CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The contested debt of the Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) remains unresolved despite a recent meeting that prevented disconnection of water supply from its bulk supplier. THE Cagayan de Oro City Water District on Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City. (Franck Dick...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Victims of typhoon “Odette” here on December 16, 2021 will soon have houses in a relocation site in Barangay Dansolihon, a hinterland barangay in this city. The city government has availed of the National Housing Authority (NHA)-Northern Mindanao’s Resettlement...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – An authorized agent corporation of the Small Town Lottery (STL) here and the province of Misamis Oriental is helping 14 sales representatives obtain freedom after they were arrested and detained by the police over the weekend due to their alleged involvement in illegal...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Councilor James Judith II was axed from his post as city council minority floor leader through a resolution on Monday, January 22. COUNCILORS James Judith II and Malvern Esparcia attend a committee hearing led by the committee on public utilities, energy, and transportation....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Cagayan de Oro City Water District has considered the call of consumers and local officials to defer its proposed 60 percent water rate adjustment for three years, understanding the added problems it might bring to residents. Instead of adjusting the rate, the COWD asked...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Residents of a relocation site here have sought assistance from the city government over three Antipolo trees which they deem as unsafe to them and their properties. ONE of the Antipolo trees that residents perceive as unsafe. (Photo courtesy of John Paul Barsopia)...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) said on Tuesday, January 16, that water supply in barangays in the western part of this city may be affected once the Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water Inc. (COBI) cuts allocation due to a P400-million debt. THE Cagayan de Oro City Water...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Pay up, please! A prestigious university here has reminded the city government of its over P7.8-million debt for using two of its dormitories as isolation units in this city during the pandemic, particularly from March 2020 to April 2022. THE executive building of...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A group of tricab or “bao-bao” operators thanked Councilor James Judith II for proposing an ordinance amending sections of the Traffic Code of Cagayan de Oro to legalize their operations. AUTHORITIES flag down a bao-bao on the national highway in Cagayan de Oro City....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Army reminded barangay officials of their vital role in the government’s sustainment effort which it said is the hardest part of fighting insurgency in the country. Major Gen. Michele Anayron Jr., commander of the 403rd Brigade, said there is a possibility...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A labor group here cited the additional pay for workers, but it still hoped that the government would approve a higher wage increase, as it said that the upcoming implementation of the P33 minimum wage hike in the region this year is “still inadequate.” Lawyer Doris...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The police and military will enforce strict border controls and jam mobile phone signals for a safe and peaceful Traslacion during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in this city on Tuesday, January 9. THE image of the Black Nazarene is revered during the Traslacion 2023 in...