SunStar Network News feed for Cagayan De Oro, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:16:42 +0800 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:16:42 +0800 IGNORING protests from several sectors, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Tuesday that it would push through with its plan to arm "trained" civilian police auxiliaries nationwide. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/29/news/dilg.justifies.arming.civilian.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Froilan Gallardo COLORFUL costumes and spectacular choreography marked Tuesday's Higaonon Dance Festival. Hundreds of dancers in red Higaonon costumes -- six contingents in all -- danced their way across Cagayan de Oro City from the Divisoria Freedom kiosk to LimKetKai Drive, passing C.M. Recto Street. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/29/news/fun.begins.as.higaonon.dance.fest.kicks.off.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde IGNORING protests from several sectors, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Tuesday that it would push through with its plan to arm "trained" civilian police auxiliaries nationwide. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/28/news/dilg.justifies.arming.civilian.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Froilan Gallardo COLORFUL costumes and spectacular choreography marked Tuesday's Higaonon Dance Festival. Hundreds of dancers in red Higaonon costumes -- six contingents in all -- danced their way across Cagayan de Oro City from the Divisoria Freedom kiosk to LimKetKai Drive, passing C.M. Recto Street. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/28/news/fun.begins.as.higaonon.dance.fest.kicks.off.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde THE winners of the recently concluded 9th Oro Open Golf tournament hosted by the Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro are finally made known. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/sports/9th.oro.open.golf.bares.winners.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HOMEGROWN pride Eusebio Baluarte Jr. will risk his title Friday night against Indonesian challenger Heri Andriyanto at the Atrium Center of the Limketkai Mall in Cagayan de Oro City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/sports/p1.million.boxing.show.wednesday.night.in.oro.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde THE problem with the way the escalating conflict in Mindanao is officially being handled is that there seems to be no consensus, even within government, on just what to do. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/oped/jb.r..deveza.freewheeling.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 JB R. Deveza Freewheeling IT'S a fact of life that carousing or merrymaking can hinder meditation or thoughtful musing about serious things or circumstance. Amid the merriment of a fiesta, for instance, it's easy to miss the point about who or what is being celebrated, and why. Consider this week's festivities: how many know how lucky we are in Cagayan de Oro to have St. Augustine for a patron saint? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/oped/manuel.valdehuesa.street.talk.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Manuel Valdehuesa Street Talk FOR most fourth graders like Junjun, war is a strategy game played between exotically armored characters in computer games. The bloodbath is always between heroes and antagonists-and innocents are always spared because the warring sides can choose appropriate locations to conduct their carnage. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/oped/editorial.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) has altered Tuesday the traffic flow in Cagayan de Oro to accommodate various street-based activities in the three-day Kagay-an Festival. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/news/routes.altered.for.oro.fiesta.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Cong Corrales IGNORING protests from several sectors, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Tuesday that it would push through with its plan to arm "trained" civilian police auxiliaries nationwide. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/news/dilg.justifies.arming.civilian.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Froilan Gallardo COLORFUL costumes and spectacular choreography marked Tuesday's Higaonon Dance Festival. Hundreds of dancers in red Higaonon costumes -- six contingents in all -- danced their way across Cagayan de Oro City from the Divisoria Freedom kiosk to LimKetKai Drive, passing C.M. Recto Street. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/news/fun.begins.as.higaonon.dance.fest.kicks.off.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde HAVE you ever passed by barangays Kauswagan, Bugo, Camaman-an, Nazareth, Macasandig, Carmen, Bulua, 13, 24, Gusa and Balulang in Cagayan de Oro City and Poblacion, Opol lately? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/27/life/globe.connects.brgy..halls.to.the.web.for.free.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WHILE there is wisdom in recognizing the right of the Bangsamoro people to self-determination, the urgent call of the time if for Mindanao to move on to the future and not get mired in the past. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/26/oped/alberto.vicente.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Alberto Vicente CAGAYAN de Oro's fiesta activities are being held against the backdrop of Moro rebels' recent carnage in a not so far away a place like Lanao del Norte is quite nervy. There is always that mild anxiety no matter how our local officials assure us that they are on top of everything. Knee-jerk reactions are always bound to occur. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/26/oped/editorial.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Cagayan de Oro couple, who were among the victims of the Moro rebels' attacks in Lanao del Norte, were laid to rest in Bolonsori Cemetery Monday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/26/news/oro.couple.in.lanao.siege.laid.to.rest.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde INDIGENOUS Peoples (IPs) from Mindanao and Palawan are seeking broader participation in the controversial memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Represented by their leaders, the IP communities' natives expressed their concerns on the unsigned MOA-AD during Monday's "Consultation Meeting on the Indigenous Peoples' Ancestral Domain and the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE)" in Cagayan de Oro. