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Volume 8 | No. 45 | Cagayan de Oro City | June 21-27, 2021

PUEBLO DE ORO TO INVEST P6-7B MORE, REDEVELOP TOWNSHIP

Uptown Pioneer shares vision for Makati of Cagayan de Oro

Mr Guillermo D. Luchango champions Cagayan de Oro City during the CDO Business Forum in Makati in 2013. (RMB photo)

The Pueblo de Oro Business Park is both a PEZA and IT registered park. (PDO)

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By MIKE BAÑOS

HE man who went where angels feared to tread and almost singlehandedly willed the creation of what has now become the booming Uptown Cagayan de Oro, recently shared his vision for what lies beyond the post-pandemic horizon.

Guillermo D. Luchangco, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation (PDO), perked up the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc.’s (Oro Chamber) 2nd General Membership Meeting and Induction of New Members on June 22nd, in his response to the

to tell my associates it was “Marlboro Country”, with rolling hills framed by the mountains in the background, winding rivers and the sea. It was indeed a jewel of an urban community set in the countryside, which meant you could achieve unveiling and dedication a great combination of the Guillermo D. of business and leisure Luchangco Hall at the without leaving home,” Oro Chamber building Luchangco said. along P.N. Roa Sr. Avenue “Mark my words. in Upper Carmen, and This type of life will the granting of his be the future of the lifetime membership in Philippines, the style the city’s leading business of community to which organization. many will migrate post “When I first started covid. People will look coming here more than for smaller, less crowded 25 years ago, I was struck developments but those by the beauty of the which have complete landscape, and I used facilities to offer, like

Oro Chamber President Ruben A. Vegafria (center left) and Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation Vice President & General Manager Chrysler Acebu (center right) led the unveiling of the GUILLERMO D. LUCHANGCO HALL at the Oro Chamber Business Development Centre on June 21. Also in photo are Oro Chamber Executive Director Luthgarda Mutol (left) and Program Director Querittes Queja (right).

(Photo courtesy of PDO)

smaller commercial areas or malls, spaced out leisure and lifestyle areas, green residential villages, all far from the overcrowded public areas and congested streets and traffic jams of places like Metro Manila,” he stressed.

Luchangco described how the covid pandemic unveiled a ‘silver lining’ by thrusting the country into the new

age of technology, with employers and employees realizing how it was possible for some to work from home, and how the internet made it all possible.

“Thus, in Luzon, you will see booming communities rising up outside of NCR, going both southward and now, especially with the construction of the skyway above

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Metro Manila that cuts travel time to the north, also towards Bulacan, Pampanga and further,” he noted.

Head start Luchangco described how Cagayan de Oro is in a unique position to take advantage of this trend because it is already known as a regional center, with good facilities, an international airport, a major container port, a shipping port that serves more tonnage than Davao, many educational institutions and a thriving business community, all within reach of rolling mountains and hills, scenic landscape and the sea.

“And we must not forget one of its major assets, a lively and friendly population.

No wonder it is called the City of Golden Friendship. Not every regional city in the Philippines can claim VISION/PAGE 7

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Sports Tourism is Alive!

By CHARLES LIM

More Sports Bubbles Needed Metro

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UT yourself in the bubble in Clark and you will burst out giddy-head and elated.

Brilliant Gilas! Brilliant SBP! Brilliant Clark!

Apart from clinching the top position in its group in the FIBA Asian Qualifiers, Gilas now moves ahead not only into the Asian Cup but also having a go at qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics that starts next month.

Our magnificent boys fly off to Belgrade (June 29 to July 4) where they shall take on Serbia and the Dominican Republic. The top two teams here qualify for the Tokyo Games which starts on July 23.

Onward future Olympians!

As I write this column, most of the six visiting teams would have left the bubble in Clark, not without first acknowledging the excellent organization of the 5-day Asian qualifiers.

The bubble set up was so ideal that the two qualifiers, China and the Philippines, have decided to extend their stay and treat it as an intensive training ground for their upcoming tournaments. In the midst of this, they will play two tune up friendlies against each other within five days.

During the Asian Cup Qualifiers, over 200 players and 25 FIBA officials made up the foreign arrival lists at The Quest Hotel in Clark.

Samahang Basketbol ng

Pilipinas (SBP) executive staff, national delegates and medical teams gingerly filled up the remainder of the hotel's 300 plus rooms. With over 300 guests in the hotel on full board over a 5-day period, sports tourism is indeed well and alive in Clark.

In spite of the ban on spectators, still other hotels in the Freeport also benefitted from the tournament. Hotel Lohas accommodated the Smart/ PLDT party, TV5 crew and other ancillary staff. The bubble strictly requires all hotel staff, AUF personnel and drivers to be fully locked in too so they too had to be RT PCR tested and swab tested daily. If anyone leaves the bubble, he or she is not allowed in again.

This FIBA Asia Cup qualifier is by no means a Steven Spielberg production, but the cast of over 700 from drivers, janitors, waiters to FIBA officials and our Asian hoop stars, proved that sports development can be attained in spite of the pandemic. And sports events with local and foreign participants can be held with meticulously strict health protocols and willing partners. It only takes two to bubble.

In Europe, 12 cities are currently hosting Euro 2020 with crowds from 12,000 to 60,000 allowed in different sized stadiums around the continent.

Twelve bubbles created with each nation imposing their own health protocols, following World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The finals will be played at Wembley London on July 12th.

This year's mega bubble is, of course, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. No less than 12,000 athletes from over 200 countries will compete to be the world's best - COVID or no COVID. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese host organization have stated that they have prepared to the best of their ability for the Games to go on after a year's torturous delay, with tens of millions of dollars already lost in ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandizing, hotel room sales, airline tickets and tours, amongst many others.

