders Forum in Energy on September 16.

Organizers of MinBizCon are also hopeful for the presence of President Aquino, to be able to identify the administration’s policy directions for Mindanao that they can also work in parallel with it. (PIA 10)

mottymot_007

September 8th, 2010, 12:52 PM

thanks mottymot...

you're welcome RFM

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 01:04 PM

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 01:08 PM

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 01:13 PM

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 01:18 PM

Del Monte Donates P5-M For Golden Mile Project (http://www.cagayandeoro.gov.ph/?page=news&id=1898)

by Lorebeth C. Requiroso/ City Council Office
THE city’s Golden Mile project is drawing the support of the private sector.

The Power learned that Del Monte Philippines, Inc., one of the biggest conglomerates in the country has donated P5-million for the project.During the City Council regular session presided over by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas this morning, legislators ratified the Deed of Donation entered into by and between the city government and the company for its donation.City officials are expressing their gratitude to the company for its support in the implementation of the project, which will boost the city’s river tourism industry and will pave the way for the protection of the riverbank. (LCR)

zubuwood

September 8th, 2010, 01:55 PM

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=63360445#post63360445

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 02:18 PM

ill get updates of the Alubijid Provincial hospital next week. i saw some heavy equipments the last time i passed the area.

mottymot_007

September 8th, 2010, 02:44 PM

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 03:02 PM

michael_ray

September 8th, 2010, 03:09 PM

Cagayan de Oro chosen as focal culture site for September
Posted on September 3, 2010 by damarre

The traveling framework of the Philippines as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011 features Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental as the highlighted city for September, making it the first site in Mindanao to be featured as such. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Commissioner and International Theater Institute-Philippines President Cecile Guidote Alvarez said that the choice of Cagayan de Oro “is in consideration of the rich cultural diversity of Misamis Oriental.”

The celebration, she said, “underscores the commitment of the Philippines as member of Asean for connectivity to the promotion of culture of peace, as well as the achievement of the UN [United Nations] MDGs [Millennium Development Goals].”

The month of September has been declared Peace and Children’s Month by the United Nations. Hence, activities, hosted by Mayor Vicente Emano of Cagayan de Oro City and Gov. Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental, will center on consciousness campaign for children to have access to education and to prevent the utilization of children in armed conflict as warriors and refugee.

Guidote-Alvarez added that events will also gear towards the clean-up the world program and highlight Cagayan de Oro as a virtual education city. “We hope that [Cagayan de Oro] can be a center of campaign to help children to access education and to prevent the utilization of children in armed conflict as warriors and refugee,” she added.

Cagayan de Oro is the seventh locale highlighted as focal site for the celebration of the Philippines as the first Asean Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011. The inaugural event was in Angeles City, Pampanga which hosted the Asean Ministerial Meeting and the Festival of the Arts; followed by Capiz as the venue of the Dance Exchange: Second Philippine International Dance Festival hosted by Gov. Victor Tangco; and then by Santiago City, Isabela which staged the Patarraday Festival hosted by Mayor Amy Navarro; and then led by Gov. Vilma Santos of Batangas which launched the world’s longest painting on continuous canvas; then Bohol which launched the Teatro Abatan program and the Día del Galeón project; and Angono Rizal, which launched an Artists’ Village project. Last month’s event was hosted by Mayor Gerardo Calderon of Angono with Gov. Casimiro “Jun-Jun” Ynares 3rd of Rizal.

These monthly events for the Asean Culture Capital framework are linked to the Dynamism and Wealth of Cultural Diversity in Southeast Asia centered on the UN MDGs.

article from Manila Times

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 03:11 PM

Solar power eyed as solution to Mindanao problem (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=1&rid=299551)

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MANILA, Sept. 8 (PNA) -- Solar energy has been identified as a potential solution to the Mindanao power crisis by the Congressional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering (COMSTE) chaired by Senator Edgardo Angara.

“Our COMSTE panel experts in Energy and Environment have targeted solar energy as a key factor in overcoming the power crisis in Mindanao. This source of Renewable Energy (RE) can complement existing coal-fired plants and is applicable even if off-grid areas,” said Angara.

COMSTE Executive Director Dr. Gregory Tangonan noted that recent studies by the Manila Observatory (MO) have indicated that Mindanao will be drier in the years to come, lessening the effectiveness of RE sources like Hydropower, which is a major RE source in the region.

Angara stated that the government should look into alternative ways to develop power sources, specifically through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). He said that the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co., Inc. (Cepalco), which already has a 1MW solar plant in Cagayan de Oro, is looking to expand their existing capacity to 4MW in two years.

“We should be able to take advantage of collaboration with the private sector and develop more energy projects that can take advantage of the Renewable Energy Act,” added Angara.

The Renewable Energy Act of 2008 exempts renewable energy sources from Value Added Tax (VAT), grants a seven year income tax holiday, and prioritizes the purchase, grid connection and transmission of electricity generated by companies from renewable energy sources.

The Philippines, which is the world’s second largest producer of Geothermal Energy behind the US, is considered to have huge potential in terms of supplying renewable energy. The Philippine Energy Security Plan states that the country has the potential to average 5.0 -5.1 kWh/M²/day.

“Mindanao has the highest percentage of un-electrified barangays in the country, if we are able to apply solar energy effectively, the potential for sustainable, clean energy is enormous,” said Angara. (PNA)
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michael_ray

September 8th, 2010, 03:12 PM

TILT
Velez St., Cagayan de Oro
Photos by: Judith Moreno

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boju2

September 8th, 2010, 03:17 PM

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boju2

September 8th, 2010, 03:19 PM

Perspective of proposed St. Francis Xavier Parish Church at Pueblo (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/perspective-of-proposed-st-francis-xavier-parish-church-at-pueblo/)

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boju2

September 8th, 2010, 03:21 PM

Corpus Christi Pueblo Campus updates (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/project-watch-corpus-christi-pueblo-campus-updates/)

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dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 03:24 PM

Unsa ka-tinuod nga McDo daw ang itukod sa former Roan gas station atbang sa Makro? :-)

that's what taxi drivers told me too :cheers:

McDo diay na? diba naa pod plano itokod McDo sa Polymedic Medical Plaza which is just a kilometer away from the Roan gas station? payts gihapon kung McDo ang itokod sa former roan gas station.

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 03:28 PM

PIA Press Release
2010/09/08
Oro showcases Mindanao's Best (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p100908.htm&no=A0&r=r10&y=&mo=)
Cagayan de Oro City (8 September) -- Over a hundred Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises or MSMES from the different regions of Mindanao are again coming to Cagayan de Oro City to showcase the Mindanao's best products.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 10 together with the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (ORO CHAMBER) will host the OTOP Mindanao Island Fair 2010 (OMIF 2010) and the Oro Best Expo 2010" on September 16-18, 2010 at The Atrium, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City.

According to Trade and Industry Director Alicia V. Euseña, with this year's theme of "Showcasing the Best of Mindanao," the OMIF 2010 will feature products and services of One Town One Product (OTOP) Program from the regions 9, 10, 11, 12 CARAGA and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

These products include fashion accessories, fresh and processed food, gifts and houseware, furniture, organic and natural products, HALAL and other MSME products.

This is the second time that Cagayan de Oro City hosts the OTOP Mindanao Island Fair. The first one was in August 2008 at the same venue which generated sales of Php 33 Million.

New OTOP products will be launched during the OMIF 2010 which is expected to attract more local and institutional buyers. The event will also feature the "Semi-Processed Materials Expo 2010" organized by the Bureau of Domestic Trade, the Designers' Productivity Build-up prototypes, buying mission and the special setting showcase for the Mindanao regions.

The OMIF 2010 is a component activity of the Mindanao Business Conference scheduled on September 17-18, 2010 at Grand Caprice Restaurant, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. (DTI-10) [top

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 03:30 PM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs631.snc4/59151_1344368501353_1595481371_743034_7909124_n.jpg

mga salad o init pa! hehehe!

dark_knight_detectve

September 8th, 2010, 03:43 PM

deanrj003

September 8th, 2010, 05:47 PM

19th MinBizCon to showcase Mindanao, says organizer

Written by Bong D. Fabe / Correspondent
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 11:43

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/images/stories/daily_images/2010/September2010/09082010/regions01.jpgCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The crisis currently gripping Manila after the recent hostage tragedy is a very big opportunity to showcase Mindanao, especially Northern Mindanao and this regional center to the rest of the Philippines and the world, the organizer-group of the upcoming 19th Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) said.

Business leaders from the six regions in Mindanao will converge in this city on Sept. 17 to 18 at the Grand Caprice in Limketkai Center for the 19th MinBizCon.

“The 19th Mindanao Business Conference is the biggest gathering of businesses in Mindanao…. And this is now our chance, our moment, to showcase Cagayan de Oro and Mindanao that we are very peaceful here,” conference director Ruben Vegafria said during a media briefing on Tuesday at the Oro Chamber Business Development Center here.

Vegafria said the botched rescue of hostage victims that left eight tourists from Hong Kong and the hostage-taker dead continue to hound the Aquino administration, but it will “not affect” businesses in this city and Mindanao.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued an advisory to its residents against visiting the Philippines, which some economists, political leaders and pundits said will affect some business sectors in the country, especially tourism.

But Vegafria played down such predictions, saying “Cagayan de Oro is the most peaceful city in the entire republic.”

“Our hosting of the 19th Mindanao Business Conference is a manifestation that we are at peace and that we love peace. So, let them [tourists] come here and see there is nothing wrong here,” he said.

Vagafria said Oro Chamber’s hosting of the MinBizCon is “one way of projecting our place, Cagayan de Oro, and Mindanao” and that Mindanawons should grab this opportunity to spur growth and development on the island.

“Cagayan de Oro is a very peaceful city. And this is a chance for us Kagay-anons to show to the rest of the country and even to the whole world that we and even Mindanao is a very peaceful place,” Oro Chamber president Ralph Paguio said.

Paguio said violent incidents in some parts of the Mindanao are just “isolated cases.”

To prove his point, he pointed out that at least 18 American companies will join the conference and will put up exhibits in the Oro Best exhibit at The Atrium in Limketkai Center.

Even US Ambassador Harry Thomas will address the conference, he said.

President Aquino and former President Fidel Ramos will keynote the conference that will focus on three concerns of the business sector in Mindanao: energy, agriculture and mining.

On mining, former President Ramos will speak on the topic “Responsible Mining as Catalyst for Economic Growth in Mindanao;” Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala will talk on “Mindanao Agribusiness: Influencing Philippine Agriculture Policy;” and Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras will talk on “Beyond Privatization, Liberalization and Deregulation in the Energy Sector: Challenge in Capital Raising.”

“We want to improve and develop Mindanao which is why the Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry volunteered to host this year’s Mindanao Business Conference because we believe we have much to offer that other regional centers do not,” Paguio said.
In Photo: Leaders of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Oro Chamber), such as Ralph Paguio, Ruben Vegafria and Ghaye Alegrio, say the 19th Mindanao Business Conference is a very big opportunity for Cagayan de Oro City and Mindanao to show to the rest of the country and the world the prevailing peace and order and business opportunities that abound in the island. (Bong D. Fabe)

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/992-19th-minbizcon-to-showcase-mindanao-says-organizer

Sao Paulo_26

September 9th, 2010, 03:39 AM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs631.snc4/59151_1344368501353_1595481371_743034_7909124_n.jpg

mga salad o init pa! hehehe!

