by king | Nov 4, 2007 | Heritage
By Dr. Antonio J. Montalvan II, Ph.D. Place name explanations often border on the fantastic and the comical. Intramuros, for instance, was said to have been named “so that the Moros will not entra.” Arnold Azurin (1995) calls this cultural malpractice the abuse of...
by king | Oct 30, 2007 | Heritage
By Mike Baños In the center of Wadhu’s Quality Store stands a 1931 NCR cash register, bought by the store’s founder by mail order from Sears & Roebuck in the United States 71 years ago. During the world war two, the owner wrapped it in grease and...
by king | Oct 30, 2007 | Heritage
By Gwendolyn Ramos-Garcia I have long pondered the question because of the vast number of transplants who have decided to stay and make Cagayan de Oro “home”. Some understandably uprooted themselves from their hometowns and settled here because they married into local...
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