Cagayan de Oro City

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 to do with the gun ban. They checked and searched each car fast and quick [...]

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 the Appletree Resort Hotel and is much cheaper to stay for long or even [...]

“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 watched the crowd-drawing colorful activity of “Kagay-an Dance Festival”, a street dancing competition showcasing Northern Mindanao indigenous people’s dances on August 24. Photos by [...]

We found those people one night on the streets around Cogon market when they sifted through the garbage to look for recycleble or still useable or sellable materials. These couple can have not less than 100 pesos every night. They say it is enough for their daily food because in the daytime they have a little [...]

It seems SMART is cheating at least one of their customers of their load. I am sending a young lady in Cagayan de Oro City through CHIKKA sometimes load to her cellphone number. It takes not even a minute and the amount, mostly in the P30 range, is booked on her cellphone number. After sending a [...]

The xmas shopping rush on christmas eve, on dec. 24, was quite heavy in Cagayan de Oro City. I have the feeling everybody was on the streets, the department stores or any other stores and wanted to spend some money. In the department stores there was a shoving and pushing and long cues waiting at the [...]

Local government engineers and workers are rushing the restoration of the Old Water tower near Gaston Park which city hall wants to turn into a museum and archives center in time for the city’s hosting of the National Archives Day on october 21. Mayor Constantino Jaraula said the restoration project aims to [...]

One of the country’s better horse trainers believes trail riding in the highlands of Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon has great potential as the region’s next adventure sport. “You already have the trails and the horses you need to make trail riding a tourism attraction,” said Monica “Monette” Rosario-Agbulos following a recent trail ride in Dahilayan, [...]