The Olympiad begins on July 23 and athletes have already arrived in Tokyo for acclimatization.

Foreign spectators are banned from attending the Olympics to minimize the fear of spreading the virus.

Athletes are not allowed to leave the Games Village located at the Tokyo Bayside except to compete at the game venues. No big intercultural exchange deals.

Considering what has so tragically happened, a Games as so tailored as what will be happening in Tokyo, is certainly better than no Games at all.

Our athletes, over a dozen now, with a few more to be added on hopefully in the coming weeks, will give full testament when they return. They will all have fulfilled a dream so many others could dream on in good or bad times.

As travel restrictions are easing up (although we have yet to see much), sports across the country should be encouraged to form the bubbles for trouble free events. It only needs a sports association, local or national, and the local government unit to work together during this pandemic period.

Good for sports; good for tourism. Cagayan, you are next.

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A German Expat in the Philippines

WITH BEETHOVEN UNDER PALMS

By Klaus Döring

IT DID not last long.

Rossana agreed. We set up an appointment with the then Philippine Vice Consul Armando L. Comia in the Philippine Embassy Berlin.

He looked amazed at us - at me specially.

We could get on very personally through many events in the Filipino Community in Berlin. Then his secretary gave us a list.

18 requirements on how to apply for a Non-QuotaVisa Section 13 (G) of the Philippine Immigration Act. Yes, my decision was firm. I wanted to immigrate to the Philippines with my wife and, of course, with my mother too, forever.

Eighteen requirements - I took a deep breath. Rossana too. My mother, well, several months later, too.

Fact is, our subsequent stays in the Philippines made her feel very much at home. Rossana's family had no doubt that sooner or

later, we would settle here in the Philippines. Me too.

Rossana too.

Our coming and numerous trips to the Philippines each together with my mother followed.

Meanwhile she became 73.

"You don't transplant an old tree!" Many of our old acquaintances and friends in the place where I was born tried to intervene against our plan. "Where else do I have family?" my mother asked.

Back in Berlin, we went on many trips.

Poland, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland. I was a really passionate driver without speed limit on German highways (Autobahn).

Sometimes, my car and I reached 200 kilometers per hour. But my thoughts stayed in the Philippines. A never-ending journey of my mind. In Germany, Rossana and I had a steady and wellpaid job. My mother was

Chapter XX: We all pack our things!

Goodbye Germany!

already a lucky retiree.

The construction work for our new house in the Philippines has begun.

Who lives where? Where is my bathroom? Where is the kitchen? How does our furniture fit where? Ask about questions? In the meantime, Rossana and I tried to answer all the questions the Philippine Embassy Berlin gave us for

the emigration.

I tried to capture more and more reports on camera about the Philippines for Germany, But somehow, I already lived here.

On October 30, 1998 our non-quota visa was issued and signed by Vice Consul Armando L. Comia. Our households were packed in two containers. A 40-foot and a 20-foot container.

Christa, our special friend, gave us shelter in her apartment for the last few days. Meanwhile, she worked at the Australian Embassy.

Goodbye Germany. We left a lot behind. No mention of any details. Many things awaited us. Good and bad, But my life as an expat in the Philippines started now.

Ludwig van Beethoven was with me. And some others

too. Should my trip around the world come to an end?

Maybe. But with which amazing consequences?

(To be continued) ‘Klaus Doring was born in Spenge, a little village near

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Bielefeld in North RhineWestphalia, former West Germany. A publishing house manager and journalist by profession, i.e. managing editor for law magazines in Berlin, New York and Amsterdam, radio and TV host.’

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2nd Lt Apollo Bacarrisas Tiano

The Forgotten Kagay-anon Hero in the ‘Forgotten War’

By MIKE BAÑOS

It wasn’t their war, but when one country threatens the freedom of another, Filipinos did not hesitate to answer the call to arms.

When the Republic of Korea (ROK) was created in 15 August 1948, the Philippines became the first Asian state to open diplomatic relations with the ROK, and the fifth overall in the world.

Thus, when the ROK was attacked by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 25 June 1950, President Elpidio

2d Lt Apollo B Tiano with the PEFTOK’s 19th BCT in Korea.

(Tiano Family Wall of Honor Collecttion)

Then 1LT Fidel V Ramos led the successful assault on Hill Eerie on 21 May 1952 and recaptured the vital position without a loss to the Filipino Troops.

Quirino immediately answered the United Nations summons for assistance in opposing the North Korean invasion by deciding on 07 August 1950 to send Filipino combat troops to fight in the Korean War.

The Korean War is often called the “Forgotten War” because the 1950-53 conflict happened between World War II and the Vietnam War. Although the main protagonists were North and South Korea, it was actually more a “proxy war” between the communist Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China on one side, and the United Nations (UN) of democratic allies on the other led by the United States.

The Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 573 (the Philippine Military Aid to the UN Act) on 25 August 1950 authorizing the deployment of Filipino combat troops to defend South Korea under the umbrella of the United Nations Command (UNC).

President Quirino signed RA 573 into law on 07 September 1950 and immediately dispatched the 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) to Korea, the first of five BCTs collectively named the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) becoming the first Asian country and only the third UN member state to send combat troops to the area.

Five Philippine BCTs with a total strength of 7,420 officers and men served in Korea from 1950 to 1955 as PEFTOK. Collectively, these BCTs constituted the Regimental Combat Team promised by the Philippines in August 1950 to the United Nations war effort.

“They were actually Armed Forces of the Philippines BCTs since PEFTOK had an air (Philippine Air Force) and naval (Philippine Navy) personnel and

units embedded,” said CDR Mark R Condeno, Naval Historian and Museum Curator of the PEFTOK Korean War Memorial Hall Museum.

PEFTOK consisted of the 10th Battalion Combat Team (Motorized); 20th Battalion Combat Team (Motorized); 19th Battalion Combat Team (Motorized); 14th Battalion Combat Team, and 2nd Battalion Combat Team.

