With a high positivity rate of 12 percent, Cagayan de Oro remained at moderate risk classification of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, March 3. (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) “Butuan, Cotabato City, Davao City, General Santos, Iligan, and Zamboanga...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The outpouring of support for presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo here is unexpected by her team, as supporters surprised her on Tuesday, Feb. 22, by lining up along the route of the motorcade, shouting her name and handing her bouquets of flowers. Presidential...
One last time! As typhoon Odette floods Cagayan de Oro, one of the locals Niel John Salcedo attempted to play his 20-year-old piano one last time as the water rushed in to his house. Posted on his TikTok account, "This might be the last tie playing with my 20-year-old piano. Typhoon Odette, please...
Various distance learning equipment worth over P2.2 million were recently donated by the United States (US) government to a learning center in Cagayan de Oro, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. ALS EQUIPMENT-- Partners from Cagayan de Oro City, led by Mayor Oscar Moreno (center), receive...
A Palace official hailed on Monday, Nov. 29 the unrelenting efforts of health frontliners in the face of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ Manila Bulletin) Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar praised the...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated some P3 million worth of onions at the Port of Cagayan de Oro which are believed to have been smuggled into the country from China. Consigned to South Road Consumer Goods Trading, the shipment from China arrived in Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT)...
Some local officials from the cities of Cagayan De Oro and Iloilo have committed to support Vice President Leni Robredo in her presidential run in the May 2022 elections. In a Twitter post, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas declared his backing of Robredo, posting a series of photos of the Vice...
From being an undesignated seaman, a Filipino seafarer now serves as an operation specialist aboard the United States guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook. Hailing from Cagayan de Oro, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Jumilla has joined the Navy four years ago. Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Independent research group OCTA on Wednesday, Aug. 25, said the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Cagayan de Oro City has slowed down over the past week, as marked by the decrease in reproduction number from 1.38 to 1.15. "If the trends continue, Cagayan de Oro should...
Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Jose Cabantan has urged the public to get vaccinated and not to believe in hearsays amid the continued rise in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country. Archbishop Jose Cabantan (Photo courtesy cbcponline) He said people should only listen to health experts....
Laguna, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro City are set to deescalate to the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting August 16, 2021, leaving Metro Manila and the province of Bataan in the list of areas under strict lockdown. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
As the country strives to contain the coronavirus spread, it is essential that people just stay home as much as possible. Motorists line up for inspection at a Manila quarantine control point established by the police on the first day of the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro...