Samsung inaugurates new Customer Service Center in CDO

Samsung Electronics, a leading company for the digital convergence movement with a variety of products such as LCD TV, LED TV, Mobile Phone, Home Theater System, Blu-ray, DVD Player, Monitor, HDD, ODD, Printer, Air Conditioner, Washing Machine, Refrigerator, among others, will inaugurate its newest Customer Service Center at the new DuPoint Building along Don A. [...]

Shippers Mull Mindanao Link

Some 200 stakeholders who gathered yesterday at Phivedec Industrial Estate, the province economic zone, pushed for the establishment of the North to South Mindanao link to enable greater mobility of goods and people in this southern Philippines island of Mindanao.

Mindanao Railway Feasibility Study nears completion

A FEASIBILITY study for the construction of the ambitious P2-billion Mindanao railways project is nearing completion. DOTC Undersecretary for Rails and Special Action Officer of the Mindanao Railway Project Guiling Mamondiong made the statement during a briefing with local officials Monday on the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan-Corridor (CIC) railway project last Monday, November 23.

CDO mini-livestock farm inaugurated

The city-owned, 3.8-hectare CDO Mini-Livestock Farm in sitio Lomboy, Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City was formally inaugurated last November 18.

1st Mindanao Logistics Conference at PHIVIDEC on Nov. 25-26; North-South Mindanao expressway pushed

The Mindanao Federation of Shippers Association (Minfesa) will hold the First Mindanao Logistics Conference on November 25-26, 2009 at the Auditorium of PHIVIDEC Administration Bldg., Mindanao Container Terminal Complex at PHIVIDEC, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. Minfesa is pushing for the opening of a Northern to Southern Mindanao link to serve as a main corridor, similar to the Davao-Cagayan [...]

Laguindingan airport project ‘on schedule’

HEAVY rains delayed the scheduled pouring of concrete for the proposed Laguindingan International Airport runway Friday but Misamis Oriental Governor said construction is still ahead by three months.

DOST-10 lab expands services

Accelerated shelf-life evaluation and nutrition facts computation are now part of Department of Science and Technology (DOST), in region 10, testing and analysis services.
The additional self-life evaluation laboratory is in line with DOST’s thrust of upgrading the facilities and competencies of the regional laboratories.

YMCA Mixed-Use Building to rise soon

Business must be good that YMCA is now planning to construct a 3-storey mixed-use development at their compound along Julio Pacana St., Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City.

ICTSI’s Mindanao terminal posts growth in first 9 months of 2009

DESPITE the slump in global cargo volume, Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) posted a slight increase of goods handled for the nine-month period ending in September.

CDO City Police to have new Class A building

The Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) will soon have a new Class A Building as stated in the billboard shown installed at the Maharlika Headquarters Complex in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City.

Socioeconomic info for NorMin now accessible via text

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Northern Mindanao has launched “I text mo ang Neda” campaign. With this, the public may ask any information related to economy, population, exports, employment and other issues to Neda through text.

CdeO, among RP’s 25 cities highlighted by WB, AIM study on ‘Doing Business’

An on-going study conducted by the World Bank and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) through the AIM Policy Center is expected to highlight the best practices of its respondent-cities in the Philippines, including Cagayan de Oro City.

PAG-ASA Regional Station in El Salvador to be fully operational in 2-3 years

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said over the weekend that its regionalization program was ongoing including their forecastign station at El Salvador, Misamis Oriental and it hoped to complete the project within two to three years.

DPWH completes two road rehab projects in Cagayan de Oro

The Department of Public Works and Highways reported the completion of two road rehabilitation project in Cagayan De Oro City. DPWH Acting Secretary Victor Domingo said that the P16.9 Million road rehabilitation project in Sayre Highway and the P25 Million road rehabilitation project along Cagayan De Oro-Bukidnon Road were completed on schedule. “

12-km CDO Coastal Superhighway to start soon

The planned Cagayan de Oro City coastal superhighway from Macabalan to Gusa will soon start after the ground breaking recently by Cong. Rufus Rodriguez at Lapasan. Rodriguez said the four-lane coastal highway is a 12-kilometer shoreline concrete road that would finally settle in Puerto and Bugo, the last barangay of Cagayan de Oro City’s eastern [...]