To strengthen support for local filmmakers, sustain film production, and expand opportunities in the film industry, Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez and City Councilor Maximo T. Rodriguez III proposed the Cagayan de Oro Local Film Development Ordinance. The proposed ordinance aims to establish an institutional framework for developing the city’s local film sector, including support for filmmakers, training and education, film exhibition, networking, and preservation of local film h

The Cagayan de Oro City Museum has recommended that tabon-tabon, a tropical fruit that is native to the Philippines, primarily in Northern Mindanao, be declared a Kagay-anon delicacy. Jesus Christopher Salon of the Cagayan de Oro City Museum made the recommendation during a meeting of the Committee on Tourism and Sister City Relations chaired by Councilor Joyleen Mercedes “Girlie” Balaba. Salon said that the city museum is currently implementing cultural mapping, which includ

Councilor Joyleen Mercedes “Girlie” Balaba has called on barangays to identify and showcase distinct local food heritage as part of the city’s tourism development efforts. This was Balaba’s suggestion when a proposed an ordinance seeking to institutionalize a Regional Culinary Trail for Cagayan de Oro and neighboring localities was presented before the committee on tourism and sister relation, which she presided over. “In Cagayan de Oro man gud, in every barangay naa sila’y d