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Volume 2 | No. 51 | Cagayan de Oro City | August 2, 2014
Yamaha unveils 2 new motorbikes for PHL market
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By Cheng Ordonez
IMA, Batangas -- Motorcycle fans in the Philippines can now add two new motorcycles to their wish lists.
Ya m a h a o f f i c i a l l y unveiled the XTZ 125 and Serow 250 for the Philippine market at the Yamaha OffRoad Media Day, held last Thursday, July 31, at Lima, Batangas. The e vent fe ature d different activities, which were highlighted by the Enduro race, where Spyder provided the goggles for the participants. Eleven 2-man teams raced to win prizes using the all-new ZTX 125, at the race track of Yamaha assembly plant in Lima, Batangas last Thursday, during the Enduro Friendly Challenge. The winners of the race are Mel Aquino and Chico Garcia (1st place) of Motorcycle World Magazine; Emmanuel Balmes and Edward Navarro (2nd place)
of Motorista Magazine; and Lester Dizon and Edward Dangan (3rd place). First placers got Go Pro Camera each and a trophy, while the runners up went home with gift certificates and trophies. All racing teams went home with new helmets and goggles courtesy of Spyder. First showcased at the Yamaha International Show last month, both the XTZ 125 and Serow 250 are dual sports bikes that boast great rides on city roads and on rough terrain. The XTZ is a lightweight, high performance bike that features smooth drivability and reliability. It is also fuel efficient with an 11-liter fuel capacity. Optimized for going off road, the bike has a long suspension travel Yamaha Philippines President Toru Osugi waves his hand while riding the top of the line Yamaha model Serow 250 yamaha/PAGE 11 during the Yamaha Off-Road Media Day held last Thursday, July 31, at Lima, Batangas.
Kalan-onon Festival in Talisayan seen to boost local economy, tourism
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A big boost to its local economy including its tourism is believed to be the impact of the Kalanonon Festival of Talisayan town in Misamis Oriental held from July 7 to July 14, this year. Various food and native delicacies which were locally made were displayed by representative from each of the 18 barangays in their creatively crafted booths in the open field in the heart of the municipality during the week long fiesta celebration Atty. Roy Raagas, City Administrator presented the Special Award on Transport Industry of their patron saint Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. to the representative of ORO ASIAN AUTOMOTIVE CENTER CORPORATION.
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Among the delicacies featured were Ensaymada de Buko (pastry with coconut inside), Nilupak (made of mashed kamoteng kahoy (yucca root or cassava), or kamote (sweet potato) or banana saba with sugar or milk to taste, cassava cake (made with grated cassava with sugar, eggs and coconut milk), puto cheese (steamed Filipino mini rice cake made out of rice flour) saging minatamis (Banana Plantain in Syrup), puto kutsinta (made from rice flour), biko (sticky rice cake) tupig (made from rice flour and coconut strips
then grilled in hot charcoal), camote cake (Sweet Potato cake) kipping (made with cassava flour, crunchy, thin crisp with coconut spread), squash maja (pudding made with squash) suman latik (glutinous rice with thick syrupy caramelized coconut cream used as a dessert condiment), and buko pie (pie with coconut filling). Robert Maestre, re pre s e nt at i v e of t h e province of Misamis Oriental, one of the judges during the event said that he could see some delicacies that could go further and boost/PAGE 11
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