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Sinuglaw and Cagayan de Oro

An outsider writes about Sinuglaw, a popular dish in Cagayan de Oro City composed of sinugba (grilled pork) and kinilaw, and relates it to the city as a melting pot of migrants.  Read More →

HERITAGE WATCH: From Balahotao to Kauswagan

KAUSWAGAN is one of the most prosperous barangays in Cagayan de Oro today.  Read More →

CINEMAGIS – 5th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao Official Entries

Here are the official entries to the CINEMAGIS – 5th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao on January 24-26 at the XU Little Theater and SM Cinema 2.  Read More →

HERITAGE WATCH: Knowing our true cultural identity

THE first documented description of the Kagay-anons was written by two Augustinian Recollect missionaries, namely, Fray Juan de San Nicolas and Fray Franciso de la Madre de Dios, who were the first Spaniards to enter the Cagaiang (Cagayan) territory in 1622.  Read More →

How Semana Santa in CDO was spent decades ago

Holy Week in Cagayan de Oro today is a mixture of adventure tourism, religious pilgrimage and commercialism. Just how was Semana Santa spent in the old days? Here’s a good article by Paulita Roa about Holy Week in Cagayan de Oro City decades ago.  Read More →

Bol-anons in Oro growing and still counting

WOULD you believe that 60 percent of the population in Cagayan de Oro are Boholanons or Bol-anons? This is according to statistics of an organization in the city called “Action Kaliwat Bol-anon.”  Read More →

Higaonons see life in a democracy after years of communist ‘domination‘

AFTER decades of what they called “domination and governance” under the communist ideology, the Higaonon tribe in sitio Lantad, barangay Kibanban in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, will reestablish their cultural identity under the duly constituted government awaiting the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title.  Read More →
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