All the PEFTOK BCTs were combat experienced units, with veterans who had fought against the Imperial Japanese Army as soldiers and guerrillas from 1942 to 1945. They suffered 112 killed in action, 299 wounded,16 missing, and 41 repatriated during POW exchanges. The last of the Philippine troops left Korea on 13 May 1955.

The PEFTOK comes to Korea

On 19 September 1950, the Philippines’ 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) with about 1,400 men landed at the port of Busan as the first of the five BCTs that would serve under the UNC in Korea for the period 1950-1955. It was the eighth UNC ground combat unit to enter the Korean War.

The 10th BCT immediately made an impact by defeating two battalions of North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) in the Battle of Miudong on 11 November 1950.

However, two weeks later the Korean War escalated when the PROC threw its Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) into the fray on 19 October 1950 and nearly overwhelmed the UN Force, throwing it back deep into South Korea.

The (Chinese) People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) was the armed forces deployed by the PROC during the Korean War. Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred from the People’s Liberation Army (the official name of the Chinese

armed forces) under orders of Mao Zedong, the PVA was separately constituted in order to prevent an official war with the United States.

Again, the 10th BCT proved its mettle when it stood firm with only 900 men against a 40,000-strong Chinese Army at the Battle of Yuldong in North Korea, denying the communists a decisive victory.

On 05 September 1951, the 20th BCT relieved the 10th BCT, which returned to the Philippines covered in glory as “The Fighting Tenth.”

In late April 1952, the first contingent of the 19th BCT deployed to Korea and arrived in force two months later. Like the other Filipino battalions who fought in the Korean War, the Bloodhounds was a veteran unit composed of soldiers who earned their stripes in the Huk antiinsurgency campaign.

According to Cesar Pobre’s “Filipinos in the Korean War,” the 19th BCT “operated in the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Rizal and Bulacan.”

The 19th BCT was mainly tasked to hold a sector of the main defense line along the ChorwonSibyon-yi corridor, which is in the west central sector of the Korean peninsula.

Eleven days later, it successfully defended Hill 191 and Hill Eerie in the Battle for Combat Outpost No. 8, a fierce four-day engagement (17-21 June 1952) which brings us to our story.

The 20th BCT recaptured Hill Eerie on 21 May 1952, a strategic observation post was invaluable to PEFTOK its future encounters with the PVA. Then 1Lt Fidel V. Ramos, who would eventually become President of the Philippines (19921998), led one of the assaults.

The Tiano Brothers

Perhaps the most remarkable family of Kagay-anon patriots were the Tiano siblings, for whom the Tiano Brothers street in Cagayan de Oro is named after.

No less than six of the family’s eight siblings, five males and one female, served with the guerrillas under Maj. Angeles Limena in the 120th Infantry Regiment, 108th Division based at Pangayawan, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, with the exception of the second eldest Nestor, who was killed in action at the young age of 24 while repelling a Japanese attack at Aglaloma Point, Bataan on Jan. 23, 1942.

The eldest Ronaldo served as a 1st Lt. in the nascent Philippine Army Air Force (PAAC), survived the Bataan Death March, but was released by the Japanese from the POW Camp in Capas, Tarlac, then found his way home to join the

120th Infantry Regiment. After the war he joined the newly organized Philippine Air Force (PAF) but left after 18 months to join Philippine Airlines (PAL) and died in a plane crash on Jan. 24, 1950.

Uriel became a sergeant of “A” Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Regiment, and ended the war in the Signal Corps.

The youngest brother Jaime was a private first class at only 15 years of age, and served as a medical aide of the 120th Regimental Hospital at Talacogon, Lugait, Misamis Oriental, together with his sister 1st Lt. Fe B. Tiano (RN), who was the unit’s sole regimental nurse.

As Cpl. Jesus B. Ilogon relates in his unpublished manuscript, Memoirs of a Guerrilla: The Barefoot Army, “This is the story of the Tianos-brave and courageous, their battles are now part of history. While they went to war, their parents Emilia Bacarrisas and Leocadio Tiano, and two sisters Ruth and Milly were left in Lapad (Alubijid, now part of Laguindingan), to stoke the home fires burning,” Ilogon noted.

The only surviving sibling Ruth Tiano-Pañares, had an outstanding career as a teacher and Scouter, and celebrated her 100th birthday recently on 08 June 2021 with family and friends.

Apollo Bacarrisas Tiano

However, this particular story is about the third eldest sibling Apollo, who served as a 2nd Lt. and platoon leader of “C” Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Regiment, 108th Division based in Initao, Misamis Oriental during World War II and later, the Korean War.

Apollo was born on February 19, 1923, in Cagayan de Oro city, the third of eight siblings.

He finished his elementary school at the City Central School and was a high school senior at the Misamis Oriental High School when World War II broke out on December 8, 1941. In 1942, he joined the guerillas with his four other siblings.

Pol, as he was known to family

BGen Jesus Vargas, AFP Vice Chief of Staff unveil the marker in honor of Lt Apollo Tiano at Camp Tiano, Korea.

(Tiano Family Wall of Honor Collection)

Camp Apollo B Tiano Marker (Tiano Family Wall of Honor Collection)

19th BCT ROK Presidential Unit Citation (photo courtesy of Col. Aguirre, Tiano Family Wall of Honor Collection)

Lt Apollo Tiano’s platoon in action vs the PVA. Note the fixed bayonets on all firearms. (photo courtesy of Col Ramon Z Aguirre, Tiano Family Hall of Honor)

Tiano Brothers Gravestone at Forest Lake Memorial Park (formerly Divine Shepherd Memorial Gardens), Bgy Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City. (Tiano Family)

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and friends, was promoted to Second Lieutenant and was part of the expeditionary battalion composed of troops from various guerrilla units that conducted mopping up operations against Japanese stragglers during the Liberation period in 1945.

