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CAGAYAN de Oro City, a city in “Bloom, in Blossom, and in Boom,” has truly grown throughout the years. Along with the rise in the economy and lifestyle of Kagayanons, however, came along the issues regarding the health of its constituents. Lately, [...]

I’M writing to share with the reading public what are two basic but the most important functions of a city councilor and the city council considering that the people will now have to weigh their choices among the many who have presented themselves as [...]

IT took 14 long years to pass the Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines, thanks to the crude delaying tactics of selfish individuals in the government, which in turn were fueled by the bullying and bigotry of the local Catholic Church. However, in [...]

IN the midst of this ongoing uproar over what Rep. Cynthia Villar has spoken, we in Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) appreciate the outpouring of support for our nurses. We are challenged by the statements of the senatorial aspirant, Cynthia Villar.  [...]

BEFORE I filed my certificate of candidacy for City Councilor representing District 1 of Cagayan de Oro, I used to be actively involved in the group of volunteers from the XUHS ’70 alumni when we did the off-site registration of voters after the city [...]

WE are disturbed by the headline of Gold Star Daily in its March 11, 2013 issue stating that the Misamis Oriental Provincial Capitol still “had to account of 193million based on a 2011 COA Annual Audit Report”. This kind of headline had the tendency [...]

By THE past weeks, I cannot have days without news on hold-ups, physical assaults, and even murder incidents anywhere in the city; that this city is having a rapid increase in the number of crimes. I did not think much of it. I mean, it did not affect [...]

THIS is a reaction to the March 6, 2013 column of one of my favorite columnists, Mr. Ben Contreras, captioned “What about the environment, students?”  I decided to send this because I am one of the many warm bodies in the daily noise barrage at the [...]

TO those who have been placed in the position and authority to protect us: On Feb. 19, 2013, two more lives were snuffed out for a few pieces of silver. Like a flame from a candle, just like that. Ms. Maybelle Carretas-Roa and Mr. Michael Angelo Maleriado [...]

I AM writing to express my disgust over, and in indignation of, the spate of criminal acts in the city that has practically terrorized citizens. I am referring to the series of robberies perpetrated against students, the fatal shooting of innocent individuals [...]

(This is the third and last part of the reply of Fr. Erdman Pandero, vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, to the two-part letter of William Lorenzo that was published in this paper on Jan. 29 and 30, 2013. The continuation of the article, [...]

By Menardo Wenceslao (Fr. Erdman Pandero, vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, sent this in response to the two-part letter of William Lorenzo that was published in this paper on Jan. 29 and 30, 2013. The article, by Archbishop Antonio [...]

IN response to the articles of Mr. William Lorenzo, published in your newspaper on Jan. 29 and 30, 2013, entitled “Are you a Catholic, Archbishop?” I am enclosing the original circular of Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ, dated 31 October 2012. This [...]

THE Center for Trade Union and Human Rights is writing to you to seek your support for 293 of oil palm workers who were unjustly dismissed and were refused to go back to work following the lifting of strike last February 1 of nearly 1,000 workers of Filipinas [...]