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/26/news/lumads.demand.role.in.homeland.deal.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Cong Corrales KAHIMUNAN Mindanao Island Fair 2008 is considered successful by its organizers as the four-day exposition closes Tuesday at Limketkai Atrium. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/26/bus/kahimunan.mindanao.2008.deemed.a.success.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified Dear Senator, http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/25/oped/ismael.g..kulat.peacebuilding.coordinator.consortium.of.bangsamoro.civil.society.member.convenor.of.mindanao.pe.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ismael G. Kulat Peacebuilding Coordinator Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society Member Convenor of Mindanao Pe IT'S fiesta time, a festival combining the rendering unto Caesar of the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's. It enables people to celebrate and partake of the fruits of the economy while paying homage to St. Augustine and the Almighty. Eat all you can, but go to church first; otherwise you're just on a pagan binge. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/25/oped/manuel.valdehuesa.street.talk.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Manuel Valdehuesa Street Talk THE town of "Cagayan de Misamis" during the Spanish colonial period was simply called "Cagayan" during the American colonial era. The celebration of the town fiesta took a new turn under the Americans. They introduced the concept of having beauty queens and holding sports competitions during fiestas. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/25/news/fiesta.in.the.old.days.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Paulita A. Roa City Heritage Council GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The bid war to wrest control over the 34.5 per cent stake of Australian-based Indophil Resources NL at Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) took a new twist as a new consortium upped its bid statement to outmaneuver Anglo-Swiss owned Xstrata Copper. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/25/bus/indophil.bid.war.escalates.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Edwin G. Espejo Contributor A MILITANT coalition against the presence of American troops in Mindanao is questioning the troops’ involvement in the Philippines Army's operations in Baliki, Midsayap. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/24/news/leftists.hit.american.involvement.in.milf.war.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TEN -year-old Raymundo Gil Jr. (Junjun to his friends and family) stared quietly at the two white coffins bearing the remains of his parents inside their house in Barangay Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro City. Last weekend, they were a picture of a happy family as Junjun's parents Raymundo Sr., 37, and mother Dalila, 45, prepared for a vacation trip to Oroquieta City and Mahayag town in Zamboanga del Sur. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/24/news/when.terror.comes.home.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde and Froilan Gallardo A GATHERING of prospective investors and businessmen in Cagayan de Oro had been called off due to security jitters, in the aftermath of the attacks in Lanao del Norte. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/23/news/bizmen.meet.canceled.due.to.attacks.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Cong Corrales and Mark Francisco A MILITANT coalition against the presence of American troops in Mindanao is questioning the troops’ involvement in the Philippines Army's operations in Baliki, Midsayap. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/24/news/leftists.hit.american.involvement.in.milf.war.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TEN -year-old Raymundo Gil Jr. (Junjun to his friends and family) stared quietly at the two white coffins bearing the remains of his parents inside their house in Barangay Bonbon, Cagayan de Oro City. Last weekend, they were a picture of a happy family as Junjun's parents Raymundo Sr., 37, and mother Dalila, 45, prepared for a vacation trip to Oroquieta City and Mahayag town in Zamboanga del Sur. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/24/news/when.terror.comes.home.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annabelle L. Ricalde and Froilan Gallardo MADNESS. If there is anything that comes to mind after reading official pronouncements regarding government's handling of the brewing crisis in Mindanao, it is that -- madness. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/23/oped/jb.r..deveza.freewheeling.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 JB R. Deveza Freewheeling LAND Resources Corporation (LRC), one of Cagayan de Oro's premier real estate developers, opened another sales and marketing office of Tuscania CDO at Limketkai Center last August 15. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/23/life/tuscania.s.new.office.opens.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IN CELEBRATION of Cagayan de Oro City fiesta, Love Radio 96.9, Yes FM 104.7 and San Miguel Beer bring you Pahalipay sa Kagay-an Fiesta Live Band Competition from August 25 to 27, 2008, 7 p.m. at the Capitol Grounds. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/23/life/love.radio.yes.fm.hold.rock.tilt.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified IN ONE unprecedented move, the Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan Alumni Association (XU-AAA) on Friday honored sportsmen from as far back as the 1950s as it launched the first ever Sports Hall of Fame Awards. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/23/life/xu.alumni.honor.top.sportsmen.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE International Food Exhibition Philippines (IFEX), an annual matching of Filipino food products conducted every May, will exclusively feature Northern Mindanao products in the 2009 edition of the event. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2008/08/23/bus/food.fair.to.promote.n..mindanao.products.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Mark D. Francisco