As the commanding officer of the E Company, Apollo helped liberate Malabang, Lanao, in Cotabato and Davao together with the 24th Division, 10th Corps of the US 8th Army.

After his honorable discharge, he took up Civil Engineering at Far East University, but later shifted to a nautical course and graduated with honors at the Philippine Maritime Institute (PMI) in 1950.

Although he could have chosen another profession after his service as a guerrilla during the Second World War, Pol chose to enroll at the AFP Service School in Fort McKinley where he became a Second Lieutenant and an instructor of the school.

A year later, he volunteered for combat duty in Korea where he was given the rank of 2nd Lieutenant and became a platoon leader for the 1st Platoon, Reconnaissance Company, 19th BCT of the PEFTOK. The first contingent of the 19th arrived in Korea late April 1952 with the last contingent rotating to Korea two months later.

We chose this week to recall his ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom being the 69th Anniversary of the Rizal Day Battle for Combat Outpost No. 8 from June 17-21, 1952 where he distinguished himself with uncommon valor that inspired his men to turn the tide of battle and saved his unit from annihilation.

The Rizal Day Battle for Combat Outpost No. 8 (June 17 – 21, 1952).

As related recently by CDR Mark R. Condeno in a post on the social media page Defense of the Republic of the Philippines, this action dubbed the Battle for Combat Outpost Number 8, and also as the Defense of Arsenal Hill, Hill 191 and Hill Eerie by the the PEFTOK’s 19th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) known as the Bloodhounds that fought a gory four-day battle against the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) 349th and 117th Regiments attempting to overrun their positions in Combat Outpost No. 8, a tactically important segment which comprised Hill 191 (also known as Arsenal Hill) and Hill Eerie.

The 19th held a segment of the main line of resistance in the Chorwon-Siboni corridor in the west central sector of Korea. It was first attached operationally to the US I Corps and then to the US 45th Infantry Division. Armistice negotiations to end the war were being discussed when the 19th went into action against the PVA.

On June 16-17, the 19th BCT under the command of Col Ramon Z Aguirre, relieved the 2nd

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IDC’s Chairman to talk about Green Living at POCB/DTI Anniversary Event

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NE of the highlights in this year’s weeklong anniversary event that will be held from June 21 to June 28 is going to be the participation of great speakers from the government and private sector, among which also Arch.

Romolo Nati, Chairman and

CEO of Italpinas Development Corporation.

Along-side DTI secretary Ramon Lopez, the event features all the important personalities of the construction and engineering service industry. With the title “Capitalizing on Free Trade Areas (FTAs) for MSMEs (Micro, Small

and Medium Enterprises)” this year’s event aims to pinpoint business opportunities for Filipino companies in countries where potential outsourced construction and engineering services are welcome. The increased know-how of Filipino companies in various sub-sectors which includes green building and energy efficiency.

While on the 22nd there will be a German Business Mission presenting its services to Filipino counterparts, on the 24th of June there will be an extraordinary session in partnership with the Infrastructure and Construction Focus Group highlighting the direction and capability building for the future of Filipino-based companies. The title of this session is going to be “Upgrading Credentials for Construction and Related Engineering Services” in which Arch. Nati will talk about the Green Living Mindset alongside Arch. Jun Palafox, PE2s Energy Alliance President Alexander Ablaza, Sylvester Wong of AECOM and ICFG Executive Director Lorens Ziller.

IDC’s developments in Cagayan de Oro and in Sto Tomas, Batangas, are in fact the ideal example of building with passive green design making construction more sustainable for the environment and more livable and healthy for its residents. For those interested to follow this session please look for the registration link on POCB’s or ICFG’s facebook page. Further the event will discuss the government support for corporate exporters of engineering and construction services on the 25th of June. For sure the Philippines is growing into a knowledge based powerhouse with huge potential for exporting its industry services abroad, where Filipino companies are gaining more and more credibility and importance.

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AST May 28 and 29, 2021, all roads led to the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (UST FMS) sesquicentennial celebration. The inaugural ceremonies took place on the 28th of May at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.

Beginning with a eucharistic celebration presided over by Very Reverend Fr. Richard Ang, OP, Rector Magnificus of the university, the sesquicentennial year for the UST FMS was officially declared and upcoming activities for the celebration announced.

Thomasian physicians from near

and far attended the occasion. To enable those who could not be present to still see the inaugural ceremonies, the event was livestreamed on the UST FMS page.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque, himself a Thomasian physician, keynoted the event. He reminisced about his life as a UST medical student and called on more Thomasian physicians to enter government service.

The day’s high point was the unveiling of the marker to be placed at the entrance of the San Martin de Porres Building where the FMS is housed. The marker highlights the beginnings of FMS as the Facultad

INAUGURAL UNVEILING. Unveiling the first historical marker during the Inaugural Ceremonies last May 28, 2021 were ( Left to right) UST FMS Regent Fr. Angel Aparicio,OP; UST Rector Magnificus Very Rev. Richard Ang, OP; Health Secretary and UST FMS alumnus Francisco Duque III ; and UST FMS Dean Ma. Lourdes D. Maglinao.

INTRAMUROS UNVEILING. The second historical marker was unveiled at the Santo Tomas Plaza in Intramuros, Manila which was the original site of the University of Santo Tomas. (Left to right) UST FMS Regent Fr. Angel Aparicio,OP; UST Rector Magnificus Very Rev.Richard Ang, OP; Manila Mayor Francisco Moreno Domagoso; Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo; Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna- Pangan; and UST FMS Dean Ma. Lourdes D. Maglinao.