OMG... sa cdo init nga salad ang gina serve .....thats quite intriguing... i just wonder how it tastes......:lol:

burotski

September 9th, 2010, 04:46 AM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs299.snc4/41275_1344417542579_1595481371_743220_3150676_n.jpg

Stephanie Sol in the house! :-)

Fahdingding

September 9th, 2010, 05:23 AM

Hot Chicks!

Fahdingding

September 9th, 2010, 05:26 AM

^^ looking at the logo of the tall edifice to the right part I think that is a hotel and not just an ordinary hotel but a SHANGRI-La :cheers: abangan nyo yan CDO :banana:

Whoa! GANDA! :banana::banana:

Fahdingding

September 9th, 2010, 05:27 AM

GearX

September 9th, 2010, 08:40 AM

Stephanie Sol in the house! :-)

is she officially a Kapuso now? ... heard she applied with GMA. :cheers:

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 08:51 AM

http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk322/jaysan86/46803_1603097121039_1344447244_31598812_3591086_n.jpg

MAGIS STUDENT COMPLEX

1st floor - University Canteen [merged with Student Center (StC) Building Lobby in which a portion will be for the XU Bookcenter (relocated)]
2nd Floor - Office of Student Affairs and Student Organization Meeting/Multi-Purpose Rooms
Rooftop - Multi-Purpose / Student Assembly Area

GearX

September 9th, 2010, 09:02 AM

XU – Pryce Center for Entrepreneurship

Key Personnel for Planning

1. Virginica C. Yacapin (School of Business and Management)
2. Jaysan N. Chee (Finance – Asset Management):okay:
3. Lennie K. Ong (Finance – Treasurer)
4. Jaime Ignacio (Campus Development)
5. Irene Guitarte (Office of Student Affairs)
6. Robert Gomez (Student Entrepreneurship Program)
7. Ernesto Neri (Central Student Government)
8. Hilly Quiaoit (Rsesearch and Social Outreach)
9. Don Patrimonio (Student Entrepreneurs hip Program)
10. Ramil Pajo (Physical Plant Office)
11. Apollo Bacas (Security)

The XU – Pryce Center for Entrepreneurship

LOCATION AND ACCESS
To be located fronting D.V. Soria promenade,
between agriculture and science center
buildings. 2-storey (ground floor and
mezzanine) structure that is accessible to the
public. Both public at large and students can
come in the front access doors to view and/or
purchase products from XU-PCE. A new
student access gate is proposed to be set up at
the rear for student entry to the main campus.

GROUND FLOOR
6 leasable modules (5 sq. meters) for dry good selling of students.
3 leasable “island” modules (4 sq. meters, collapsible
type) for temporary or short-term selling or product
launchings
2 Larger spaces (with window display) at the front which serve as prime location
– 1 will house the College of Agriculture products that they currently sell at the Tabuan
- SC Dry pond (with washing area)
– 1 can accommodate SEP-operated venture like the ornamental fish venture or a social enterprise
Male and Female toilets exclusive for the tenants (keys will be issued to them).

MEZZANINE
“War” Room (Business Center and SEP Office)
– Stalls for student businesses as office area for making calls, reports, etc. To have production areas, fax machine, internet (or wi-fi) and computers.

– Slightly elevated on a platform, SEP cubicles to oversee operations in the business center.
Meeting Rooms with collapsible partition – Serve as meeting area for businesses as well as other student organizations or university units.
Male and Female Toilets

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 09:14 AM

Where did you get this info GearX? Hehehehehe... ;)

XU – Pryce Center for Entrepreneurship

Key Personnel for Planning

1. Virginica C. Yacapin (School of Business and Management)
2. Jaysan N. Chee (Finance – Asset Management):okay:
3. Lennie K. Ong (Finance – Treasurer)
4. Jaime Ignacio (Campus Development)
5. Irene Guitarte (Office of Student Affairs)
6. Robert Gomez (Student Entrepreneurship Program)
7. Ernesto Neri (Central Student Government)
8. Hilly Quiaoit (Rsesearch and Social Outreach)
9. Don Patrimonio (Student Entrepreneurs hip Program)
10. Ramil Pajo (Physical Plant Office)
11. Apollo Bacas (Security)

The XU – Pryce Center for Entrepreneurship

LOCATION AND ACCESS
To be located fronting D.V. Soria promenade,
between agriculture and science center
buildings. 2-storey (ground floor and
mezzanine) structure that is accessible to the
public. Both public at large and students can
come in the front access doors to view and/or
purchase products from XU-PCE. A new
student access gate is proposed to be set up at
the rear for student entry to the main campus.

GROUND FLOOR
6 leasable modules (5 sq. meters) for dry good selling of students.
3 leasable “island” modules (4 sq. meters, collapsible
type) for temporary or short-term selling or product
launchings
2 Larger spaces (with window display) at the front which serve as prime location
– 1 will house the College of Agriculture products that they currently sell at the Tabuan
- SC Dry pond (with washing area)
– 1 can accommodate SEP-operated venture like the ornamental fish venture or a social enterprise
Male and Female toilets exclusive for the tenants (keys will be issued to them).

MEZZANINE
“War” Room (Business Center and SEP Office)
– Stalls for student businesses as office area for making calls, reports, etc. To have production areas, fax machine, internet (or wi-fi) and computers.

– Slightly elevated on a platform, SEP cubicles to oversee operations in the business center.
Meeting Rooms with collapsible partition – Serve as meeting area for businesses as well as other student organizations or university units.
Male and Female Toilets

shaKEIRa

September 9th, 2010, 09:20 AM

i miss cdo... 6 years ko ga sige og labay2... hantod ra sad labay2... az en!!!

GearX

September 9th, 2010, 09:21 AM

Where did you get this info GearX? Hehehehehe... ;)

ernesto b neri :cheers:

GearX

September 9th, 2010, 09:47 AM

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8581/siggm.jpg

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 10:01 AM

ernesto b neri :cheers:

ahhhhh... :)

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 10:03 AM

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8581/siggm.jpg

Hahahaahahaah!!! Very familiar... Hala ka...

GearX

September 9th, 2010, 10:14 AM

Hahahaahahaah!!! Very familiar... Hala ka...

send my regards to Lennie :cheers:

iantidz

September 9th, 2010, 10:24 AM

Asa naman ni dapit gi butang nga building ? unsay abay ani ? di na nako ma locate sorry :)

http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk322/jaysan86/46803_1603097121039_1344447244_31598812_3591086_n.jpg

MAGIS STUDENT COMPLEX

1st floor - University Canteen [merged with Student Center (StC) Building Lobby in which a portion will be for the XU Bookcenter (relocated)]
2nd Floor - Office of Student Affairs and Student Organization Meeting/Multi-Purpose Rooms
Rooftop - Multi-Purpose / Student Assembly Area

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 10:42 AM

Asa naman ni dapit gi butang nga building ? unsay abay ani ? di na nako ma locate sorry :)

The site of the old canteen iantidz... :)

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 10:49 AM

Kini kay mas completo...:cheers:

PROJECT WATCH: XU Magis Student Complex and SEP Building
Posted on September 9, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/468a.jpg?w=468&h=253

Officials of Xavier University led by President Fr. Jose Ramon “Jett” Villarin, SJ recently held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Magis Student Complex located at the old canteen site inside their main campus along Corrales Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City.

The 2-storey building with a multi-purpose rooftop is expected to be completed in May 2011.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/468b.jpg?w=468&h=156

Another building set to rise at the main campus is the Pryce Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) or the Student Entrepreneurship Program (SEP) Building shown below. (Just asking if the Pryce name is final….???)

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sep.jpg?w=468&h=374

The building will be located fronting Corrales Avenue between the agriculture and science center buildings. This will be a 2-storey (ground floor and mezzanine) structure accessible to the public. Both public at large and students can come in the front access doors to view and/or purchase products from SEP. A new student access gate is also being proposed to be set up at the rear for student entry to the main campus.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/000.jpg?w=279&h=388

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/0001.jpg?w=260&h=163

Based on the above plans, the ground floor will have 6 leasable modules (5 sq. meters) for dry good selling of students, 3 leasable “island” modules (4 sq. meters, collapsible type) for temporary or short-term selling or product launchings; 2 Larger spaces (with window display) at the front which serve as prime location – 1 will house the College of Agriculture products that they currently sell at the Tabuan – SC Dry pond (with washing area) - 1 can accommodate SEP-operated venture like the ornamental fish venture or a social enterprise. The second floor will house the business center and other meeting rooms.

I don’t know if the perspective shown will be the final design but one thing’s certain, it surely change the building landscape of Xavier University especially that this will be erected fronting Corrales Avenue.

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 10:55 AM

PROJECT WATCH: Corpus Christi Pueblo Campus updates
Posted on September 8, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_5038.jpg?w=468&h=351

Construction of Corpus Christi’s Pueblo Campus is now on the final stages. The main structure of the 3-storey school building has been completed with exterior and interior finishings still to be done as shown in the pictures.

For those not familiar with the location, it’s inside Vista Verde Subdivision. You can notice this on the left of Masterson Avenue if you’re travelling from the airport.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_5037.jpg?w=468&h=351

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_5040.jpg?w=468&h=351

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/img_5039.jpg?w=468&h=351

The school, regarded as one of the city’s best secondary institution, has a growing population and a second campus will help ease the traffic at their Macasandig Campus.

mottymot_007

September 9th, 2010, 10:55 AM

^^ how sad those trees between aggies and SC buildings will have to go.

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 10:59 AM

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 11:01 AM

2010-08-19
Another Posh Hotel To Rise In Cagayan De Oro - Emano
by Lorebeth C. Requiroso/ City Council Office
WITH the city’s promising tourism industry, more investors are coming to enter the hotel business.

Mayor Vicente Emano said another first-class hotel will be constructed here, which will be at par with the best hotels in Manila.The mayor is optimistic that this will not only usher in more developments but will also improve the lives of Kagay-anons as it will open more job opportunuties for them.“Usa ka Manila-based investor ang motukod niini nga hotel nga susama sa mga best hotels didto sa kauluhan. Atong gikalipay kini nga kalambuan kay makahatag kini sa dugang kahigayon sa panarbaho sa atong katawhan ug usab makapabibo sa kalihokan sa ekonomiya sa dakbayan,” he announced in a press statement. (LCR)

di kaya ito ang mean ni Mayor Dongkoy???
or another one?

Bellevue Group keen on putting up hotel in CDO

Akin to this: ^^

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bhotel.jpg?w=453&h=604

A1 or very high end equals 5 star. Am I right? :nuts:

If I'm not mistaken, Bellevue in Alabang is just a 3 star hotel.

iantidz

September 9th, 2010, 11:25 AM

got it :), thanks :)

Kini kay mas completo...:cheers:

PROJECT WATCH: XU Magis Student Complex and SEP Building
Posted on September 9, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/468a.jpg?w=468&h=253

Officials of Xavier University led by President Fr. Jose Ramon “Jett” Villarin, SJ recently held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Magis Student Complex located at the old canteen site inside their main campus along Corrales Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City.

The 2-storey building with a multi-purpose rooftop is expected to be completed in May 2011.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/468b.jpg?w=468&h=156

Another building set to rise at the main campus is the Pryce Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) or the Student Entrepreneurship Program (SEP) Building shown below. (Just asking if the Pryce name is final….???)

