THE City Council committee on health and sanitation and health insurance chaired by Councilor Maria Lourdes Gaane during its recent meeting discussed the proposed ordinance prohibiting ambulant vendors from selling within 50-meters from schools. This is to comply with issued guidelines on food safety in school canteens, as contained in DepEd Order No. 52, s. 2008. The order instructs schools division superintendents to oversee the effective management of school canteens. It

THE Cagayan de Oro March will be sung in all official functions or programs of the city government of Cagayan de Oro and its departments and offices, as well as of public schools and barangays. This, after the 18th City Council during its regular session Monday, April 3, 2017, enacted Ordinance No. 13221-2017, amending Ordinance No. 3661-93, which adopts the Cagayan de Oro March as the official song of the city. The amendatory ordinance, authored by Councilor Edna M. Dahino,

COUNCILOR Romeo V. Calizo, chair of the City Council committee on police, fire and public safety on Monday proposed the creation of a City Security Department that will manage the security needs of the city in terms of planning, execution and logistics upkeep. In his special report during the regular session Monday presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy, Councilor Calizo cited unconfirmed reports of some terroristic and insurgency threats. He said people are asking