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Compiled
by Elson
T. Elizaga |
 A
brief history 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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PERSONAL
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] |
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Saving
Cagayan de Oro's best: the pigok
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] |
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City's
finance records a mess: Audit
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] |
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| 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] |
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| Linguist
explains etymology of Cagayan |
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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] |
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Rare
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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