Bambi Emano wins Misamis Oriental gubernatorial race

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 May)—The father had fallen, but not the son. Rep. Yevgeny Vicente “Bambi” Emano was proclaimed the winner of the gubernatorial race in Misamis Oriental. The… »

Victory Cheer

Supporters of Gov. Oscar Moreno cheer during the proclamation rally in front of City Hall in Cagayan de Oro City Tuesday night 14 May 2013. Moreno defeated incumbent Mayor Vicente… »

Moreno defeats incumbent Emano in CDO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – A combination of community issues centered on his handling of the Typhoon Sendong relief efforts ended the magic of Mayor Vicente… »

Test on PCOS machines in CDO smooth, with only minor glitches

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Inside Room 1 at the Consolacion Elementary School here, Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) chair Edgar Lacre was so anxious during the… »

PCOS machine test

BEI chair Edgar Lacre (right) helps a voter insert her mock ballot into the PCOS machine during tests done in Consolacion Elementary School in Cagayan de Oro Thursday 9 May… »

No irregularity in CDO’s election paraphernalia – Namfrel

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – There was no irregularity found in the inventory of the election paraphernalia for Cagayan de Oro that went overtime Tuesday night, according to… »

Laguindingan Airport opening: April 30 or June 15?

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 April) —  Two days after Manila-based news organizations reported about it, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) in Northern Mindanao has yet to… »

Presidential party

President Benigno Aquino III visits the Xavier University  Ecoville Resettlement  Area for Typhoon Sendong survivors in Barangay Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City on Feb. 26. Aquino later went to Don Gregorio Pelaez Sports… »

Religious Frenzy

Devotees express their emotions as the Black Nazarene is brought out for a procession in Barangay Lapasan in Cagayan de Oro on Jan.9, 2012. The parish church of Barangay Lapasan… »

Business and Adoration

Vendors in Cagayan de Oro City enjoy brisk sales of icons of the Black Nazarene, the patron saint of Barangay Lapasan, on Jan. 8, 2012. On Jan. 9, 2012, the… »

Police not heeding PNoy’s order to clear geohazard areas in CDO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 December) — A year after storm “Sendong” struck this city, residents living in the hazard-prone areas beside the Cagayan de Oro River are still at… »

Ugnayan Bridge

A rider guides his motorcycle in crossing an improvised bridge on Dec. 5, 2012 after the Ugyaban Bridge in Talakag town in Bukidnon was swept away by typhoon Pablo the… »

Exposed

Residents board a sunken barge lodged beside a bridge in Barangay Iponan in Cagayan de Oro City on Dec. 5, 2012 to salvage materials. Swept by the waters brought by… »

Memories

Friends have put up a makeshift altar at the residence of the Shottons in Sitio Cala-Cala, Barangay Tibasak, Cagayan de Oro, in memory of American Paul Shotton and his wife, Felina and all their… »

DENR says it’s not too blame for dismissed raps vs 2 Chinese nationals

CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/30 October) — “We were left in the dark.” This was how Rex Monsanto, regional director for Mines of the  Department of Environment and Natural Resources Director (DENR)  described… »

Illegal mining raps vs 2 Chinese nationals nabbed in CDO junked

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/29 October) – The City Prosecutor’s Office dismissed this afternoon the criminal complaints filed against two Chinese nationals earlier arrested by a joint anti-mining task force… »

Iponan River raid

Army soldiers rest along the Iponan River during the anti-illegal mining operation launched against foreign-operated barges on Oct. 25, 2012. Two Chinese nationals were arrested by the joint army, police… »

CDO-Iligan: Three-hour trip

THREE-HOUR TRIP. Vehicles negotiate a portion of the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan highway still under construction in Gitagum town in Misamis Oriental. Roads under construction are the major cause of delays… »

Cebu-Pacific Air launches Zambo-CDO route

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/21 October) – Traveling between Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro cities will no longer be a half-day ordeal with the inauguration Saturday of the thrice-weekly Zamboanga-Cagayan route. Michelle… »