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sep.jpg?w=468&h=374

The building will be located fronting Corrales Avenue between the agriculture and science center buildings. This will be a 2-storey (ground floor and mezzanine) structure accessible to the public. Both public at large and students can come in the front access doors to view and/or purchase products from SEP. A new student access gate is also being proposed to be set up at the rear for student entry to the main campus.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/000.jpg?w=279&h=388

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/0001.jpg?w=260&h=163

Based on the above plans, the ground floor will have 6 leasable modules (5 sq. meters) for dry good selling of students, 3 leasable “island” modules (4 sq. meters, collapsible type) for temporary or short-term selling or product launchings; 2 Larger spaces (with window display) at the front which serve as prime location – 1 will house the College of Agriculture products that they currently sell at the Tabuan – SC Dry pond (with washing area) - 1 can accommodate SEP-operated venture like the ornamental fish venture or a social enterprise. The second floor will house the business center and other meeting rooms.

I don’t know if the perspective shown will be the final design but one thing’s certain, it surely change the building landscape of Xavier University especially that this will be erected fronting Corrales Avenue.

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 11:26 AM

No problemo mi amigos! Bienvinido tu ciudad!

Tejada! :cheers:

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 11:30 AM

got it :), thanks :)

Most likely yes... Naay Pryce jud na name kay they donated to the University capital for student entrepreneurship...

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 11:32 AM

send my regards to Lennie :cheers:

No probs GearX.... :)

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 11:34 AM

PIA Press Release
2010/09/08

VYE chairs newly-formed disaster body

Cagayan de Oro City (8 September) -- City Mayor Vicente "Dongkoy" Emano has reorganized the Cagayan de Oro City Disaster Coordinating Council (CDCC) to ensure the city's readiness in times of disasters and/or calamities.

Mayor Emano chairs the disaster body with Vice Mayor Ceasar Ian Acenas as vice chairman. The members are: city social welfare and development officer Marisa Tagarda, city schools division superintendent Dr. Mryna Motoomull, city fire marshall Benigno Amomonpon, city police director Benedicto Lopez, Oro Chamber president Ralph Paguio and ABC president Aaron Neri.

Also named as members are the four district executive action officers namely: City Councilors Adrian Barba (District 1), Ramon Tabor (District 2), President Elipe (District 3) and Alexander Dacer (District 4).

They are tasked to supervise the disaster operations in their respective districts and the activation of the Barangay Disaster Coordinating Council composed of barangay officials; ronda tanod; school principal, teachers and faculty; midwives and nurses; non-government organizations; radio amateur groups and rescue volunteers.

To assist the CDCC in carrying out its duties, functions and responsibilities, eight staff and operation teams are organized for the purpose.

The staff teams and their composition are:

Intelligence and Disaster Analysis - city police director, team leader; city planning and development coordinator, city building official, city engineer and city local environment and natural resources officer- members.

Resource Management - city treasurer, team leader; city budget officer, city general services officer, city accountant and Oro Chamber President- members.

Planning and Operation - city administrator, team leader; city social welfare and development officer, city schools division superintendent, city information officer, city engineer- members.

Composing the operation teams are:

Communication, Warning and Public Information - city information officer, team leader; Comcenter manager, ABC president, SK Federation president and City Administrator (Camelot) - members.

Transportation - city engineer, team leader; BAC manager, city public services officer, city equipment depot manager and RTA chairman- members.

Rescue, Recovery and Emergency Medical Services - Oro Alert incident commander, team leader; Phil. Rescue 2000 head, city hospital chief, city health officer, city fire marshal and 4th ID Philippine Army - members.

Medical and Health Services - city hospital chief, team leader; city health officer, Doctors Care president, Northern Mindanao Medical Center chief and 4th ID Army Station Hospital chief- members.

Police, Security and Traffic- city police director, team leader; RTA chairman, ABC president and MASA- members.

Acting as secretary and chief operation officer of the CDCC is the city administrator with the City Administrator Office's staff composing the secretariat. (City Information Office) [top]

PIA Press Release
2010/09/07

Clean up your trash, VYE tells Oro folks

Cagayan de Oro City (7 September) -- Clean up your surroundings.

This is the essence of City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano's Executive Order No. 036-2010 mandating owner, lessee or occupant of both residential and commercial establishments in Cagayan de Oro to clean the sidewalk, passageway and area fronting and around their vicinities.

Residential and commercial establishment owners are also required to place all their garbage inside their yards and/or building, and bring these out only when the garbage collector passes by.

Mayor Emano issued the order in a bid to sustain the city's 'clean and green campaign' and the monthly clean-up drive through wider public participation on cleaning their surroundings.

In his order, the City Chief Executive noted that many residents continue to indiscriminately throw or dump their garbage on sidewalks while others simply rely on city street cleaners to do the job.

"This practice (irresponsible garbage disposal) should not be tolerated if the city seeks to attain industrialization, and attract both local and foreign investors," Mayor Emano stressed.

Invoking as basis, Mayor Emano cited Section 9(a) of Ordinance No. 8975-2003 which? "requires all house owners and tenants of residential building and owners, manager, administrator, director, occupants and lessee of any commercial/business establishments, including market vendors, industrial, private and government institutions to clean the area in front of and around their vicinity and shall be required to provide waste receptacles for efficient waste segregation scheme."

Aside from this law, Section 458 of the Local Government Code empowers the City Council to ?"require that buildings and the premises thereof and any land within the city be kept and maintained in a sanitary condition; impose penalties for violation thereof?" (City Information Office) [top]

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 11:47 AM

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/276169/asean-event-cites-cultural-diversity-misamis-oriental

ASEAN Event Cites Cultural Diversity of Misamis Oriental
By NEF LUCZON
September 8, 2010, 7:51pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The traveling framework of the Philippines as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011 features this city as the highlighted city for September, making it the first site in Mindanao to be featured as such.

United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Commissioner and International Theater Institute-Philippines President Cecile Guidote Alvarez said that the choice of this city “is in consideration of the rich cultural diversity of Misamis Oriental.”

The celebration, she said, “underscores the commitment of the Philippines as member of ASEAN for connectivity to the promotion of culture of peace, as well as the achievement of the UN’s MDGs (Millennium Development Goals).”

The month of September has been declared Peace and Children’s Month by the UN.

With the declaration, activities will center on consciousness campaign for children to have access to education and to prevent the utilization of children in armed conflicts as warriors and refugee.

Alvarez added that events will also gear towards the clean-up the world program, and highlight the city as a virtual education city.

“We hope that (Cagayan de Oro) can be a center of campaign to help children to access education and to prevent the utilization of children in armed conflict as warriors and refugee,” she added.

The city is the seventh locale highlighted as focal site for the celebration of the Philippines as the first ASEAN Culture Capital for 2010 to 2011.

The inaugural event was in Angeles City, Pampanga which hosted the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and the Festival of the Arts, followed by Capiz as the venue of the Dance Exchange.

This does not only promote the city globally. This also means that Cagayan de Oro is the City of Peace for being The Open City and The Melting Pot of this island. I begin to love Cagayan de Oro as my new home. Ang siyudad sa Mindanaw nga walay gidapigan og tanan welcome kay ang siyudad ay ground sa kalinaw. Because of this, the city will progress more. :cheers:

Even your archbishop and your NGO's like Balay Mindanao are very active and have initiative to promote peace in this island as the real force.

Army, Church team up to promote peace culture in Mindanao
09/07/2010 | 10:43 AM
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The Philippine Army and the Catholic Church's Cagayan de Oro Archdiocese have teamed up with a non-government organization to promote a culture of peace there in Mindanao.

Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma said he and Maj. Gen. Victor Felix, head of the Army's 4th Infantry Division, discussed peace issues on Saturday.

“We talked about peace, which is everybody’s main concern, especially here in Mindanao," Ledesma said in an article posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news site on Tuesday.

“Peace transcends boundaries. All our efforts are peace-building should also go beyond religion, culture and status," he added.

He said his archdiocese and the Army will work with the Balay Mindanaw Foundation Inc. (BMFI) to promote peace in the area.

Felix, who assumed his post two weeks ago, was accompanied by BMFI Founding President Charlito Manlupig and BMFI Executive Director Ariel Hernandez during the meeting.

“This is the essence of our collaboration, synchronization and alliance with all the sectors of society in our effort to promote and build lasting peace in Mindanao," said Col. Triumph Bagaipo, head 4th ID’s Civil-Military Operations (CMO) Battalion.

“We have already established this partnership before but we are now firming this up so we will have one voice in the promotion of peace," he added.

Bagaipo, who was also present during the breakfast meeting at the Archbishop’s House, said the partnership goes beyond personalities, beliefs and religious affiliations.

“We are actually marrying all our efforts now especially in the area of peace-building," he said. –VVP, GMANews.TV

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 12:39 PM

PIA Press Release
2010/09/08

CDO vet posts P187-T fees

Cagayan de Oro City (8 September) -- The City Veterinary Office collected last month P187,632.50 in ante mortem and post mortem service fees.

In her report, senior meat control officer Darryl D. Que said a total of P24,680.00 and P162,925.50 were generated from ante mortem fees and post mortem fees, respectively.

The collections came from basic fees on 8,011 animals slaughtered that include 810 cattle, 33 carabaos, 6,319 hogs, 782 goats, 47 horses, and 20 ostriches.

The City Vet further reported a total of 1,098.9 kilograms of condemned organs from 334.1 kg hogs liver, 259.7 kg hogs lung, 392.6 kg cattle liver, 20.8 kg cattle lung, 84.2 kg carabao liver and 7.5 kg carabao lung. (City Information Office) [top]

Solar power eyed as solution to Mindanao energy crisis
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Posted at 09/08/2010 3:33 PM | Updated as of 09/09/2010 1:02 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Congressional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering (COMSTE), chaired by Senator Edgardo J. Angara, believes solar energy can be the solution to the Mindanao power crisis.

In a statement, Angara said harnessing solar power in Mindanao can complement existing coal-fired plants and is applicable even in off-grid areas. “Mindanao has the highest percentage of un-electrified barangays in the country. If we are able to apply solar energy effectively, the potential for sustainable, clean energy is enormous,” he said.

COMSTE Executive Director Dr. Gregory Tangonan said recent studies by the Manila Observatory have indicated that Mindanao will be drier in the years to come, lessening the effectiveness of renewable energy sources like hydropower, which is a major RE source in the region.

Angara said the government should look into alternative ways to develop power sources, specifically through Public Private Partnerships (PPP’s). He said that the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co., Inc. (Cepalco), which already has a 1MW solar plant in Cagayan de Oro, is looking to expand their existing capacity to 4MW in two years.

“We should be able to take advantage of collaboration with the private sector and develop more energy projects that can take advantage of the Renewable Energy Act,” he said.

The Renewable Energy Act of 2008 exempts renewable energy sources from Value Added Tax (VAT), grants a 7-year income tax holiday, and prioritizes the purchase, grid connection and transmission of electricity generated by companies from renewable energy sources.

The Philippines, which is the world’s second largest producer of geothermal energy behind the US, is considered to have huge potential in terms of supplying renewable energy. The Philippine Energy Security Plan states that the country has the potential to average 5.0 -5.1 kWh/M²/day.

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Cine Europa 13 to open with Belgian film
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Posted at 09/07/2010 2:52 PM | Updated as of 09/07/2010 2:52 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The much-anticipated European film festival Cine Europa will open on September 9 with the Belgian love story-thriller "The Kiss" by director Hilde Van Mieghem and Ides Meire.

Released in 2004, "The Kiss" narrates the story of Sarah, a 15-year-old girl from a wealthy family, and Vic, a 30-year-old man who understood her dreams to become a professional ballerina. Vic promised to take her away from her dysfunctional home into the stage of her dreams.

Cine Europa will feature 20 films in various genres, from drama, fiction, romance, and action. Admission is free.

“Ciné Europa 13 continues its tradition of further enhancing dialogue between European and Filipino cultures through the silver screen,” the European Union said in a statement.

