City development plans get Council nod
THE 21 ST City Council, led by Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez, approved the city’s Farm-to-Market Roads Network Plan (2025–2028), Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Plan (2025–2028), and the updated Enhanced Local Climate Change Action Plan (2022–2031). The three thematic plans endorsed by the 17th City Development Council (CDC) are seen to guide the city’s development trajectory in the coming years. The Farm-to-Market Roads Network Plan (FMRNP) prioritizes the constructio
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Dec 11, 2025
City partners with USTP to boost capacity of women-led MSMEs
WOMEN-led Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the city will soon benefit from strengthened training and capacity-building initiatives aimed at enhancing their overall business competencies. This, after the 21st City Council approved the ordinance authorizing City Mayor Rolando A. Uy to enter into and sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) – Cagayan de Oro Campus, represented by its System P
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Dec 11, 2025
Rodriguez backs call to lift senior purchase booklet requirement
COUNCILOR Maximo T. Rodriguez supported Councilor Gilda Go’s special report on the issues surrounding the senior citizens’ purchase booklet, describing the current situation as a “clash of policy and practice”. Go reported complaints from senior citizens about the incomplete and selective implementation of the “no booklet” policy for availing statutory discounts on medicines and essential medical goods. Rodriguez said that while the booklet was originally intended to help mon
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Dec 11, 2025