CDO coalition mulls Writ of Kalikasan

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 20 October)—A non-government organization here has threatened to file a Writ of Kalikasan against the city government if it will not do something against the… »

Miners turn CDO’s Iponan River Delta into a wasteland

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 18 Oct) – Six barges working non-stop excavating for gold and several more hydraulic pumps tearing away whole mountainsides have turned the delta around… »

Rage, rage vs Cybercrime Law

RAGE, RAGE. Journalists express their anger against the Cybercrime Law in Cagayan de Oro City on Oct. 3, 2012. Journalists all around the country are intensifying their protest actions against… »

6 mining barges continue to operate in CDO river

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY(MindaNews/ 21 September)— Aboard two choppers of the Philippine Air Force’s Technical Operations Group, local environmentalists and reporters discovered Friday morning six mining barges operating in one… »

Foes confident Emano will be suspended by DILG for Sendong fiasco

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/12 Sept) – One of the legal counsels of Save CDO Now Movement is confident that Mayor Vicente Emano will be suspended “either this December or… »

Vegetable farmers battle effects of mining in CDO’s Iponan River

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/27 May) –  Tonyo and the rest of the 400 farmers engaged in vegetable farming along Iponan River have been fighting a losing battle since gold… »

Back-to-school blues in CDO’s ‘bakwit’ centers

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/2 Jan) – The principal of the school that has now become the most congested evacuation center in Barangay Carmen here said they will resume classes… »

Water Purifier Machine

Air Force personnel unload a water purifier machine from a Philippine Air Force C-130 plane that arrived in Lumbia Airport, Cagayan de Oro City on Monday.  Most of Cagayan de… »

Looking for missing relatives? Go to CDO’s dumpsite

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY  (MindaNews/20 December) –  Looking for your mother, father, wife, husband, daughter, son, brother, sister who have been missing since Saturday’s flashfloods?  Go to the city’s dumpsite.… »

The other tragedy in Cagayan de Oro: in search of missing loved ones in the city’s dumpsite

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/19 December) – As a journalist, I have covered so many tragedies in Mindanao: wars, floods, landslides, bombings, massacres, airplane crashes, etc.. I have cried with relatives of the dead and the missing but I was not prepared for what I saw at noon in the city’s landfill in Zayas, Barangay Carmen.

Bukidnon bishop assails ‘climate sins,’ calls for hope amid tragedy

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 Dec) – Malaybalay Bishop Jose A. Cabantan cited “climate sins” as the root cause of the flashfloods experienced brought by typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao even as… »

Donated Clothes

Flood victims pick on donated dry clothes in Sitio Basak, Barangay Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City after last Saturday’s flood that destroyed villages beside Cagayan de Oro River. MindaNews photo… »

Davao donates P3M to ‘Sendong’ victims

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 Dec) – The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City has unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to donate P3 million from the calamity fund for the… »

Devastated

An aerial view of the devastation of the flood dawn last Satuday (Dec. 17, 2011) showed dump trucks buried in the mud like toys in Barangay Balulang in Cagayan de… »

CDO: Dumped Cadavers

DUMPED.At least 30 cadavers were dumped at the Cagayan de Oro City landfill in Sitio Zayas, Barangay Carmen Sunday evening.  Relatives gather Monday noon near where the bodies were dumped,… »

Need More Water

WATER. Long queues of residents are a common sight in Cagayan de Oro City after the main distribution line was damaged in Saturday’s flooding. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo |… »

Brown Waters

BROWN WATERS. An aerial view from a helicopter of the heavy siltation in the Agusan River in Barangay Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City as it empties into Macajalar Bay, on… »

Gov. Moreno’s 19-page order vetoes 19 items in Mis. Or. 2011 budget

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Gov. Oscar S. Moreno today vetoed parts of the budget ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan majority of whose members are allied with… »

CDO post office burns

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/06 January) — The post office building along Chavez and Rizal Streets here burned around 2:00 a.m. today and gutted along with it the government-owned telecommunications… »

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