The 2010 festival is the first time that movies from Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovakia will be screened alongside usual movies from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Romania, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Cine Europa started holding free screenings in the Philippines in 1998.

“This year's selection of movies, carefully handpicked to cater to the Filipino audiences, showcases the range and breadth of emotions from the different stories of love, laughter, hope, despair, survival, courage and, steadfastness. While approaches may vary from country to country, Filipino audiences will be able to empathize with the different characters in each film,” the statement said.

The festival will be held from September 10 to 19 at the Shang Cineplex at Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong. It will then go to Cebu on September 22 and Cagayan de Oro on September 30. For more information on the festival and screening schedules, visit www.delphl.ec.europa.eu.

A new crop of Palanca winners
PENMAN By Butch Dalisay (The Philippine Star) Updated September 06, 2010 12:00 AM Comments (1) View comments

For the first time in a long while, I failed to attend the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature ceremonies last Wednesday, for the most annoying of reasons arthritis. I woke up last Tuesday with a throbbing pain in my right knee, something I’d never had before. A visit to the orthopedist later that day confirmed what I suspected: my age and weight were taking their toll on my bones. They bled out some fluid and injected cortisone into my knee to get me back on my feet, but I still felt too wobbly to go up the Palanca stage.

But never mind my medical
travails. What made this year’s Palancas special was the fact that it was the 60th anniversary of this cultural institution, an event anyone who’s ever won a Palanca and there should be several hundreds by now would have wanted to be a part of. Some of us had earlier suggested that President Noynoy Aquino be invited as guest speaker to share his thoughts on Philippine art and culture for which the event would have been the perfect occasion but with his administration just settling in, the Palancas thought it more prudent but no less an honor to invite one of the true icons of Philippine literature, the fictionist and essayist Gregorio Brillantes.

I had other reasons to want to go: I chaired the board of judges for the short story in English, and the first-prize, first-time winner a teacher from Cagayan de Oro named Elena Paulma was a student of mine; her story “Three Kisses” was written in my graduate fiction class. Now before your eyebrows hit the roof, listen to this (short) story.

Attention songwriters and artists
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 PHILIPPINES

The 1st ELEMENTS Songwriting Camp will hold auditions starting today. The maiden project of 7101 Music Nation, ELEMENTS is the first camp for aspiring songwriters and artists.

This Sept. 8, Visayas applicants can audition at the College of Performing Arts Library, Silliman University, Dumaguete Negros Oriental from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mindanao applicants can try out at Mallberry Suites, Cagayan De Oro, Misamis Oriental from 5-9 p.m. tomorrow. In Luzon, applicants can go to the Music School of Ryan Cayabyab from 1-6 p.m. at the lower level of Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas Center Pasig City on Sept. 15 to 17 (Wednesday to Friday).

Sixty participants will be chosen to be part of ELEMENTS, which happens from November 14 to 18 in Dumaguete. Out of the 60, 20 slots will be reserved each for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Artistic director Ryan Cayabyab, together with his team of songwriters, will be heading the tryouts.

For details, visit www.7101musicnation.com.ph

Business Insight Malaya Inc

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 01:14 PM

Del Monte gets 2 citations for good laboratory practices

PINEAPPLE cannery giant Del Monte Phils, Inc. (DMPI) has recently earned two certificates for Good Laboratory Practices (ISO 17025), the first to be awarded among food manufacturers in Northern Mindanao.

The twin certificates reaffirm that food and beverages processed at this cannery and marketed world-wide under the premium Del Monte and S&W brands conform with the highest international standards in food safety and quality.

“Our new GLP certificates affirm the reliability and integrity of product testing processes at the Del Monte Cannery laboratory, and further assure our customers of the high quality of our food and beverage products,” DMPI’s Director for Quality Assurance Cloy Abejuela said.

The certificates, issued following comprehensive assessment of cannery laboratory competencies, are valid until 2015. Complementing the new certificates are certificates for Good Manufacturing Practices, ISO and HACCP earlier issued by leading independent process auditor SGS Philippines, and a certificate for Good Agricultural Practices for growing pineapples from the Dept. of Agriculture.

The Del Monte cannery located in Bugo, Cagayan de Oro is the world’s largest integrated pineapple processing plant, with an annual processing capacity of 700,000 tons. The cannery operates as a special economic zone under the Philippine Economic Zone Authority as it ensures the competitiveness of Filipino products in the global market.

Post Published: 06 September 2010
Author: BWM
Found in section: Corp Board, TOP STORIES OF THE DAY

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 01:21 PM

Cdeo dev’t council created
Post Published: 06 September 2010

City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano yesterday created the City Development Council (CDC) in line with his effort to set up a policy-setting body that will craft a comprehensive multi-sectoral development plan of Cagayan de Oro City.

By virtue of Executive Order No. 033-2010, Mayor Emano sits as chairman of the CDC, with the members composed of the city’s 80 barangay chairmen; committee on appropriations chairman; Congressmen of Districts 1 and 2 or their representatives; and representatives of non-government organizations (NGOs) constituting one-fourth of the fully-organized council.

The City Development Council will primarily formulate long-term, medium-term and annual socio-economic development plans and policies, including public investment programs of the city.

It will also appraise and prioritize development programs and projects, as well as formulate local investment incentives to promote the inflow and direction of private investment capital.

As a matter of procedure, the policies, programs and projects proposed by the CDC would be submitted to the City Council for appropriate action.

Approved development plans are normally submitted to the Regional Development Council for integration into the regional plan which would then be forwarded to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in accordance with existing laws.

The secretariat is headed by the City Planning and Development Coordinator who will be responsible in providing technical support, documentation, preparation of reports and other assistance to the CDC. (City Information Office)

135 Patients Benefit from Korean Dental Missions
Post Published: 06 September 2010

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When the last three members of the 4th Daegu-Dongshin Dental Mission flew back to Korea last June, the four missions had installed 42 implants, 30 dentures, conducted 56 extractions, installed seven fillings and treated 135 patients from Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental.

Dental implants in the Philippines cost upwards of PhP 70-80,000 each. In South Korea, Duk Young Dental Hospital charges about US$2,000 each which is even more expensive. The four missions sought to bring the costs down to around 25% of the unit cost in Korea or 33% of what it currently costs in the Philippines. But US$500 is still a fortune in the country and the 42 implants by themselves already cost $21,000 or PhP9.45 million at an exchange rate of P45 to one US$.

However, it was the cost of the dental services conducted by some 25 highly trained dentists and dental hygienists (not counting local Korean Rotary volunteers) along with the cost of their round-trip airfare and accommodations in the Philippines which made up the bulk of the total project cost. Round trip airfare to and Korea alone for the mission members is estimated to have exceeded US$100,000.00

The four Daegu-Dongshin Dental Missions from South Korea were sponsored by matching grant project # 71711 of the Rotary Clubs West Cagayan de Oro and Daegu-Dongshin in South Korea.

The long-term project aimed to ultimately benefit indigent patients through significant improvements in their personal health. It not only directly benefited beneficiaries but also laid the foundation for long-term care thanks to training and seminars for local dentists including Drs. Arnold Duterte and Czarisse Tismo.

The last mission was headed by Dr. Baek Seung Jin with dental hygienists Yang Hee Jung and Lee Yeung Kyuns. Besides finishing up work started by the previous three missions, the last mission also turned over supplies and equipment which would enable the local dentists to continue work started by the Koreans.

With proper care and periodic check-ups with local dentists, an implant can last from 20-30 years. It´s also considered the most natural solution to missing teeth, since patients whose implants are successful will be able to eat like those with natural teeth, and much better than those with dentures.

Korean dental implants are considered among the best in the world, thanks to continued research and development for which Duk-Young Dental Hospital has already spent $6-billion to date.

“In Korea, implants have become popular and widely known that the level of dietary nutrition of Koreans is considered very high,” Past District Governor Jae Yoon Lee said in a letter. “I hope this project will serve as a momentum in the Philippine regions so that people can carry on happy lives with healthy teeth.”
Dr. Lee, Director of the Duk Young Dental Hospital in Daegu City in South Korea, has earned a lofty prestige in the dental profession in South Korea and the world. With the highest per capita dental implant use rate in the world and the second largest market in the Asia-Pacific for dental implants and final abutments, Dr. Lee has installed over 60,000 implants over the course of his continuing career and still installs around 300 implants a month.

A graduated of the Seoul National University College, Dr. Lee is also vice chairman of the Korean International Oral Implant Alumni Association, and member of the Korea Dental Implant Academic Society and Daehan Dental Prosthetics Academic Society.

Duk Young Dental Hospital has 12 head dentists who conduct around 500 implants monthly. Together with Dr. Lee, they install around 800 implants a month, a rate that is one of the highest in South Korea and the world. Duk Young Dental Hospital has 150 dental hygienist and a 450-bed capacity mostly for post-operative patients who stay overnight for observation after receiving their implants.

The matching grant project was initiated by the Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro under the watch of immediate past president Mandy Tarayao and continued under the present administration of President Almarco Brito. The South Korean side was initiated by PDG Lee and continued by Lee Jon Man and the Daegu-Dongshin Rotary Club.

“As I look back, I give thanks to the kind consideration and concern of President Al and members of the Rotary International District 3870, all the service activities were finished smoothly without any difficulty,” Dr. Lee noted.

Besides being a past district governor of RI District 3700 (2001-2002), Dr. Lee is also committee chairman of Rotary Korea (2006-2008), president of the RI Amateur Paduk Club, and recipient of a Citizen´s Honorary recognition (Camellia Award) and World Rotary Superior District Award, among many others.

A respected civic leader, Dr. Lee is also active in the unification movement of the two Koreas, being chairman of the National Unification Central Conference, counselor of the Presidential Advisory Unification Consultation Committee, president of the Dept. of Defense Correction Committee Central Conference and consultant, Democratic Peace Unification Advisory Committee.

A true renaissance man or polymath who excels in several fields, Dr. Lee is also known as an author, poet, publisher and sportsman. He is the author of a Dental Implant Guide Book (Dental Implantology), volumes of poetry (as a member of the Dentists Literary Men´s Association) and coffee table books on the arts, and encyclopedias on apartment management. He is the publisher of the monthly Women´s Life Magazine, National Apartment newspaper and the Rotary Club magazine in Korea.

http://www.businessweekmindanao.com/

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 01:25 PM

LIBRENG SAKAY: An intervention program to increase participation rate and decrease dropout rate
By PARAIDA G. DATUDACULA-ORANGOT, Ph.D.
Head Teacher III
Pamalihi Elementary School

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PAMALIHI is a sitio of Barangay Pagatpat, may not be the farthest sitio situated with elementary school in the Division of Cagayan de Oro City. But to reach the place, you will need a lot of energy and will power because you have to trek a muddy and rocky road by foot.

Nevertheless, the fastest way to get there is through riding a single motor locally named as habal-habal which is costly in the pocket of any ordinary farmer like the people of Pamalihi. Family needs for survival comes first before education. In this prevalent condition, parents can only afford to send their children to elementary grades while acquiring secondary level is optional.

This alarming belief is a challenge to the educational system. Making education accessible to all is a covenant to every member of the educational system. Thus, the needs of creating innovations are necessary to reduce the gaps of participation rate versus dropout rate.

The Libreng Sakay: An Intervention Program to Increase Participation Rate and Decrease Dropout Rate is a one breakthrough realization of the accomplishment of one of the Education For All (EFA) Goals. Education is a right not a privilege though opportunities may be differ in other walks of life. This regional-wide benchmark program initiated by Dr. Myrna S. Motoomull, Schools Division Superintendent, Division of Cagayan de Oro City for the graduates of Pamalihi Elementary School is a form of public service which improves students’ engagement in school and strengthens their interest in their studies.

