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Cagayan de Oro City - Archived News

Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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Aerial View of Cagayan de Oro City

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Government officials laud Zubiri's decision to resign

By Annabelle L. Ricalde


ALTHOUGH saddened by the resignation of Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, officials said this has somehow elevated the Senate’s credibility, according to Misamis Oriental Vice Governor Norris C. Babiera. Babiera said with Zubiri’s resignation, he is hoping that it will put closure to the issue and that the Senate Electoral Tribunal can give its decision.“It is appalling, especially that he’s a working senator with many accomplishments, but we also welcome if the electoral tribunal will rule out and proclaim Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III,” Babiera told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro. The Vice Governor expressed admiration to Zubiri's courage and sacrifice because of honor without waiting for the decision of the electoral tribunal as he believed that if there was really fraud in the 2007 election, Zubiri has nothing to do with it and he has no knowledge of the alleged anomaly. “We lost one representative from Mindanao. Hopefully, we will be able to replace him with a Mindanaoan,” Babiera said. For his part, Senator Francis Escudero said he admires Zubiri for this courageous and difficult decision. “It must be a tough time for him and his family and I wish them well as they go through it,” Escudero said. City Councilor Edgar Cabanlas said Zubiri’s decision is the highest form of sacrifice as far as legality of the case is concerned. “It only shows that he did not do anything wrong during the election and that he is not involved in any fraud,” Cabanlas told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro. He added that Zubiri’s resignation could be a good record for him in the next election.




Users of unlicensed computer software warned of raids

By Cong Corrales


CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/02 August) — A government anti-piracy team warned it will conduct raids on businesses, internet cafes, schools and even religious institutions here that are using pirated or unlicensed computer software. The Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (Papt) announced they will conduct the raids and inspections starting 8am of August 22. “Businesses should audit and legalize their software in a certain period, or else face the risk of being raided by the team if they have not done so,” Papt warned in an emailed statement Monday. “Local businesses, including schools and hospitals, prepare your software inventory and proof of software licenses. This will save time during Papt inspections,” the statement continued. “Your next visitor might be a Papt officer,” their full-page public notice in local dailies that has been running for weeks now reads. “Time is running out for businesses in (the cities of) Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, General Santos and Davao! Your areas are next,” the Papt ad warned. In an interview, Senior Supt. Noel Armilla, Regional Investigation and Intelligence Division (RIID 10) division chief said they are ready to assist the Papt should it request for additional personnel for the impending anti-piracy raids here. “We will need the proper mandate to cooperate. The request should be coursed through the office of the PNP 10 regional director,” said Armilla. Four years ago, Armilla had joined anti-piracy raids such as the ones that Papt has scheduled later this month. In D. V. Soria, a thriving bazaar of pirated DVD movies, computer game applications and software are owned and operated mostly by local Maranao traders. Ironically, Police Station 1 is sitting on top of this—literally—as its office is on the second floor of the pirated DVD bazaar. With the impending raids, Mohamad Sidic Gondarangin, chair of Oro Jemaah Muslim Association, has made an appeal to the Maranao traders involved in software and movie piracy to consider finding other business ventures. “They should look for other business. If they continue to do this, then we cannot help them because what they are doing is against the law,” Gondarangin said in a phone interview Tuesday. According to the Business Software Alliance’s Internation Data Corporation (IDC) study on global software piracy, in 2008 alone, software piracy in the Philippines stood at 69 per cent. Revenue losses caused by software piracy soared from US$147 million in 2007 to US$202 million in 2008. Composed of the National Bureau of Investigation, Optical Media Board and the Philippine National Police, the Papt has launched series of raids on firms using pirated software in their workplaces. This special government anti-piracy policing unit, formed in August 2005, is tasked to map out several major business centers around the country as software piracy-free zone. It has since received 1,144 software piracy reports and conducted 139 raids against corporations, computer stores as well as internet cafes. It has also seized around Php400 million worth of computers and software. In a statement posted on PAPT’s official website, (www.papt.org.ph), NBI director Nestor Mantaring said the campaign this year will concentrate on key areas where their team frequently receives reports of software piracy. “We believe that a more focused and targeted operation will bring about maximum results in both our awareness-generation and enforcement campaigns,” he said in the statement. He added that for this year’s campaign, the BSA is offering cash rewards of up to P1 million for “software piracy informants.” Just the other month, Papt-Visayas cracked down on schools, banks and hospitals for reportedly using pirated computer software. On June 8, in the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo, Papt-Visayas “found not just internet cafes but rural banks, schools particularly universities, and hospitals were still using unlicensed software.” The raids in the Visayas were also preceded with a 20-day countdown to action announced through ads in local dailies. “We warn the companies that refuse to have their software inspected that they will face legal sanctions unless they show proof that they are using licensed software,” OMB chair Ronnie Ricketts said in a separate emailed statement Tuesday.

Monster Kitchen opens 2nd branch in Cagayan de Oro

By Nicole J. Managbanag

MONSTER Kitchen has opened its second branch over the weekend along Rizal-San Agustin Streets, Cagayan de Oro City. The new branch of Monster Kitchen has come up with a new twist. Aside from being known as a supplier of baking recipes over the years, tourists and locals will now enjoy Monster Kitchen’s mouthwatering treats and other well-known delicacies from neighboring municipalities, as they now incorporate a pasalubong center and a Monster Kitchen school for baking into this new branch. John Uy, owner of Monster Kitchen Inc., said their family-owned business will now serve as the catalyst for home bakers who want to improve their products by enhancing the theoretical background, principles and essential techniques in baking breads, pastries, cakes, confections, frozen desserts, and cake decorating through their baking school. y said aside from the recipes they provide for reasonable prices, they also have their own version of a pasalubong center for the students to display their products. “This is our way of helping the community and improve the lives of home bakers,” he said. Uy hopes that Monster Kitchen will expand and be institutionalized by the Department of Tourism as the home of the best delicacies in the years to come. He also said they will come up with a Monster club for home bakers to display their products at the Gaston Park during Sundays as part of their marketing plan. “This will be our own version of the night café. After Sunday mass, people will be able to enjoy resting in the park while eating our treats,” Uy said. During the opening, guests were treated with sweet delights and overflowing desserts made by their in-house chefs. The first 50 guests also enjoyed buy-one-take-one on all items displayed in their pasalubong center.

DPWH sets August deadline to finish CDO flyover

VVP, GMA News

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) intends to complete the P362.95-million Puerto-Sayre Flyover project in Cagayan de Oro City (CDO) this month.

The DPWH said the two-lane prefabricated modular permanent flyover, the first of its kind in Northern Mindanao, is now 73 percent complete.

"DPWH President’s Bridge Program Office Director Oscar Villanueva is pushing for the early completion of the project three months ahead of the original schedule (November 2011)," the DPWH said in a news release.

DPWH Undersecretary Rafael Yabut is supervising the DPWH foreign-funded projects in CDO.

The project is part of the Mega Bridges for Urban and Rural Development Project of the President’s Bridge Program Office. It is funded under the French Government’s financial assistance to the Philippines.

It is also part of the Philippine government’s engineering measure to mitigate vehicular congestion.

The 195-lineal-meter flyover project along Puerto-Sayre Highway Road includes five spans modular steel, four piers and road approaches with a length of 38.83 meters.

DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson said the project, once completed, will decongest vehicular traffic and provide an immediate link to the region’s production and commercial zones.

The DPWH cited a study showing traffic volume in CDO as the capital city of Misamis Oriental has increased rapidly due to urbanization.

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