Hammer & Anvil – The Hundred Year Flood
Legend has it that a flood of gargantuan proportions would hit Cagayan de Oro every 100 years. That started in 1916, then more recently in 2009 when the city was hit in two consecutive weekends by...
View ArticleCEB announces 2 new routes from Northern Mindanao
Holds Php799 all-in introductory seat sale January 23, 2017 – The Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), takes a step further in the Mindanao region with the launch of two more...
View ArticleMisamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte MSMEs Acknowledge DTI’s ‘Mentor ME’ Program
“I was grappling my way into what I [was] doing, and because of the help of the ‘Mentor ME’ program, nasayun; natagaan og kahibalo (things became easier when I learned more about the process) and...
View ArticleMCPC grace: USTSP Graduate Students Thesis Presentations
Stalwarts of the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers dropped by last 26 Jan 2016 to lend moral support to four graduate students of the University of Science & Technology of Southern...
View ArticleCagayan de Oro celebrates 2nd Chinese New Year Festival
Rains dampened the celebration but that didn’t stop the city from celebrating the second edition of the Cagayan de Oro Chinese New Year Festival from January 21-28, 2017. All set and ready to welcome...
View ArticlePresentation of the Order of Merit to Dr. Teresita T. Tumapon
On 26 January 2017, Ambassador Dr. Gordon Kricke presented the Cross of the Order of Merit (Verdienstkreuz am Bande) of the Federal Republic of Germany to Philippine national Teresita Tanhueco...
View ArticleThe Proposed Wholesale Electricity Spot Market in Mindanao, Part 2
David A. Tauli The Mandate of the DOE Concerning the WESM The EPIRA of 2001 states in Section 30: “Within one year from the effectivity of this Act, the DOE shall establish a wholesale electricity spot...
View ArticleSEDA CENTRIO CELEBRATES CHINESE NEW YEAR
Seda Centrio, the city’s lifestyle hotel, welcomed the Year of the Rooster with time-honored traditions and a specially-prepared buffet featuring Chinese delicacies and other culinary pieces. The...
View ArticleProject NOAH: The Story
In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong in 2011, former President Benigno S. Aquino III called for “a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system,...
View ArticleHammer & Anvil – You got it right the first time, Mr. Cusi
We hope Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi remains firm about his earlier decision to allocate the cheap hydroelectric power from the Agus-Pulangi Hydroelectric Complex to the island’s poorest of the poor....
View ArticleCEB announces 2 new routes from Northern Mindanao
Holds Php799 all-in introductory seat sale January 23, 2017 – The Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), takes a step further in the Mindanao region with the launch of two more...
View ArticleMisamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte MSMEs Acknowledge DTI’s ‘Mentor ME’ Program
“I was grappling my way into what I [was] doing, and because of the help of the ‘Mentor ME’ program, nasayun; natagaan og kahibalo (things became easier when I learned more about the process) and...
View ArticleMCPC grace: USTSP Graduate Students Thesis Presentations
Stalwarts of the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers dropped by last 26 Jan 2016 to lend moral support to four graduate students of the University of Science & Technology of Southern...
View ArticleCagayan de Oro celebrates 2nd Chinese New Year Festival
Rains dampened the celebration but that didn’t stop the city from celebrating the second edition of the Cagayan de Oro Chinese New Year Festival from January 21-28, 2017. All set and ready to welcome...
View ArticleSolons call for official commemoration of the Philippine-American War
On the 118th anniversary of the outbreak of the Philippine-American War, ACT Teachers Representatives Antonio Tinio and France Castro called for the official commemoration of February 4 as...
View ArticleRESUME GRP-NDF TALKS: PEACE MUST ALWAYS BE THE CHOICE!
Over six months ago, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines chose the only thing chosen for them by the people, and that is PEACE. It...
View ArticleProposals for the Electric Power Industry in Mindanao: Addressing the Problem...
David A. Tauli The Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AMRECO) and the AMRECO Power Supply Aggregation Group Corporation (AMRECO PSAGCORP) will be holding a workshop on February...
View ArticleFIRST REGIONAL SELECTION CAMP OF JR. NBA PHILIPPINES 2017 PRESENTED BY ALASKA...
Jr. NBA Philippines 2017 presented by Alaska opens the second phase of its program, the Regional Selection Camp, in Cagayan de Oro this weekend. Young cagers in Mindanao aged 10-14 years old are...
View ArticleBasketball: More than Just a Game – Nurturing Young Talents Through Sports
It’s game time as the Jr. NBA Philippines 2017 presented by Alaska returns to the Philippines. On its 10th year, the Jr. NBA is set to hold its Regional Sports Camp on February 11-12 at Xavier...
View ArticleLand governance policy overhaul to prevent spread of Metro Manila’s ‘urban...
Metro Manila’s “urban nightmare” underscores the urgency of overhauling the country’s obsolete land governance policies to prevent this severe case of poor land administration from spreading all over...
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