The Libreng Sakay (free ride) serves as vehicle for the 25 students coming from sitio Pamalihi going to the nearest high school is one way of giving them the needed attention because we foresee a good future in them than the usual living.

Giving them meaningful experiences and sense of belongingness are contributory to the more important objective of developing verifying personality. They are a good investment, who can make better changes in the community they belong years from now.

The Libreng Sakay Program is a manifestation of the DepEd mission as committed organization in creating a culture of excellence in public service. Believing that the most important resources of our country are today’s generations. This genuine initiative exhibits social concern in the context of education changing lives. Orchestrated a legacy of good-will in Region 10 that counterparts both locals and national worth to emulate. A product of resourcefulness, diligence and optimism that only Cagayan de Oro City has it first.

Increasing participation rate takes into consideration quality and quantity as primordial responsibility of the government, DepEd and school system as well. Thus, this collaborative effort of Dr. Myrna S. Motoomull, Dir. Luz S. Almeda and Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano is an assurance that years from now Sitio Pamalihi can produce young professionals through the Libreng Sakay Program.

The Mode of Monitoring

Teachers, stakeholders and recipients of the Libreng Sakay Program hold an important responsibility in assuring continuous implementation of this endeavour. By principle, the program must play its role as vehicle to change lives of the people of Sitio Pamalihi. Therefore, commitment and involvement has to be internalized by all.

Daily attendance check of the recipients is done before leaving Sitio Pamalihi by the assigned stakeholders. Students were also given individual cards for their class advisers’ signatures to assure that they really are attending to their classes which later then be presented to Mrs. Paraida D. Orangot, the School Head of Pamalihi Elementary School.

Teachers of Pamalihi Elementary School were also involved in monitoring the participation rate of the students. Mrs. Lea R. Doria is assigned to monitor the Canitoan National High School group while Mr. Edgardo Taguic is in Pedro “Oloy” Roa Sr. National High School. With the permission of the Principals of both schools, the two were instructed to conduct once a month consultation with the class advisers themselves for us to know whether the program is productive or not. Teamwork building with the high school family is much necessary to make Libreng Sakay Program a success.

Stakeholders are expected to do their share in attaining the goal. Open communication above all such that giving parental guidance at home, valuing education as aid to a better life will help enhance self-esteem which leads to good performance in school. In addition to these, a photocopy of the report card has to be submitted as evidence of productive and exemplary performance in class.

By these modes of monitoring, it is our prayer that may the Libreng Sakay transform lives of Sitio Pamalihi into a more functional, challenged and productive individuals. May it be sustained until service is much needed.

Post Published: 07 September 2010
Author: BWM
Found in section: CAGAYAN DE ORO, TOP STORIES OF THE DAY

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 01:31 PM

Buffalo Resto Grill now open
Posted on September 6, 2010 by damarre

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Buffalo Resto Grill, located at the former Sunriva Café and Restaurant, has just opened over the weekend. This is the latest perhaps fine diner to open in Cagayan de Oro.

I first posted that Sunriva is undergoing renovation last August 10, 2010. Accordingly, they started renovating inside the buulding some weeks earlier. In fact, they posted job ads for receptionist, cashier, waiters/waitresses and utility workers last July. All applicaions were sent to DBA Traders and Industrial Works at 198 Corrales Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City (just beside Bombo Radyo).– perhaps the restaurant owners?

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Ever since Caprice Steakhouse (the original locator) closed long ago, rentees have not really enjoyed business success. Gourmet de Oro, the first successor enjoyed some brief success but did not last long as new function venues such as Philtown Hotel and DeLuxe Hotel took some big chunk of the seminar/convention market.

Although the place is spacious and large enough to hold regional conventions, organizers seem to ignore this place as a primary, secondary and even third option for venue. Part of the problem really is the lack of parking space. But some friends said the major reason is the food… The same reason why conventions are always held in Pearlmont Inn, Philtown Hotel, Grand Caprice, De Luxe Hotel, Pryce Plaza…etc. (they serve good food!).

With Buffalo Resto Grill, I just hope the new they have reasonable rates – meaning, customers don’t care about the price as long as the food is good. By the way, they should serve “buffalo”…

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 01:33 PM

Botoy

September 9th, 2010, 01:36 PM

Cagayan de Oro’s ArribaTel offers complete call center solutions

ARRIBA Telecontact Inc., a Philippine call center based in Cagayan de Oro, has offered contact center solutions through their experienced and skilled telemarketing staff.

At ArribaTel, clients are provided with various contact centre solutions, which is not limited to telephony or answering services. Through ArribaTel’s staff, clients are also offered with lead generation, market research and other telemarketing Philippines services.

Characterized by quality and productivity, ArribaTel’s Philippine call center services use the latest telephony and software solutions and are supported by an IP PBX system.

To make sure that their outsourcing call centers services are available 7 days a week, ArribaTel has a Generator Power Backup System to ensure that clients receive continuous Philippine call center services.

As a call center, ArribaTel takes pride in their staff and chooses only career-minded professionals in delivering outstanding customer service. With ArribaTel, clients get to work with real Philippine call center professionals who provide real results for the success of their business.

Hired from the best colleges and universities in Northern Mindanao, their Philippine call center staff is mainly composed of degree holders. They are trained and retrained on the latest call center technology to ensure reliable solutions for business and clients. Communication skills training on the English accent and language are also provided especially to new Philippine call center hires.

Through experience and training, ArribaTel’s call center staff is highly competent in appointment setting or lead generation, directory support, blended telemarketing Philippines services, telecom sales, timeshare and vacation sales, and more.

With their competence, Philippine call center staff can provide businesses with quality customer support or strategic marketing services. At the fraction of the regular cost of outsourcing services, ArribaTel can generate measurable results for businesses.

Post Published: 30 August 2010
Author: BWM
Found in section: CAGAYAN DE ORO

boju2

September 9th, 2010, 02:53 PM

Asa naman ni dapit gi butang nga building ? unsay abay ani ? di na nako ma locate sorry :)

The site of the old canteen iantidz... :)

^^ how sad those trees between aggies and SC buildings will have to go.

Mura pud sa DLSU magdonate si Hnery Sy ug dakung building ug unya didto ibutang sa soccer field murag mupangit na kay wala na unyay space. Pero may nalang kining sa XU kay sa existing building itukod dili sa soccer field :cheers:

Most likely yes... Naay Pryce jud na name kay they donated to the University capital for student entrepreneurship...

Wow, pareha na sila ni billionaire Alvarez na nagdonate ug building sa XU :okay:

send my regards to Lennie :cheers:

No probs GearX.... :)

:nuts: haha basin ug duha na kamo sir Jay ni Lennie na maglibog kinsa si GearX :lol::lol::lol:

GoldenPark™

September 9th, 2010, 03:23 PM

murag dili na ko makaapas anang student magis complex og sep building sa xu huhu...:bash:

michael_ray

September 9th, 2010, 03:29 PM

Stephanie Sol in the house! :-)

The first Miss Teen Philippines.

michael_ray

September 9th, 2010, 03:33 PM

jaysan81286

September 9th, 2010, 08:02 PM

cribs88

September 10th, 2010, 12:14 AM

Nope... Sa Gym... Site sa former American Surplus... Nag talk mi last Wednesday ni Sir Alex Paras and Sir Ravi (Wife of Ma'am Rina) for finalization... Gibutangan na galing ug trapal...

its gud to know!^^:cheers:

bariQ

September 10th, 2010, 03:41 AM

sonofignatius

September 10th, 2010, 04:16 AM

Sa SEP Building ang location sa Coffee Works?

Nope... Sa Gym... Site sa former American Surplus... Nag talk mi last Wednesday ni Sir Alex Paras and Sir Ravi (Wife of Ma'am Rina) for finalization... Gibutangan na galing ug trapal...

maayong buntag sa tanan! great to see the new bldg plans at XU. 'souvenirs' ata ni fr jett for the university before he leaves for his next posting at the ateneo de manila.

greetings to all from naga, the heart of bikol, for the penafrancia fiesta! greeting also the bikolanos in the cdo-misor area- viva la virgen saindo gabos!

was happily surprised to find CDO Archbishop Tony Ledesma on the same flight from MNL to WNP (naga) yesterday- and we are together now staying the Ignatius House on the ateneo de naga campus.

Archbishop Tony joins more than 50 other bishops in the Tricentennial celebration of the penafrancia devotion today. he is also joining the 5 hour procession which begins at noon.

we are glad and grateful that your Bishop comes and joins us in our celebration of 300 years of penafrancia. incidentally i have told him about SSC CDO and MisOr and he has asked me for the webiste.

(when he visits the forum: welcome, Archbishop Tony!)

mottymot_007

September 10th, 2010, 05:17 AM

maayong buntag sa tanan! great to see the new bldg plans at XU. 'souvenirs' ata ni fr jett for the university before he leaves for his next posting at the ateneo de manila.

greetings to all from naga, the heart of bikol, for the penafrancia fiesta! greeting also the bikolanos in the cdo-misor area- viva la virgen saindo gabos!

was happily surprised to find CDO Archbishop Tony Ledesma on the same flight from MNL to WNP (naga) yesterday- and we are together now staying the Ignatius House on the ateneo de naga campus.

Archbishop Tony joins more than 50 other bishops in the Tricentennial celebration of the penafrancia devotion today. he is also joining the 5 hour procession which begins at noon.

we are glad and grateful that your Bishop comes and joins us in our celebration of 300 years of penafrancia. incidentally i have told him about SSC CDO and MisOr and he has asked me for the webiste.

(when he visits the forum: welcome, Archbishop Tony!)

Bless me, Father FX. Viva La Virgen greetings from Cagayan de Oro!

Me at the The Peñafrancia Basilica Minore back in 2006
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and my shot at the beautiful Mayon Volcano!
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bisayadako

September 10th, 2010, 08:04 AM

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After the Strategic Planning of Iligan City Government at Malasag Eco-Village, CDO City, thirty seven (37) employees joined the white water rafting adventure at Cagayan de Oro river on Sept. 5, 2010.
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sonofignatius

September 10th, 2010, 09:31 AM

Bless me, Father FX. Viva La Virgen greetings from Cagayan de Oro!

Me at the The Peñafrancia Basilica Minore back in 2006
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and my shot at the beautiful Mayon Volcano!
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haha. motty, thanks for visiting us in the naga & iriga & camsur thread and sending us your fiesta greetings! the looong procession is still ongoing.

happy to see you have visited penafrancia basilica. hope you went up to the area behind to altar to kiss the image of Ina and pray. what brought you to Naga in 2006?

you shoud've taken a pic of you with Mayon in the background with that lovely tip showing. you see it's a treat if you see the tip of Mayon. legend has it that only those who are pure and innocent and chaste can see the tip hehehe... (so do i congratulate you, mot? hehehe)

so if you guys visit Mayon and the clouds cover the beautiful tip and all the Bikolanos around you are giggling and laughing, you know what's on their mind and what conclusions they are making :lol::nuts::):cheers:

patsadang hapon sa tanan!

