Achievements

12 CDO nursing grads in Top 10 of December 2011 Board Exam

12 CDO nursing grads in Top 10 of December 2011 Board Exam

LINSID ANGELOU ABSIN TAPONGOT of Xavier University led twelve (12) nursing graduates from Cagayan de Oro City schools in the Top 10 of the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Nueva Ecija, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, [...]

Progress Watch gets 2,000,000 hits

Progress Watch gets 2,000,000 hits

At the stroke of midnight between February 12 and February 13, 2012, Progress Watch hit another milestone with 2,000,000 blog hits.

Cagayan de Oro’s Krizza Neri wins ‘Protégé’ singing search

Cagayan de Oro’s Krizza Neri wins ‘Protégé’ singing search

Cagayan de Oro’s singing sweetheart Krizza Neri has brought pride to the city after bagging the championship title in GMA Network’s first ever singing superstar search “Protégé” during the spectacular finale held on Sunday at the Center Stage of the SM Mall of Asia.

Ramon Nery is TOFil 2011 Honoree

Ramon Nery is TOFil 2011 Honoree

RAMON M. NERY, M.D., currently the Chief of the Misamis Oriental Public Hospital in Balingasag has been honored as among the Ten Outstanding Flipinos (TOFIL) Awardee for 2011.

Gingoog City’s ASTIG PINOY is Showtime Season 4 Grand Champion

Gingoog City’s ASTIG PINOY is Showtime Season 4 Grand Champion

Astig Pinoy, a modern folk dance group from Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, received a perfect 10 score from the madlang people, from judge Vice Ganda and most of the 29 guest judges and emerged as the season’s grand champion on Saturday, December 10, at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal.

CDO bet is Miss Congeniality in Mutya contest

CDO bet is Miss Congeniality in Mutya contest

Just as what the city she represents is known, America Atega was named Miss Congeniality during the Coronation Night of Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 Pageant held at Puerto Princesa City in Palawan. Congratulations to America who hails from the City of Golden Friendship!

Oro correspondent wins Brightleaf Award

Oro correspondent wins Brightleaf Award

Cagayan de Oro Business Mirror correspondent Mach Alberto “Bong” Fabe again bagged the top prize during the 5th Brightleaf Agriculture Journalism Awards held on Friday at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Pasay City. Fabe’s story titled “XU graduate practices urban container gardening.” was named Agriculture Story of the Year besting 1,344 other entries. Fabe won [...]

Oro Chamber installs first female president

Oro Chamber installs first female president

Ma. Teresa “Ghaye” Rillo-Alegrio, community relations manager of STEAG State Power Inc., became the 26th and first female president of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc., also known as the Oro Chamber.

XU student wins statistics quiz

XU student wins statistics quiz

ZAMINA Canja 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.