Indigay sa Parol winners

LIMKETKAI Center and the City Tourism Board recently held the Halad Sa Pasko – Indigay sa Parol Contest at the mall’s Pasalubong Center last December 3.

Oro quadruplets turn 1-year-old Sunday

IT HAPPENS one in a million – a mother giving birth to four tiny boys at one time.

And what’s even more exciting is that these quadruplets are celebrating their first birthday today, Sunday.

A day with ‘Mr. Ingat’

JOHN Lloyd Cruz, the most sought-after heartthrob and hardworking actor in his generation, recently spent a day with his fans in Cagayan de Oro.

Food for the Gods

IT IS the time once again for all experienced, neophyte and wannabe bakers to start stocking up ingredients and begin working on the kitchen for that “labor of love” home-baked goodness.

Bulua studes show off dances in field demo

MORE than four thousand students of Bulua Elementary School showed off their graceful dances during the field demonstration held on Wednesday at the school’s open field as part of today’s feast of Immaculate Conception, the patron saint of Barangay Bulua.

Garbed in their colorful costumes, the students swayed and danced the country’s different folk dances, starting from kindergarten up to Grade Six.

Northern Mindanao artists join Manila exhibit

ALLAN F. Malalis, the chairperson of B.P.A. (Batang Pinoy Artists) for Misamis Oriental and Occidental, joined Metro Manila painters and sculptors in a special art exhibition to commemorate the birth anniversary of Juan Luna y Novicio from October 21 to 25 at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila.

The perils of cigarette smoking to pregnancy

THE research of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the US maintains in an online post through social networking sites that smoking during pregnancy causes a multitude of health problems for both the woman and her unborn baby such as complicated pregnancies, premature birth, low birth weight, stillbirth and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Tangub celebrates Christmas Symbols Fest

TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental -- This city, dubbed as the “Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines,” will be lighted from dusk until dawn from December 1, 2011 to January 8, 2012.

An evening of enchanting classical music with Rudolf P. Golez

ON A chilly, windy and rainy Wednesday night, inside the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center along 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, despite the short notice, more than 60 musically-inclined people came, mostly Kagaya-anons based in NY & NJ and guests arrived to watch our very own world-renowned and Julliard-trained Rudolf Pelaez-Golez do what he does best, tinker with a grand piano!

Flashback to the ‘70s: A GMA Xmas party

GMA Network surprised its local talents in Cagayan de Oro with an early Christmas treat through a 70’s groove Christmas party hosted by five Kapuso stars last November 28 at the Palladium of Mallberry Suites.

The modern palladium has transformed into a 70’s look while everybody also went back to memory lane.

The health benefits of beer

“BEER is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” So said American statesman Benjamin Franklin.

KBP launches Lifetime Achievement Award

THE Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental Chapter is going to launch for the first time in the history of local broadcasting the Lifetime Achievement Award 2012.

This was the consensus arrived during the KBP board’s regular meeting as a form of recognition or outstanding service to the station, colleagues as well as to the community as a broadcaster.

Becoming a lawyer

IN SEPTEMBER of 1967, I took the bar examinations, which is being conducted by the Supreme Court of the Philippines every year for law graduates. After 1967, bar exams were held in November of every year.

Simple ways of using eggs

SUNNY side-up eggs? Scrambled eggs? Hard or soft-boiled eggs?

The different sides of ‘Agyu’ thru paintings

AROUND 40 artworks depicting “Agyu sa Lupa” from four Talaandag artists were showcased in a soil painting art exhibit at the 2nd floor of Limketkai Mall, which ran from November 23 to 30.

Remembering Andres Bonifacio

PEOPLE would surely take time out to remember the Katipunan Supremo, Andres Bonifacio, as we celebrate his 148th birth anniversary today.

Christmas musical play set at SM City

EXPERIENCE the wonder of the season in an all-original musical that will bring you to a magical world of imagination as SM Supermalls and Theater Down South bring you “It’s Christmas: the Musical!” a musical play for the kids and the entire family.

The musical play follows the story a Christmas Fairy, a Chef and a Toymaker.

The first mass in Cagayan

IN THE search for the actual site where the first mass in Cagayan was celebrated in 1622, it is important for us to know the size of the ancient territory of Cagaiang during the pre-Hispanic and early Spanish periods.

Dear Manok: Home of the juiciest grilled chicken

DEAR Manok restaurant, home of the juiciest grilled chicken in this part of the city, has now been considered as a trademark when you are in Cagayan de Oro.

Lupus: When your enemy is yourself

AFTER a two-week holiday in Bali, Indonesia, Daniel and Elena returned home to Davao City. Almost immediately, the 37-year-old Elena fell ill – she felt tired all the time, lost her appetite and suffered recurring fever.

Teaching: A journey worth travelling

ACCORDING to Nikos Kazantzakis, "Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own."

Teaching is a profession that demands a lot from the teachers. It is not only the noblest of all professions but also a vocation that one must enter with eyes wide open, or else, they may well find themselves questioning their effectiveness in answering the call.

Renewing our vows

THE Divine Mercy Church at the Divine Mercy Hills in PSB-Ulaliman, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, will be completed by May next year.

Thanksgiving tradition, the Pinoy way

AN AMERICAN custom and practice since the colonial times in the 1600, Thanksgiving is celebrated for a good autumn harvest and is almost synonymous with Turkey. And when I say turkey, it is always and will always be Roast Turkey with Bread stuffing and Cranberry Sauce.

Motoomull: Active listening

ACTIVE listening is most noticeable by its absence when team members carry on more than one conversation at a time, interrupt one another, and jump from one subject to another. Thus, the vital information gets lost and ideas are not properly explored leading to hasty and poor selection of alternatives.

More health less hypertension during pregnancy

PREGNANCY-INDUCED hypertension (PIH) remains the second leading cause of maternal mortality in the Philippines from 1991 to 2006, according to the data culled from the Department of Health (DOH).

City Tourism Board presents ‘Halad sa Pasko’

THE City Government of Cagayan de Oro headed by Mayor Vicente Emano and the City Tourism Board, in partnership with Limketkai Center and SM City, will once again spearhead Halad sa Pasko’s “Bangga sa Daygon” and “Indigay sa Parol”.

Through the regular meeting of the Board held recently at Jatico Adventures, its chairperson, Rhia Rita Abalos, is proud to bring the perennial activities once again for Kagay-anons.

The first Mass in Cagayan (Part Two)

MANY are unaware of the historical fact that in 1622, two Recollect priests who were the first Spaniards to enter the Cagaiang (now Cagayan) territory also did another historical first -- when they celebrated the first mass here. This was recorded in a Recollect journal by Fray Luis de Jesus, ORSA, and was printed in 1681 in Madrid. It is written in 16th century Spanish and I already gave the long title of this journal in my previous column.

XU student wins statistics quiz

ZAMINA Cagayan Sabenecio, a 16-year-old BS computer Science student of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, bested 13 other college students from different provinces in Northern Mindanao in the 20th Philippine Statistics Quiz regional elimination held on November 17 at Chali Beach Resort in Cagayan de Oro.

Sabenecio will represent the region to the National PSQ competition slated on December 6 in Manila.

XU, PCGG to hold exhibit, public forum

XAVIER University, in partnership with the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), will hold an exhibit commemorating the commission’s 25th year and a public forum on good governance.

The theme for these activities is in the light of recent issues and PCGG’s vision for the future, “Closing Chapters. Finding a Way Forward.”

Dreaming of a white Christmas?

“IF WE had no winter,” English poet Anne Bradstreet once said, “the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”