Botoy

September 10th, 2010, 09:46 AM

18 U.S. Firms in Orobest Expo
September 9, 2010, 7:25pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Job seekers and small business entrepreneurs in Mindanao, particularly those in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao, are invited to visit this “Golden Friendship” city next week as 18 American firms are expected to join domestic companies for “Orobest Expo 2010.” The “Orobest Expo 2010” will run parallel with the 19th Mindanao Business Conference and the Mindanao Investment Forum, a big gathering of business groups, to be held here in Cagayan de Oro City on Sept. 17-18 at the Grand Caprice Convention Center. US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas is expected to grace the opening of MinBizCon. (Mike U. Crismundo)

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Botoy

September 10th, 2010, 09:47 AM

Cagayan de Oro: Certified Gold!

By Abraham V. Llera

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Experts do not agree on the etymology of the “Cagayan” part of the Cagayan de Oro name. Local historian Dr.Antonio J. Montalvan II insists it means “place of the river,” as mentioned in the “Ulahing,” the local epic chant. Folk epics, according to Dr. Montalvan, are handed down from generation to generation through authorized chanters who are the only ones allowed to recite it. As such, the history it describes is authentic and free from error.

Others disagree.

Whatever the origin of “Cagayan” might be, one thing is certain: the “de oro” part is true. Cagayan de Oro is certified gold!

I know. I have been here thirteen years.

It was May 1997. I was then the newly-assigned branch manager of a company and I was checking out my new assignment for the first time. With me was my son, who was to enroll in sixth grade in a local Jesuit school, while I had to find a house for my family to move in.

As I am wont to do, I had a window seat, and it was through one that I first got a glimpse of this city in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The one-and-half-hour flight from Manila was so smooth that I dozed off, to wake up at the sugary voice of the flight attendant asking me to straighten up my seat.

Then I saw her. An uneven carpet of green, punctuated by white sand traps with teeny-weeny tiny people walking, lugging golf bags. A golf course! A highway presented itself next and I espied—as in a silent movie – a slew of tiny cars going the same way the plane was heading, no doubt to the airport to meet the passengers of the plane I was in.

At the other side of the highway was more greenery: trees in a rolling terrain interrupted by magnificent houses. Then I saw an imposing Mediterranean structure with tennis courts and two deep-blue swimming pools. “Must be a club house,” I said to no one in particular.
As the plane made the final approach, and before the whole vista was swallowed up by hangars, I saw this huge farm house surrounded by at least a hundred lean-tos. Fighting cocks! Interesting.

As the plane taxied down the tarmac, I remember thinking: “If I would be staying here, at least the place looks good. I hope the locals are friendly.”

They were. To the max, at that.

I found out just how when I came back with my family two weeks later. We arrived in style, in a manner of speaking. Our well-appointed room was more like a deluxe room of a first-class hotel than a cabin of a ferry: two queen-sized beds, our own restroom, and a solicitous cabin attendant called Dodong. Why, even the bed covers were quilted and we had our own pocket veranda overlooking the water below!

We knew we were nearing port when the sound of the ship’s engine purred to a murmur and the harbor pilot clambered on board. That was when I noticed what to me, was a very nice touch on the part of the locals. Alongside our slowing behemoth materialized half a dozen jet skiers on their jet skis. I thought they were shooting a movie segment. Then I realized it was some sort of a welcoming committee. Soon, they broke into a ground version of the Paris Air Show with their precision zooming in and out, to the applause of the passengers. “I’m really going to like this place,” I whispered to my wife.

The “show” had just ended when another opened. I saw a dozen boys, some of them just kids, bronzed and with orange hair motioning with their hands and shouting “labay.” I didn’t understand until I saw a passenger dig into his pocket and flick something into the water.

A coin! In an instant, a kid dived and disappeared into the water, to surface after about three seconds, proudly holding up his trophy in one hand, motioning with the other for the passengers to drop some more.

Soon, people were dipping into their pockets to a magnificent encore of piscine kids diving and retrieving the coins before these reach the bottom (the coins glisten underwater). Later, I learned what “labay” means: “throw.”

The pleasant surprises didn’t stop there. Even now I chuckle when I recall seeing the port of Cagayan de Oro for the first time. You see, I actually mistook the Cagayan de Oro seaport for a park! It is so vast and clean I thought they built their port right next to a park.

Another thing that surprised me was the discipline of the porters who stood in formation on the jetty. Readers will probably agree with me that porters are not the most pleasant of people. In Manila, one risks losing both arms, negotiating what is often a gauntlet of porters tugging at one’s arms. Not in Cagayan de Oro. These porters in yellow were surprisingly polite. They also have this long black belt not unlike the belts of karate players, which had me guessing as to what probably these are for, until I saw them carrying up to four bags on one side and another four on the other with two of these “belts.”

The more I saw of Cagayan de Oro, the more I liked what I saw.

The public markets, for instance. I grew up in a fish-producing part of the country and I’m no stranger to a market full of fish. But the first time I went to Cogon market, I gasped at the sight: rows upon rows of headless tuna so big it makes one wonder how so much fish can be consumed. Amazing.

The answer came the first time I attended a party. Seviche (kinilaw in the local dialect) – a dish of raw tuna cubes marinated in young coconut vinegar with lemon, coconut milk, chopped onions, ginger, pepper, and seasoning – is so popular that no party or dining table is ever without one.

Lechon (skewered pig roasted on a bed of charcoal) is also very popular. Not counting the celebrant, lechon is perhaps the only thing that’s never absent in any celebration. I witnessed a party once where a 25-lechon course was the piece de resistance!

Locals are also voracious consumers of roasted whole chicken or “lechon manok.” This ubiquitous staple is so popular one cannot drive 100 meters without passing an outlet selling one. Even the streets around public markets sprout tables and chairs at night when vehicular traffic slackens. That’s when the air fills with the mouth-watering smell of roasted chicken.

There is another Cagayan de Oro delicacy which should be mentioned. In other places, it’s called “Soup Number 5.” Here, it’s called by another name which has visitors invariably chuckling, especially after they learn what the dish is made of. It’s called “Remember Me.” Consisting of slices from a bull’s sex organs, it holds the distinction of being the only dish without a local name.

It doesn’t follow though that the less adventurous will not have a grand time trying out the city’s culinary repertoire. No, far from it. There are enough restaurants in Cagayan de Oro to cater to diverse palates. And always, visitors will swoon at the bargain prices. Always. You see, locals have mastered the art of wanting only the best —and getting it at the lowest price.

Thus, you can indulge in all the beef and chicken that you can hold and wash it down with all the iced tea that you care to drink for about the same amount you’d spend watching a movie. Turkish, Indian, Korean—whatever your taste buds crave for, there’s likely to be at least one restaurant here to indulge you.

This love of food is actually but a part (an inextricable part) of the total package called Filipino hospitality. In the same way that other cultures rub noses, hug and kiss, or smoke pipes to show their welcome, Filipinos (Cagayanons especially) show theirs by inviting even strangers not only into their homes but onto their dinner tables. Put together in a strange land two Filipinos who are complete strangers to each other and I bet you they will be sharing each other’s sandwiches inside five minutes.

Nor is this hospitality limited to fellow Filipinos. It extends to all, foreigners especially. Filipinos are characteristically modest and may not initiate a conversation, but engage them, and they will instantly warm up to you, like you were a long lost uncle. And don’t worry, almost everyone speaks fluent English.

The locals are especially friendly, calling every older male including total strangers and foreigners “kol” for “uncle” and every older female “te” for “auntie.” They put such a premium on friendship they even call their city “The City of Golden Friendship.” With such physiologically friendly people, it’s really no surprise that Night Café was born.

Yes, the Night Café. It was really supposed to be there just for the one-week fiesta celebrations in 2002. Giant multi-colored lights were installed in the four-block stretch of island between two major streets in the city’s equivalent of a public square. City hall allowed shopkeepers to set up tables and chairs between 4:00 PM and 2 AM weekends on streets emptied of vehicular traffic.

The people liked the idea so much that years after it started, the Night Café is still around, attracting even more and more people. And you’re right. Coffee is served, but it’s beer that flows. And since the Night Café is City Hall’s baby, guess who invariably drops by to chat with visitors?

You’re right, the mayor.

Such personal touch is something that’s standard in Cagayan de Oro. Don’t be surprised if you go whitewater rafting and find the rafting service owner checking on your gear. A de rigueur for visitors, river rafting is at the top of the “to do” list among local and foreign guests. This local version of the Colorado adrenalin rush is just Class 2 to 4 rapids, but it packs enough wallop to make visitors want to do it all over again.

Visitors who come to Cagayan de Oro with an eye to possible retirement options will be delighted to know about the possibilities in neighboring Bukidnon especially at the foot of Mt. Kitanglad. There the temperature is 14 degrees Celsius in summer time, the air is pure, and the prices of land are what one may call pre-California Gold Rush. Those who prefer the convenience of in-place development may want to check out Mt. Pines Farm.

There’s much in terms of retirement (or even just weekend visit) options. Here is a post in TripAdvisor from an American now staying at Xavier Estates:

“Good day. Just happened across your post. I am a transplanted American now retired and living in XAVIER ESTATES. It is without question the nicest and most secure residential subdivision in Cagayan de Oro City.

However, it is far and away a residential development and not a commercial area. There is a very nice mall very nearby offering most anything you would want to purchase and comparable to U.S. malls.

There is a very exclusive clubhouse [Xavier Sports & Country Club] with pool, etc that is available to residents of the subdivision. The security for Xavier Estates is similar to the White House in Washington, D.C. (to be a bit facetious). The place is completely safe.

“The real estate values in these areas are without question on the rise. The great thing about this area is that your American dollar goes MUCH farther than it does in the U.S. I drove by a home in Xavier Estates a few days ago that would be worth several million ANYWHERE in the U.S., and MANY, MANY million on a valuable lot in an excellent location. It was built for a fraction of that cost here. It honestly looked more like a hotel in size than a single family home .. truly a mansion.”

Cagayan de Oro. Certified gold!

Post Published: 10 September 2010
Author: BWM
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Botoy

September 10th, 2010, 10:11 AM

Posted on 03:47 PM, September 09, 2010

A glimpse of Europe

Film Festival
13th Cine Europa Film Festival
Sept. 10-19
Cinema 2, Shang Cineplex,
Shangri-La Plaza Mall,
EDSA corner Shaw Blvd.,
Mandaluyong City
Free Admission

Tales of legendary heroes, epic artists, teenage romances, and ageing bachelors are among the themes of the featured movies in this year’s edition of the Cine Europa Film Festival.

AN EDUCATION

Now on its 13th year, the festival continues with its tradition of bringing excellent European movies to the Philippines, providing local film enthusiasts with a range of compelling masterpieces, with genres varying from drama, fiction, romance, and action.

Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, said this year’s edition of Cine Europa is even more exciting as films from Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovakia are included in the festival’s lineup for the first time.

"Cine Europa’s 13th edition is most significant as it welcomes films from Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovakia in addition to films from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Romania, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Switzerland which have showcased European culture at its fullest," Mr. MacDonald said in a statement.

He explained that this year’s selection of movies was carefully handpicked to cater to the Filipino audiences. "[The selected movies] showcase the range and breadth of emotions from the different stories of love, laughter, hope, despair, survival, courage and, steadfastness," he said. "While approaches may vary from country to country, Filipino audiences will be able to empathize with the different characters in each film."

Cine Europa 13 formally opened last night (Sept. 9) with the invitational screening of the Les Barons (The Barons) from Belgium, a 111-minute comedy about a handful of young Moroccan men living in Brussels who all live by the philosophy of laziness.

COMING OF AGE AND MORE

Among the movies in the festival’s lineup is An Education from the UK which was one of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards last March.