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Ramon Z Aguirre, relieved the 2nd Battalion of the US Army’s 179th Infantry Division on T-Bone Ridge, Hill 477 (Chondoksan), Combat Outpost 7 (Yoke and Uncle) and Combat Outpost 8 (Eerie and Hill 191) upon orders of Major General David L. Ruffner, Commanding General, US 45th Infantry Division.

The hills dominating the ChorwonSiboni area was considered the most vulnerable sector of the UNC’s front line.

The 19th BCT was complemented by the following US units in defense of the assigned area: K Coy, 179th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 279th Infantry (support); Tank Platoon, 245th Tank Battalion, and the 158th Field Artillery Battalion (with the 19ths FA Battery attached).

Overall control of the supporting weapons was delegated to the 19th Heavy Weapons Coy, with 75mm Recoilless Rifles, 3 Half-tracks equipped with Quad 50s, a reinforced Mortar Platoon with 7 Mortars and 2 US Army tanks from the 179th Infantry.

The Chinese PVA units commenced the attack on June 18th with an artillery bombardment of the UNC positions in which the BCT lost 2 KIA and 4 WIA. Fortunately, the artillerymen of the 20th BCT were still on hand and quickly responded with counter battery fire, reducing the impact of the enemy barrage, and allowed most of the Filipino defensive positions to survive relatively unscathed.

USAF B-29 Superfortesses supported the defense by obliterating Chinese artillery and mortar positions at T-Bone Ridge which were firing on the Filipinos in Hill 191.

When Chinese snipers began taking potshots at the Filipinos, the Sniper Platoon of Lt Prudencio Regis PA killed 2 Chinese Snipers and neutralized the others.

The artillery duel between the two sides continued on 19 June followed by a night probing mission of the West of Hill 191 which was repulsed by the Filipinos, though 2Lt Cosme Acosta of the 20th BCT was KIA and eight other personnel wounded. By dusk, the heavy guns of the Chinese fell silent.

The Filipino defenders immediately went on heightened alert since based on the experience of the 10th and 20th BCTs, the Chinese were wont to launch their vaunted human wave attacks under cover of darkness.

The Chinese troops attacked and flares shot up into the sky to light up the battlefield. The Filipino-manned 105mm howitzers directed by the 20th BCT fire observers rained shells on the exposed Chinese troops, forcing them to retreat, but that wasn’t the end of it.

On 20 June 1952, Lt. Tiano’s 36man platoon was ordered to reinforce the 19th BCT defenders of Hill Eerie.

About 90 minutes to midnight, the Chinese again unleashed a barrage of artillery and mortar fire on the Filipino’s with 80 rounds per minute, followed by a battalion sized human wave attack which flares from the 19th showed were converging on all sectors towards Hills Eerie and 191.

This was met by a heavy firewall thrown by the 19th Field Artillery and Heavy Weapons, further supported by US Army tank and artillery fire which destroyed many of the PVA artillery and mortars.

However, the following day 21 June, an even heavier attack followed on the US Army’s MLR and Combat Outpost Number 8. At some points along the Filipino line, the battle looked like the siege of a medieval castle with the Chinese clambering up ladders and the Filipinos shooting them down or pushing them off.

This time, the Chinese troops supported by two T-34/85 tanks (supplied by the Soviet Union), made a frontal assault on Hill Eerie occupied by the Recon Coy of the

19th BCT under Capt. Alejo Costales resulting in the destruction of the two enemy tanks.

Around 0105H a savage hand-to-hand fighting erupted between the Filipinos and Chinese in the perimeter of the 1st Platoon Reconnaissance Company under 1Lt Apollo B Tiano, which lasted until 0340H.

Despite the enemy artillery bombardment, Lt Tiano ordered his men to “fix bayonets!” with the cry, “Laban tayo mga bata!” (Let’s fight boys!), and led a bayonet charge against an incoming enemy platoon. Although he was struck in his shoulder by a bayonet from a Chinese soldier, he managed to kill his assailant, but would expire later from loss of blood when was again hit on his left shoulder by shrapnel from a mortar shell.

Lt Tiano’s courageous stand inspired the rest of his men to finish off the remaining Chinese squad which eventually led to their retreat although exchange by both sides’ artillery, mortar and rifle fire continued until 0500H.

With the coming of daylight, allied fighters and bombers finished off the rest of the attackers.

Although the Filipinos suffered 8 KIA and 6 WIA, they accounted for over 500 of the enemy. It was estimated that troops from two Chinese regiments had attacked the lone Filipino battalion. With three battalions per regiment, the lone Filipino battalion had stood up and defeated an attack launched by six Chinese battalions over four days.

Besides Tiano, nine other Filipinos lost their lives. Among them, Lt. Cosme Acosta, a forward observer of the 20thBCT’s artillery unit that had stayed in Korea. Acosta was scheduled to return to the Philippines once he had completed training the 19th BCT’s forward observers.

Following the end of this gory, four-day battle, a group of Filipino soldiers ascended Hill 191 and, in

de Medicina y Cirugia, which was originally located in Intramuros beginning in 1871, and FMS’s adherence to its Christian mandate and principles.

Very Reverend Richard Ang, OP, the Regent of FMS Fr. Angel Aparicio, OP, Dean Ma. Lourdes D. Maglinao, and Secretary Duque graced the unveiling. Very Reverend Fr. Francisco Timoner III, OP, Master of the Order of Preachers based in the Vatican, also delivered a message at the ceremony.

The following day, a second sesquicentennial marker at the Plaza Santo Tomas in Intramuros, original site of the UST FMS was officially unveiled.

full view of the Chinese, planted the Filipino flag on its summit. It was a heroic act of defiance that told the Chinese they had lost this battle.

The Filipino battalion was later relieved by the US 2nd Infantry Division on 18 July 1952.

