Cagayan de Oro City

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Desasters, People, Politics March 11th, 2010 by admin

Fire hits Cugman commercial district at zone 2

Just an hour before electric service was installed again, the before thriving commercial district of barangay Cugman in Cagayan de Oro, at about 10 pm. was hit by fire that destroyed property of almost P7 million and 46 houses, affected 73 families with 424 persons, according to Ms. Teresita Montanes from the District Office of [...]

Police Checkpoint

When I was on my way by taxi to the city yesterday there was a new police checkpoint just after SM. The checkpoint was manned with a lot of policemen for both directions. Since the signboard read COMELEC, I think it had[...]

Shooting incident Cogon area

The Police Station No. 2 at Barangay 33, Cogon Public Market, Cagayan de Oro under Police Commander Reyes had some work this morning. There was a shooting incident this morning at 9.30in the Cogon area at J.R. Borja Ext[...]

1st Golden Friendship Motor Show

On Dec. 5 and 6 there was on the premises of SM the “1st Golden Friendship Motor Show” and I have missed it. It was organised by the Golden Vintage Car Club of Cagayan de Oro, Inc. I just stumbled on it by ac[...]

This faces give color to Cagayan de Oro City – Part 1

This nice young lady was our check-out cashier in the supermarket of gaisano osmena and already in some christmas mood. Somewhere in the sidestreets I caught this young lady buying pokan and it looks like I surprised h[...]

A man and his dove

Since we are temporarily living a few weeks in Opol, Misamis Oriental, about 10 kms to the west of Cagayan de Oro City, I will look for some small stories about the place. When walking one morning my dog at the beach a j[...]

All Saints Day in Opol

Temporarily whe are staying in Opol and wait that we can move into our newly renovated house. Our temporarily residence is just between an old cemetry and the beach in Opol. I went out to he hi-way to have a look what w[...]

Balan Beach Compound in Opol

After our arrival from Germany with my old mom and a large dog, we moved to the Balan Beach Compound into a duplex after three days in the Appletree Resort Hotel. The Balan Beach Compound is just a few meters away from t[...]

National Horseshow Competition at “Kagay-an Festival 2009″

For the Kagay-an Festival 2009 was held a National Horseshow Competition and we had a good look of this event. The horses are resting in the shadow before they will have their showdown. One of the horseman is moving hi[...]

“Kagay-an Festival 2009″

“Kagay-an Festival”- Cagayan de Oro City’s main fiesta attraction in honor to patron Saint Augustine. Recently there are new and exciting events for tourists and residents at this years Kagay-an Festival 2009. We [...]