DER RAUBER

Set in London in 1961, the film is about 16-year-old Jenny whose life mirrors the city caught between the drab postwar 1950s and glamorous ’60s. The coming-of-age drama is based on British journalist Lynn Barber’s memoir. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig, with screenplay by Nick Hornby. It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny and Peter Sarsgaärd as the charming older man who seduces her.

Also in this year’s Cine Europa lineup is the German-Austrian collaboration Der Rauber (The Robber) about a multi-talented man who is a successful marathon runner and serial bank robber, gaining notoriety for meticulously measuring his heart rate, stamina and efficiency during training runs and bank raids.

Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg, the film is based on a novel by Austrian author Martin Prinz. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year. It was released just last February in Austria, and last March in Germany.

Meanwhile, Svarta Nejlikan (The Black Pimpernel) from Sweden is based on the life of Harald Edelstam, the Swedish ambassador to Chile during the junta takeover who, after the military coup of Augusto Pinochet in 1973, managed to save the lives of more than 1,300 people by taking them into his embassy and transporting them to Sweden. The film, directed by Ulf Hultberg and starring Michael Nyqvist and Lisa Werlinder, was shot in Chile in 2006, and was first screened in 2007.

Bulgaria is represented for the first time in Cine Europa by the movie Svetat E Golyam I Spasenie Debne Otysyakade (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner). The 105-minute film centers on Alex, who, along with his charismatic grandfather, embarks on a journey in search of his real self. The film is Bulgaria’s entry to the foreign language movie category in this year’s Academy Awards.

Fellow first-timer Greece will show El Greco, an epic tale about the uncompromising painter of the Spanish Renaissance and freedom fighter Domenicos Theotocopoulos, known to the world as El Greco. Based on the fictionalized biographical novel, El Greco: o Zografos tou Theou (El Greco: the Painter of God) by Dimitris Siatopoulos, the 119-minute movie directed by Yannis Smaragdis was released in 2007. It stars Lakis Lazopoulos, Dimitra Matsouka and Dina Konsta.

MARCELLO, MARCELLO

Slovakia will debut on Cine Europa with the movie Pokoj V Dusi (Soul at Peace). Directed by Vladimír Balko, it is about Tono, who returns from lumber thieving to his home village to seek a new way of living.

TWO EACH

France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Romania contributed two movies each to this year’s festival.

From France come Tout Est Pardonne (All is Forgiven), and L’heure Zero (Towards Zero). L’heure Zero sees the strange reunion of man, his ex-wife, his current wife, and his rich aunt, which takes a tragic turn when the aunt is found murdered in her bed. In Tout Est Pardonne, a father leaves his family after failing to get himself together. Eleven years later, his daughter decides to see him again.

Italy offers Mio Fratello E Figlio Unico (My Brother is an Only Child), which focuses on two brothers who are always at odds with each other, and I soliti ignoti (Persons Unknown), which is a 1958 Italian criminal-comedy film about five small time thieves preparing a heist that reaches a disastrous and comedic end.

Spain’s two movies are El abuelo (The Grandfather) and Juana la loca (Mad Love).

Juana la loca is a historical drama about the princess Juana de Castile and her ill-fated marriage to Archduke Felipe de Austria. The 2001 period drama, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, stars Pilar López de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. The 115-minute film received three Goya awards (the Spanish version of the Academy Awards).

El abuelo is a story of love, friendship, honor and betrayal within a powerful family spanning three generations. This 1954 Argentine family drama, directed by Román Viñoly Barreto and written by Emilio Villalba Welsh, was based on the novel by Benito Pérez Galdós.

The Netherlands contributes Hannahannah, a tale of a stubborn outsider and headstrong girl who watches as her family finds her new boyfriend, and De Scheepsjongens Van Bontekoe (Storm Bound), about three boys who embark on their first voyage across the ocean and find themselves shipwrecked.

LES BARONS

The two movies from Romania are Mircea and Philantropique (Philanthropy). Philantropique is a black comedy about a 35-year-old schoolteacher still living with his parents, who becomes extravagant to impress a girl, while Mircea is about the great ruler who fought against invaders to guard the country’s independence.

TALES OF LOVE AND REDEMPTION

From Belgium comes the love story-thriller De Keus (The Kiss) by director Hilde Van Mieghem and Ides Meire. The movie revolves around the beautiful and gifted 15-year-old Sarah Lenaerts (played by Ms. Van Mieghem’s daughter Marie Vinck), who dreams of running away from home and becoming a professional ballet dancer, but who falls for the charming Vic, an extremely dangerous older man. De Keus had its world premiere in 2004, and was part of the movie lineup for the 10th Cine Europa Festival in 2007.

From the Czech Republic comes the love story Vratne Lahve (Empties). Created by the same team behind the 1996 drama Kolya, Vratne Lahve is about a high school teacher who quits his job but refuses to stop finding jobs.

Frytelig Lykkelig (Terribly Happy) is Denmark’s contribution to this year’s festival. The movie, directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, is about Robert who thinks that becoming village constable is necessary for his rehabilitation. He however finds out that nothing is ever straightforward way out in the country. The film’s debut was at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2008 where it became an award winner. It was the official submission of Denmark for Best Foreign Language Film to the 82nd Academy Awards last March.

Kielletty Hedelma (Forbidden Fruit) from Finland is about two teenage girls from a very restrictive faith traveling to the heart of the city in search for freedom, while Marcello Marcello from Switzerland is about a village boy’s frantic quest for the perfect gift -- not for the woman he loves but for his father.

FILIPINO DOCUMENTARY

Aside from the films to be screened at the Shang Cineplex, Cine Europa 13 will also showcase Laughing Star, a documentary depicting Philippine history from the Spanish revolution to the Marcos regime. It will be shown on Sept. 15 at the Alliance Francaise in Makati. (For details, contact the Göethe Institut Manila at 817-0978.)

EL GRECO

Laughing Star is directed by Werner Schroeter, a multi-awarded German filmmaker, who passed away last April. Mr. Schroeter developed the idea of doing a film about the country when he was invited to the Manila International Film Festival in 1983. Before his death, Mr. Schroeter was said to have expressed desire to return to the Philippines and the screening of Laughing Star would be a way to fulfil that wish.

After the screenings in Mandaluyong and Makati, the festival will move to the Ayala Center in Cebu from Sept. 22 to 24, and the Liceo de Cagayan de Oro on Sept. 30 to Oct. 3.

"Through the years, Cine Europa has earnestly experimented with different ways of reaching out to Filipino audiences and to enliven its program of events," Mr. MacDonald said. "The festival has helped strengthen EU-Philippine cultural relations and has become a lasting gift to the Filipino people." -- Jeffrey O. Valisno

Admission to the screenings is free on a first-come, first-served basis. For details, visit the Cine Europa Web site at http://www.delphl.ec.europa.eu. Movie classifications by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board may be confirmed at the box office. Schedules are subject to change without prior notice.
Cine Europa 13 Movie Schedule:

Sept. 10, Friday

noon Svetat E Golyam I Spasenie Debne Otysyakade (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner), Bulgaria

3 p.m. Vratne Lahve (Empties), Czech Republic

6 p.m. Frytelig Lykkelig (Terribly Happy), Denmark

9 p.m. Kielletty Hedelma (Forbidden Fruit), Finland

Sept. 11, Saturday

noon Tout Est Pardonne (All is Forgiven), France

3 p.m. Der Rauber (The Robber), Germany / Austria

6 p.m. El Greco, Greece

9 p.m. Mio fratello e figlio unico (My Brother is an Only Child), Italy

Sept. 12, Sunday

noon Hannahannah, The Netherlands

3 p.m. Mircea, Romania

6 p.m. Pokoj V Dusi (Soul at Peace), Slovakia

9 p.m. El abuelo (The Grandfather), Spain

Sept. 13, Monday

noon Svarta Nejlikan (The Black Pimpernel), Sweden

3 p.m. Marcello Marcello, Switzerland

6 p.m. An Education, UK

9 p.m. L’heure Zero (Towards Zero), France

Sept. 14, Tuesday

noon I soliti ignoti (Persons Unknown), Italy

3 p.m. De Scheepsjongens Van Bontekoe (Storm Bound), The Netherlands

6 p.m. Philantropique (Philantrophy), Romania

9 p.m. Juana la loca, Spain

Sept. 15, Wednesday

noon Les Barons (The Barons), Belgium

3 p.m. Svetat E Golyam I Spasenie Debne Otysyakade (The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner), Bulgaria

6 p.m. Vratne Lahve (Empties), Czech Republic

9 p.m. Frytelig Lykkelig (Terribly Happy), Denmark

Sept. 16, Thursday

noon Kielletty Hedelma (Forbidden Fruit), Finland

3 p.m. Tout Est Pardonne (All is Forgiven), France

6 p.m. Der Rauber (The Robber), Germany/Austria

9 p.m. El Greco, Greece

Sept. 17, Friday

noon Mio fratello e figlio unico (My Brother is an Only Child), Italy

3 p.m. De Scheepsjongens Van Bontekoe (Storm Bound), The Netherlands

6 p.m. Mircea, Romania

9 p.m. Pokoj V Dusi (Soul at Peace), Slovakia

Sept. 18, Saturday

noon Juana la loca, Spain

3 p.m. Svarta Nejlikan (The Black Pimpernel), Sweden

6 p.m. Marcello Marcello, Switzerland

9 p.m. An Education, UK

Sept. 19, Sunday

noon Vratne Lahve (Empties), Czech Republic

3 p.m. L’heure Zero (Towards Zero), France

6 p.m. I soliti ignoti (Persons Unknown), Italy

9 p.m. Hannahannah, The Netherlands

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mottymot_007

September 10th, 2010, 10:34 AM

haha. motty, thanks for visiting us in the naga & iriga & camsur thread and sending us your fiesta greetings! the looong procession is still ongoing.

happy to see you have visited penafrancia basilica. hope you went up to the area behind to altar to kiss the image of Ina and pray. what brought you to Naga in 2006?

you shoud've taken a pic of you with Mayon in the background with that lovely tip showing. you see it's a treat if you see the tip of Mayon. legend has it that only those who are pure and innocent and chaste can see the tip hehehe... (so do i congratulate you, mot? hehehe)

so if you guys visit Mayon and the clouds cover the beautiful tip and all the Bikolanos around you are giggling and laughing, you know what's on their mind and what conclusions they are making :lol::nuts::):cheers:

patsadang hapon sa tanan!

Father FX, I am dying to go back to Bicol maybe sometime next year... But I won't leave any promise. An uncle on his retirement vacation took me to a tour whole of Luzon in 2006 and Bicol was included in our itinerary. We stayed in Oas, Albay. But we went to Naga (I only saw the gate of ADNU) to pay a visit to the Lady of Peñafrancia. Yes, I did went up at the back of the altar. I couldnt describe the feeling having gone up close the Lady - before that I used to only see Her on my collection of stamps :cheers: Then we went to Cagsaua Ruins. I was with some relatives when we went there...but Mayon's tip was covered with clouds. Later that day when we went back to Oas, something told me to go to the rice paddies, just a few meters away where we stayed, where Mayon was also clearly seen. I went there alone in a bike. And yes, the tip was exposed. Almost all of Mayon Volcano stood there mighty and beautiful! I hurriedly went back to the house to get my cam, and upon going back to the farm, I still see Magayon in her awesome exposure. So what did that mean Father? haha! Thanks to Magayon for a warm welcome. Father, grabe ka barato ang mga pasalubong sa Pili ba? Kadtong mga native bags nga akong gipasalubong sa akong mga inahan ug igsoon diri. Lipay kaayo sila kay tsada kaayo! :cheers:

jaysan81286

September 10th, 2010, 12:08 PM

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Center for Integrated Techonology
College of Agriculture
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Engineering
College of Law
College of Nursing
School of Business and Management
School of Education
School of Medicine

Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan
Intrams 2010
September 25 - October 2

boronggot

September 10th, 2010, 12:41 PM

Aboitiz Power targets 1,400 MW in 5 years
MANILA — Publicly listed Aboitiz Power Corp. wants to either put up or acquire more power facilities over the next five years as it hopes to maximize the allowed capacity granted to a single company.

