IN RESPONSE TO RISING DEMAND for accurate and presentable data about Cagayan de Oro, this website has been put up. It is primarily a socio-economic profile. Addressed to local and foreign investors, it can also be used by students, political leaders, and researchers -- anyone who needs reliable information about the phenomenal city of Southern Philippines.

Everything in the website -- the data, the process of editing, photography, and graphic design-- is made in Cagayan de Oro.

The website is user-friendly. The layout is clean and focused, and the individual parts can be expanded to accommodate additional data for future editions. It is readable in most browsers, but works best in Internet Explorer 5 or higher version set at 800x600 ppi full screen.

Two icons need a little explanation: The graph , as the name suggests, will open one or several graphs, and the arrowindicates a link to an external website. The Appendix is reserved for data that may not be of immediate interest to the target audience, but can be used by specialists.

This website, published on September 26, 2003, is designed, maintained and hosted free by Elson T. Elizaga and Clara Marie Asuncion Q. Gonzales Elizaga. It is based on the 2002 CD brochure made by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation (Orochamber), Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, Congressman Constantino Jaraula, and Nazca Graphic Design & Photography.

Content and design of this website are the responsibility of the webmaster and are beyond the control of DTI, government officials, and other agencies involved in the production of the CD brochure. Questions, however, may be addressed to offices listed in Contacts.

Maria Eliza Pabillore is the provincial director of the Department of Trade and Industry-Misamis Oriental. The office is at the 3rd Floor, Business Center Building, Justo Gaerlan Street, Cagayan de Oro City.