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'Vigilantes' kill 4th victim this month

By Annabelle L. Ricarde, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Dec. 16, 2009

TWO days after killing a man in Upper Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City, suspected vigilantes struck again Tuesday, fatally wounding a 19-year-old who has several criminal records.

Although the motorcycle-riding would-be assailants failed to score a hit this time, the predawn gun attack is the fourth this month, and the third within a span of only four days. Occurring just meters away from a police station, it also demonstrates a bolder pattern of street killings, some of these done in a broad daylight. [More]

 

Cover of Tambara, 25th editionArticle on Huluga published in Tambara

February 13, 2009 -- The 25th edition of Tambara contains the article, "The Battle for the Huluga Archaeological Site." Tambara is the journal of Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines.

Read Gail Ilagan's description of the journal in Mindanews.

 

River blessing was taken for granted

By Mozart Pastrano, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 19, 2009

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—We were rediscovering the river in our midst, until the recent violent turn of the tides gave us reason to pause. Over the past three years, not just one but two floating restaurants have wooed adventurous diners. River taxis, which can be booked through the Safer River, Life Saver Foundation at the Liceo de Cagayan University, offered breathtaking, 45-minute tours from behind the San Agustin Cathedral to the mouth of the Macajalar Bay and back. [More]

 

After widespread flash floods

UN sends 600 tons of rice to Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental

By Ryan D. Rosauro, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Jan. 17, 2009

January 17, 2009 -- 630 TONS of rice are being sent to Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental by World Food Program, the United Nations' humanitarian relief arm, to help ease hunger in flood-stricken areas. Patricia Artadi-Facultad of the UN World Food Programme (UNWFP), said the first convoy of trucks are expected to reach Cagayan de Oro Saturday from the agency's warehouse in Polloc, Cotabato. [More]

Webmaster's comment Youtube has several footages of the floods in Cagayan de Oro. Below is a dramatic close-up documentation in Acacia Street, Carmen:

 

Webmaster's comment Several inundated houses are visible in this landscape shot:

 

Jennifer Precious GastonJennifer Precious Gaston is Miss Cagayan de Oro 2008

By Jaja Gaston

My 'baby' sister won our local beauty pageant... oh, hey... let me say that again: TOOTSIE is Ms. Kagay-an 2008! Wooooooooohhooooooooo! You can't imagine how much more shouting I did during the coronation night... yes, me, shouting. I know, I'm not the type. But then again its not everyday your little sister (who isn't so little by the way) is suddenly up on stage with more than a thousand people watching her, besting 14 other candidates! [More]

 
CDO is not among top 10 livable cities

July 7, 2008 -- CAGAYAN de Oro managed poorly in competitiveness, placing only 11th among mid-size Philippine cities, according to the 2007 assessment of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) policy center.

Dr. Federico Macaranas, AIM executive director, made the announcement at the Manila Intercontinental Hotel last July 4. He said 90 Philippine cities were covered by the survey. [external siteMore
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DxCC Museum showing the office table of Henry R. CanoyHenry Canoy signs off

By Antonio J. Montalvan II, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun. 2, 2008

MANILA, Philippines - His voice cracking with emotion, he announced for the first time “This is Cagayan de Oro calling ...” from a self-assembled radio transmitter that was all of 30 watts, made from odds and ends bought at Raon Street, and armed only with a copy of the “Radio Amateur’s Handbook.” [More]

 

Dr. Frank Laubach and wife Effa SeelyHistory of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines in Cagayan de Oro

By Dr. Valentino T. Sitoy, Ph.D.

Being the natural port of entry to Mindanao from the north, Cagayan was a most strategic center for Christian missions on the northern Mindanao coast. Thus, it was not surprising that the American Board would choose it as their second mission station in Mindanao, to which they sent toward the end of 1915 the Rev. Dr. Frank C. Laubach (1884-1987), and his wife, nee Effa Seely. [More]

 
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Looking for Felipe Rivera of Cebu City


My maiden name is Marites Estañero Rivera. I'm married to Romy Jumawan. We have seven children. I've never seen my father Felipe Rivera of Cebu City, but I hope that through this webpage I can see him eventually. [More]
 

Saving Cagayan de Oro's best: the pigok

By Arnil C. Emata, Ph.D., Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro

October 16, 2007 -- The mighty river flows through the heart of the Cagayan de Oro City, named by its early settlers as Kalambagohan, "a vernacular word that refers to a place by the river where lush lambago trees grew abundantly".  Lambago (Hibiscus tiliaceus) belongs to the Family Malvaceae that only thrives in low altitude areas such as seashores, riverbanks and areas reached by tidal streams. [More in Sun.Star]

 

City's finance records a mess: Audit

By Lizanilla J. Amarga, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Sept. 16, 2005

September 16, 2005 -- AN AUDIT team from the Commission on Audit (COA) said they were having problems reconciling P83 million in account items of the City Government of Cagayan de Oro in their conduct of city's annual audit report.[More in Sunstar and northernmindanao.com.]

 
Book on Cagayan de Oro ethnohistory launched

March 8, 2004 -- Capitol University launches the book "A Cagayan de Oro Ethnohistory Reader" today. Written by Antonio J. Montalvan II, and edited by Maria Soledad N. Fortich, the book narrates the development of the city from prehispanic period to 1950.

Montalvan says the book is intended primarily for high school and college students. It is a simplified version of his masteral thesis when he took up anthropology at Xavier University. It includes a description of Huluga -- the ancestral home of the people of Cagayan de Oro and vicinities. [More.]

 
Linguist explains etymology of Cagayan

August 31, 2002 -- In a series of emails, Dr. Lawrence A. Reid explains that cagayan comes from an ancient word that means "river". Reid is Researcher Emeritus of the Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i.

According to Reid, the original word is unknown because the ancient speakers of the Proto-Philippine language are dead. But it can be scientifically reconstructed as *kaRayan, pronounced like "cagayan". [More]

 
Megamouth 11Rare shark found in Cagayan de Oro
February 20, 1998 -- Three fishermen catch a huge, mysterious fish. Subsequent reports identify it as a whale shark. But research reveals that it is an extremely rare species -- the first recorded finding in Southeast Asia.More.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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