In the case of Aboitiz Power, it needs to generate an additional 1,400 megawatts (MW) to reach the capacity allowed by law.

APC president and CEO Erramon I. Aboitiz told reporters that should the company decide to put up greenfield power plants, it would have to invest some $2 million per megawatt.

This means that APC may have to pour in a hefty $2.8 billion (roughly P130 billion) to reach its target capacity.

"The country needs the power. And if the opportunities are there, we would like to pursue it," Aboitiz explained.

The company has not identified specific projects with which to build up its generating capacity. However, it has lined up three proposed coal power projects in Subic, Davao and Misamis Oriental, which could generate a combined 600 MW, Aboitiz said.

In Subic, APC has forged a joint venture with Taiwan Cogen International Corp. to form Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc., the vehicle company that will put up a 300-MW clean coal facility in the area. /INQUIRER

boju2

September 10th, 2010, 04:03 PM

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Shabu-Shabu – Limketkai Mall (Japanese)

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Sugba-Sugba (formerly Bistro Mercedes) – Toribio Chavez St.

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Vienna Kaffeus (European), A. Velez St.

boju2

September 10th, 2010, 04:17 PM

Kasalan Sa Kagay-an 2010

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michael_ray

September 11th, 2010, 10:55 AM

michael_ray

September 11th, 2010, 10:57 AM

maayong buntag sa tanan! great to see the new bldg plans at XU. 'souvenirs' ata ni fr jett for the university before he leaves for his next posting at the ateneo de manila.

greetings to all from naga, the heart of bikol, for the penafrancia fiesta! greeting also the bikolanos in the cdo-misor area- viva la virgen saindo gabos!

was happily surprised to find CDO Archbishop Tony Ledesma on the same flight from MNL to WNP (naga) yesterday- and we are together now staying the Ignatius House on the ateneo de naga campus.

Archbishop Tony joins more than 50 other bishops in the Tricentennial celebration of the penafrancia devotion today. he is also joining the 5 hour procession which begins at noon.

we are glad and grateful that your Bishop comes and joins us in our celebration of 300 years of penafrancia. incidentally i have told him about SSC CDO and MisOr and he has asked me for the webiste.

(when he visits the forum: welcome, Archbishop Tony!)

Thank you father. We hope to see you one of these days. :)

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 11:39 AM

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 11:43 AM

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 11:52 AM

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sugba-sugba is its new name? This is new to me hehehe

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 11:57 AM

michael_ray

September 11th, 2010, 12:01 PM

Basamanggas Resort, Jasaan

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michael_ray

September 11th, 2010, 12:01 PM

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dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 12:13 PM

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jasaan ni mike? choy lagi kaayo pagkakuha

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 12:18 PM

michael_ray

September 11th, 2010, 12:20 PM

^^Basamanggas na sa Jasaan, Bem. :)

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 12:21 PM

Cine Europa reels off (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=5&rid=299954)

MANILA, Sept. 10 (PNA) -– The week-long Cine Europa 13, the tradition of bringing excellent European films to the Philippines, reeled off Thursday night with formal opening ceremonies at the Shang Cineplex of Shangri-La Plaza Mall in EDSA, Mandaluyong City.

Cine Europa will have public screenings from September 11 to 20 at the Shang Cineplex.

The film festival then goes to Liceo de Cagayan de Oro for the second time from October 2 to 4 and hits Ayala Center Cebu from October 9 to 11.

Thursday evening’s opening was opened by Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines, Mr Sven Malmberg, Minister, Political Affairs, Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok and Mr Alvaro Trejo, Deputy Head of Mission of Spain representing the Presidency of the European Union.

Also in attendance were lawyer Andy Bautista, Chairman and CEO of Shangri-La Plaza Corporation and Ms. Lala Fojas, Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Shangri-La Plaza Corporation.

Ciné Europa 13 continues its tradition of further enhancing dialogue between European and Filipino cultures through the silver screen.

Eighteen European films from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands,Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom will further endear Europe to Cine Europa enthusiasts in Manila, Cagayan de Oro and Cebu.

This year's selection of movies, carefully handpicked to cater to the Filipino audiences,showcases the range and breadth of emotions from the different stories of love, laughter,hope, despair, survival, courage and,steadfastness.

Alvaro Trejo, Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of Spain and representing the EU Presidency said: ”Cine Europa showcases the heritage and diversity of Europe, because film, after all, is a universal language which portrays life’s realities and promotes the understanding of our distinct culture.” (PNA)
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dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 12:27 PM

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dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 12:41 PM

XU to build student complex (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/xu-build-student-complex)

Friday, September 10, 2010

XAVIER University (XU) is set to construct the Magis Student Complex (MSC) at its main campus in Corrales Street.

The two-storey edifice, which is expected to be finished in June 2011, will house the various co-curricular and extra-curricular organizations of Xavier University, as well as the Office of Student Affairs, the Student Activities and Leadership Development Office (Sacdev) and the Sacdev Volunteer Center.

It will also serve as the permanent canteen in compliance with the standards of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools Colleges and Universities (Paascu).

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The Magis Student Complex also hopes to provide a sanctuary for the students to develop their own talents and skills aside from academics.

According to Wikipedia, magis is a Jesuit phrase that means "the more" taken from Ad majorem Dei gloriam meaning "for the greater glory of God."
CAGAYAN DE ORO. An artist's perspective of the proposed Magis Student Complex at Xavier University.

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On September 8, a ground breaking ceremony for the student complex was held, which was attended by XU staff headed by XU president Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, student leaders and teachers.

John A. Banaynal, education supervisor of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched), also attended the ground breaking ceremony along with Cagayan de Oro Vice Mayor Ceasar Ian Acenas and Councilor Alden Bacal.

In his welcome remarks, Fr. Villarin read a petition written by a student leader, Malcolm Flores of the Atenista Ako Movement, which was included in the capsule that was buried at the MSC site.

The petition reads: "May this edifice stand as a Hallmark of Excellence and God's Greater Glory. May this be the Home to a Guild of Great Leaders. May this be a Sanctuary to true men in pure service for the good of other men. May this be a Command post of the Crusaders fighting for truth and justice.

May this be a Workshop to artists mastering beauty and proclaiming God's artistry. May this be a Temple for enlightened minds mastering faith, finding God's Spirit. May all men who come across this edifice find its splendor and nobility of the people within. May they find God's Glory reign supreme within its walls. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam."

A copy of Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro was also included in the capsule that was laid at the site of the new student complex.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on September 11, 2010.

michael_ray

September 11th, 2010, 12:54 PM

Wow! So they already had the ground breaking. Chuy... :)

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 01:09 PM

Posted on 04:57 PM, September 10, 2010
Southern traders await Malacañang's plans (http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=17563)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The 19th Mindanao Business Conference scheduled here on Sep. 17-18 will focus on issues like the need to build up adequate power supply and boost agribusiness, said conference director Ruben A. Vegafria on Tuesday last week.

Ma. Teresa R. Alegrio, Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) vice-president for the manufacturing and industry sectors, said that instead of presenting mere resolutions to top government officials who will attend the conference, organizers plan to come up with a more detailed action plan.

Aside from heads of key government agencies, expected guests include US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas.

But conference convenors are still waiting for Malacañang to indicate if President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III will attend.

"What the president discussed in the State of the Nation Address was just surface level," Oro Chamber Jaime Rafael U. Paguio said. "We hope he can make it because we really want to know what his plans are for Mindanao."

A showcase of "champion" products from Mindanao regions will be held simultaneously with the plenary sessions. "Key products of the regions will be given ample space," said Mr. Vegafria. "Zamboanga, for example, will be given a large part of the showroom for its seaweed products. Here, small-, medium- and large-scale producers will be able to promote their goods to possible investors." -- LGD

dark_knight_detectve

September 11th, 2010, 01:21 PM

3 XU students win essay contest (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/3-xu-students-win-essay-contest)

Friday, September 10, 2010

THREE literally fatherless Xavier University (XU) students are this year's champions for the three-category essay writing contest conceptualized by the Christ Commission Fellowship (CCF) and supported by the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro.

Sixth-grade Iana Edrianne M. Awayan bagged the grand prize for the Grades V and VI level category, while second year high school student Mikaela Angela P. Carpio won for the first and second year high school level category. Meanwhile, fourth year high school student Dante V. Acenas II won for the third and fourth year level category.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO. The top three winners of the essay writing contest pose with the other winners during the awarding on September 8 at Marigold Hotel. (Loui S. Maliza)

They each received P20,000 tuition subsidy and medals during the awarding rites held on Wednesday at Marigold Hotel in Velez St.

The "forgiveness-themed" essay writing contest centered on a movie titled "A Journey Home," which was screened on two successive days some time in July at SM City cinema.

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The movie tells about a father who left his "wonderful" family behind for 25 years without considering his children's emotions, eventually crafting hatred inside their hearts.

Starred by Souman Cruz, Joem Bascon and Toni Gonzaga, the story had its climax when the mother died due to complications and the father suddenly appeared at the wake begging for his children's forgiveness. As time passed by, the children were able to forgive their father.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO. The winners with the members and officers of Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro and representatives of the Christ Commission Fellowship. (Loui S. Maliza)

In their essays, the three XU students easily made their reflections about the movie as all of them are reportedly "abandoned" by their fathers.

In an interview, Acenas said he finished his essay in just five minutes as he can easily relate his own story to the movie.

Coincidentally, his father, Dante, has the same name of the father in the movie.

When asked if he would forgive such a father, Acenas replied: "With open arms."

Carpio's mother, Evelyn, was so proud of her daughter even as she openly accepted the proposal of the Rotary Club to make public her daughter's winning piece.

Alma P. Eufinado, project chairperson and Club secretary, said the winning pieces of the students are set to be published in Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro and in a national broadsheet anytime soon.

"This serves as an eye-opener for those students who are in the same situation for them to be able to reflect and forgive one's differences," Eufinado said.

She added: "It was a learning experience for the students. They also appreciated the movie and the essay writing contest since they are asking for another round of the contest next year where children can show their talents in writing."

At least 3,800 students from Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School and elementary pupils and high school students from 13 private schools in the city were able to see the movie.

Rotary Club president Jude Martin Peter "JP" de Jesus said the contest was part of the Club's advocacy in observing family values that start from the children.

"We are building communities, bridging continents," De Jesus said.

In his message to the crowd of winning students, parents, teachers, principals and members of the Rotary Club during the awarding, Fernie Chaves, a representative from CCF, centered his speech on forgiveness citing Bible verses that support why a man should forgive "When God himself has sent his Son to die on the cross for our sins to be forgiven."

Other awardees in the contest include Sharon Mae M. Pontillas of St. Mary's Grade School (second place) and Gabriel A. Garcia of XU Grade School (third place) for the Grade 5 and 6 level category; Victoria Irene A. Raypon of Abba's Orchard School (second place) and Michaella Gene L. Duapo of Liceo de Cagayan University (third place) for the first and second year high school level category; and Maria Therese Marban of Abba's Orchard School (second place) and Ramon Velez of St. Mary's High School (third place) for the third and fourth year level category.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on September 11, 2010.