The 19th BCT’s stand during this battle did not go unnoticed and it became the first PEFTOK unit to be awarded South Korea’s Presidential Unit Citation and a Battle Citation from the US X Corps.

President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea awarded the 19th BCT the ROK Presidential Unit Citation Medal on July 1952.

The medal is awarded to ROK and Foreign Military Units for exceptional meritorious service during the Korean War. In Memoriam

For his gallantry in action, Lt. Tiano was posthumously awarded the Gold Cross Medal and Purple Heart, and his name is among those written on the Monument to the Philippines at Kyonggi-do near Seoul dedicated to Filipino soldiers who died in the Korean War.

The men of the 19th BCT would later name their main encampment as “Camp Tiano” in honor of the slain lieutenant. On 18 September 1952, a monument was erected in Camp Tiano, Simpo-ri, Korea, in memory of 2Lt Apollo B. Tiano of the 19th Battalion Combat Team, PEFTOK, of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, who was killed in action on Hill Eerie, Karhwun-Gol, Korea on 21 June 1952.

The dedication ceremony was attended by Brig. Gen. Jesus Vargas, Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, during his visit to the camp during an inspection tour, and witnessed by Maj. Gen. David L. Ruffner, commanding general, 45th Infantry Division (AUS); Brig. Gen. P.D. Ginder, assistant division commander, 45th ID (AUS), and Col. Stewart Yco, chief of staff, 45th ID (AUS) with Col. Ramon Z. Aguirre, commanding

In attendance were Manila’s two highest officials, Mayor Francisco Moreno Domagoso and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, as well as Department of Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo.

Also present were UST’s Fr. Angel Aparicio, FMS Dean Ma. Lourdes D. Maglinao, FMS Assistant Dean Remedios Chan, and other Thomasian physicians. Both events brought much inspiration to the UST physician graduates and to their Dominican mentors, not only in celebrating the past and giving thanks for what was, but also looking forward to the next 150 years of UST FMS.

officer of the 19th BCT, PEFTOK.

The Philippine Navy also honored the hero by naming one of its Conrado Yap class fast attack craft as BRP Apollo Tiano (PG-851), one of four fast patrol craft donated by the ROK to the Philippine Government on June 23, 1994. The vessels were received by then Pres. Fidel V. Ramos, who was a 1Lt and led one of the units that relieved Lt Tiano’s platoon on Hill Eerie.

Pres Ramos recalled the valor of Lt. Tiano to his youngest sister, Ruth Tiano-Pañares. “I can never

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forget Pol, because of him, I am now your president.” Pres Ramos said because of Lt. Tiano’s astute planning and tactics, it gave Ramos and his men time to regroup and save their position.

BRP Apollo Tiano was subsequently decommissioned on April 8, 2016.

The remains of Pol, and his brothers Nestor and Ronaldo are interred together in Forest Lake Memorial Park (formerly Divine Shepherd Memorial Gardens) in Barangay Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City.

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June 21-27, 2021 Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,BRANCH 21 12th Judicial Region Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte GINALYN VERGARA DE ASIR,

Petitioner.

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PETITION FOR LEGAL SEPARATION

COMES NOW, the PETITIONER, through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully avers that:

Groundbreaking for the future Oro Chamber Business Development Centre on June 7, 2006. (Oro Chamber Photo)

Vision...

Hotel, Ayala Avenue is full of high-rise from page 1 buildings, and land in such attractions!” he the area is worth around exclaimed.

P1 million per square Increasing the Value meter!” he exclaimed.

Proposition “Now look at Cagayan “And to put my de Oro’s uptown area. money where my mouth When I first visited here, is, I wish to tell you it was a barren field. that, in addition to the Today, it is a booming billions of pesos Pueblo location, with SM Mall de Oro has already on its north side, and poured into Cagayan de the new Gaisano Mall Oro, we will now invest on its southern rim. at least P6-7 billion SM will be developing more!” Luchangco a five-hectare condo disclosed. area close to its mall, “But while we will as well as expanding search for new areas to the mall itself. Cebu develop, we will not just Landmasters and do that. We will also Portofino are also in seek to re-develop the the uptown locale. And area we are already in, Pueblo de Oro township in order to increase the sits in the middle of all value proposition for this!” those who invested with Beyond the pandemic us earlier. By upgrading horizon the present area of In the near future, Pueblo de Oro, the land Luchangco said Pueblo and asset values here de Oro Township would will also rise,” he added. not be merely building The Makati of CDO more of the same types In addition to of structures. additional investments “Just like when I and redevelopment started our project years of Pueblo de Oro, ago, and told a group of Luchangco also revealed prominent Kagay-anons how from “Marlboro that I would give their Country”, he would city a township that they be leading the charge could be proud of, even to further develop the if they traveled to the uptown area of Pueblo cities of Europe, Pueblo de Oro township into the will now go beyond “Makati of Cagayan de the current types of Oro”. developments you see “Many of you will dotted around the city recall that in the 1950s, and build bigger, better Makati was just a barren and/or more state of field, with the old the art projects!” he Nielson tower which revealed. previously served as an Besides further airport terminal, one raising the city’s profile small apartment building a cut above the rest of along Ayala Avenue, the country’s highly then Rizal Theater and a urbanized cities and supermarket. But look increasing its footprint at it now! Rizal Theater as a unique destination has been transformed point, Luchangco into the Shangri-la foresees how this

Despite the developments, you can go horseback riding and forest walking in the 40-ha. Pueblo Urban Rainforest.

would result in greater economic benefit to the city and increase revenues for the local government.

The City of Cagayan de Oro maintained its ranking in 2020 as the 7th Overall Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City (HUC) in the 2020 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index.

The city has consistently been in the top 10 since 2013, and is one of only two cities outside the National Capital Region (NCR) to make it to the top 10 in 2020.

The Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.

The ranking is based on overall competitiveness scores, the sum of scores on four (4) main pillars: economic dynamism, government efficiency, infrastructure, and resiliency.

Cagayan de Oro ranked 5th among HUCs in infrastructure, 6th in resiliency, 9th in government efficiency, 12th in economic dynamism.

Guillermo D. Luchangco Hall Dedication “I can definitely say that this is indeed one of the proudest moments of my life as I am being honored with honorary lifetime membership by the Oro Chamber and with the naming of the Guillermo D. Luchangco hall in its building within the Pueblo de Oro Township. I am truly thankful to all of you for this award and recognition! And it is indeed gratifying that I am receiving it from the business community of Cagayan de Oro.” “Believe in the future of the City of Golden Friendship, and thank you, my friends, for the honor you have bestowed upon me.”

ATTY. PEPITO G. CADAVOS Counsel for the Petitioner CADAVOS LAW OFFICE 1st Floor-Plaza Arcade Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte Roll of Attorney No. 49346/TIN: 196-731-754 PTR No. 4558812-Lala, LDN-Jan 4, 2021 IBP No. 138102-Lanao del Norte-Jan. 4, 2021 MCLE Compliance No. VI-0016300-until 14 April 2022 Office landline: (063-227-8654: email: petecadavos@yahoo.com

CIVIL CASE NO. 21-604 For: Legal Separation

REY DANAOTO DE ASIR, Respondent. x---------------------------------------/

PARTIES 1. Petitioner GINALYN VERGARA DE ASIR (hereinafter referred to as “Ginalyn” for brevity) is of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Sitio Boongonan, Brgy. Lanipao, Lala, Lanao del Norte.

2. Respondent REY DANAOTO DE ASIR (hereinafter referred to as “Rey” for brevity) is also of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok-4, Brgy. San Isidro Lower, Lala, Lanao del Norte, whereat he may served with summons and other processes of this Honorabel Court.

CAUSE OF ACTION 3. Sometime in April 2021, petetioner Ginalyn applied for work as a teacher at the Department of Education (“DepEd” for brevity). There at the Lala North District Office, she met her fellow teacher-applicant named Rey, herein respondent . Although he was not handsome, she liked him because he was very friendly to everyone.

4. Thereafter, whenever Rey plans to go to DepEd Division Office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte to follow up on his application, he usually asks Ginalyn to come with him because they are co-applicants. After two (2) months of friendship, Rey started courting Ginalyn and the two eventually became a couple a few months afterwards.

5. At first, petitioner's close friends were against their relationship for the simple reason that he already had a daughter in a previous relationship and had many girlfriends at that time. In short, respondent Rey was a certified “chick boy” and they fear that he will just treat Ginalyn like his previous girlfriends. However, despite her friend's objections, love prevailed and they continued their relationship.

6. Sometime in July 2010, petitioner received her job Order and Appointment as a teacher of the Department of Education stating that she will be assigned at Lanipao Central School. She was very happy because it was near her house in Barangay Lanipao also. However, a teacher assigned at Antonio Lim Sr. Elementary School requested for a “swap” due to health reasons.

Since the latter school was located near the house of herein respondent, petitioner accepted the request so that she can also be near to him. Thus, petitioner was eventually assigned at Antionio Lim Sr. Elementary School at Brgy. San Isidro Lower, Lala, Lanao del Norte.

Marriage: 7. On January 15, 2011, petitioner and respondent got married at Sto. Nino Parish Church at Lanipao, Lala, Lanao del Norte. It was one day before the Fiesta Celebration of Lanipao. A copy of their Marriage Certificate is hereby attached and made an integral part hereof marked as Annex “A”.

8. After the marriage, the couple decided to live in the respondent parents' house in “Kawayan” or more specifically at Brgy. San Isidro Lower, Lala, Lanao del Norte. Peitioner was working as a teacher at Antonio Lim Sr. Elementary School while respondent worked as a contractual Kindergarten Teacher at Pacita Elementary School.

9. Months have passed after their wedding and petitioner was not yet pregnant. Thus, in October 2011 petitioner decided to study for Masteral's degree at the Extention Center of Bukidnon State University located at Iligan City. The couple mutually agreed that she will study first for master degree. However, petitioner got pregnant with their child by November 2011. And on 21 August 2012, petitioner gave birth to their only child, a daughter named “Trizria”. A copy of Trizria”s birth certificate is hereby attached and made an integral part hereof marked as Annex “B”.

10. After only one (1) semester of masteral studies, petitioner decided to stop her schooling. This is partly because of her pregnancy and also because respondent was overtly showing signs of JEALOUSY. He alleged that the baby inside the tummy of the pettioner was not his child but a child of her ex-boyfriend whom petitioner had no communication for a long time. Respondent would often get angry and threw tantrums whenever he remembers his wife”s ex-boyfriend during their conversations.

11. Sometime in May 2012, petitioner and respondent started building their conjugal house/home at the back of the house of repondents's parents in Brgy. San Isidro Lower. The funds came from the proceeds of petitioner's salary loan from GSIS. At first, petitioner did not inform her own parents because the latter wanted them to construct the house in a lot given to her by her father. But when her father and mother learned about it, they acceded to her decision.

12. During the time when they were living together as husband and wife, respondent had inflicted several physical and psychological injuries againts the pettioner. One time, when respondent became angry at petitioner, he pushed her head onto the cabinet twice causing deep pain and bruises on her head. In another incident, he threw newly bought cooking oil in cellophane pack and it hit their room door. There was even one time she was wounded by their confrontation and blood came out from her wounded right hand. However, petitioner did not tell her parents about this because she was hoping that respondent's behavior will change.

13. There were also many times when petitioner notice that respondent was not behaving normally but was apparently “high” or have use prohibited drugs. Her suspicion was confirmed one day when he promised her by saying: “Dovz, dili nako moinom. Dili nako mosuyop”. After that incident, she recalled many instances when respondent went to ther school and asked for money worth Five Hundred Pesos (500) in order to pay for an old man he accidentally sideswiped. The next time he asked for One Thousand Pesos (P1,000) to pay for a child he again accidentally sideswiped by his motorcycle. Again, he asked P500 after he was allegedly caught by the LTO riding a motorcycle without a helmet. And so many other reasons wherein during those times respondent acted paranoid and erratic and becomes angry at the petitioner without any valid reason.

14. At home, respondent is always checking on their clothes that maked petitioner irritated because she has to arrange their cabinet every day.

Later on , she realized that he was looking for any money hidden in their clothes and stealing it from her. Thus, from that day that she found that he was stealing her money, she would automatically buy groceries and things that they need at home every time she receives her salary and SPL. bonus so that he will not have the chance to steal from her. This made him angry at her again.

15. Everyday is a suspicious day. Suspicious because he always asked her the things she did not do. Everyday, respondent asks petitioner if she has a lover or someone else aside from him. She would reply that she has no one else but him. He even made a story that every Saturday when petitioner goes to school, she has another man with her. Every time she was late in going home from work, she has been raped by four or more men in school. That every Satruday she goes to school to write Lesson Plan and make Weekly Summative Test, she has sex with another man inside the school comfort room or on top of the broom box inside her classroom. He never ran out of bad things he suspected her of doing without any proof or evidence. They were all a product of a paranoid mind due to the effects of drug addiction and/or abuse.

16. The foregoing facts render the reconciliation of the parties highly improbable and entitle Petitioner to a decree of legal separation from respondent due to the following grounds: REPEATED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE & DRUG ADDICTION. PRAYER

WHEREFORE, it is most respectfully prayed that, after trial on the merits, a Decree of Legal Separation be ordered in favor of the herein Petitioner.

Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for.

Respectfully submitted, Maranding, Lala for Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, January 24, 2020.

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PROOF OF SERVICE/EXPLANATION (Pursuant to Sec 11, Rule 13 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure)

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Verified Petition is served thru registered mail in view of the distance from the office of the undersigned and for lack of staff to personally serve the same, to wit (please disregard this when service is done personally) to the following recipients, viz; Hon. Solicitor General Office of the solicitor General (OSG) 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi village Makati City Hon. Provincial Prosecutor Office of the Provincial Prosecutor Province of Lanao del Norte 1st Floor, Hall of Justice Building Tubod, Iligan cioty 9200

(Signed) ATTY. PEPITO G. CADAVOS

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING I, GINALYN VERGARA DE ASIR, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Sitio Boongonan, Brgy. Lanipao, Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, after having been duly sowrn to n accordance with law, hereby depose and say: 1. that I am the petitioner in this instance Petition for Legal Separation; 2. That, I have caused the preparation and filing of the foregoing Petition, and all the allegations contained therein are true and correct to the best of my own personal knowledge and base on authentic records; 3. That I hereby certify under oath that, I have not commenced any other action, complaint or proceeding against the same party in any other tribunal or agency. I also undertake that if there is any such other action or proceeding which is either pending or may have been terminated, I will state the status thereof; and 4. That I likewise undertake that if I should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding thas been filed or is pending before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency, I will undertake to report the fact within five (5) days therefrom to the court or agency wherein the original pleading and sworn certification in compliance with the provisions of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, specifically Section 4, par.3 Rule 47.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature this 02 Mar 202 in Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.

SGD

GINALYN VERGARA DE ASIR Affiant/Petitioner

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 02 March 2020 in Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte.

Sgd. ATTY. ELEUTERIO M. OBIAL, JR. NOTARY PUBLICATION MY COMMISSION EXPRIES ON 12-31-20 PTR NO. 4207693/1-06-20/BAROY/LANAO DEL NORTE IBP NO. 101174/1/06-20/PASIG CITY ROLL NO. 39386 KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE

Doc. No. 491 Page No. 99 Book No. CXVI Series of 2020

Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 21 12th Judicial Region Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte GINALYN VERGARA DE ASIR, Petitioner.

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CIVIL CASE NO. 21-604 For: Legal Separation

REY DANAOTO DE ASIR, Respondent. x- - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/ SUMMONS

TO:

REY DANAOTO DE ASIR Purok-4, Brgy. San Isidro Lower, Lala, Lanao del Norte

G R E E T I N G S:

You are required to enter your appearance in the above-entitled case within THIRTY (30) DAYS after the service of the summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and to answer the Petition of the Petitioner which is hereto attached and herewith served upon you within the time fixed by the Rules of Court. If you fail to answer within aforesaid time, the hearing will proceed for the relief applied for in said petition.

WITNESS the HON. ALBERTO P. QUINTO, Acting Presiding Regional Trial Judge of this Court this 4th day of MARCH 2020.

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

(Signed) ATTY. BERNARDINO M. BERING Clerk of Court VI

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court, Branch 21 12th Judicial Region Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte GINALYN VERGARA DE ASIR, Petitioner.

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CIVIL CASE NO. 21-604 For: Legal Separation

REY DANAOTO DE ASIR, Respondent. x- - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/ ORDER

The motion for leave of Court to serve summons by publication dated March 15, 2021 and filed on March 17, 2021 by the petitioner, is hereby granted. Let the summons, including the copy of petition, be served upon the respondent by way of publication in a newspaper of general circulation for three consecutive weeks, all at the expense of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED.

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

March 30, 2021.

(Signed)

ALBERTO P. QUINTO

Acting Presiding Judge

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The Grove: Where modern design meets green living PUEBLO DE ORO Development Corporation, the residential development arm of the ICCP Group, continues its mission to provide distinctive and premium homes as it launched its newest development in Cagayan de Oro City.

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