Basura caravan starts in Cagayan de Oro to Mindanao

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Dialogues and interaction among members of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) top the list of activities during the Zero Basura Caravan on July 3, 2009, at Pryce Hotel, this city.

To be attended by almost 200 local chief executives from Northern Mindanao, the Caraga Region and the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the caravan aims to empower and promote the interconnectivity of the LMP provincial chapters and strengthen their local action through Health FOUR mula One.

“This is actually the 13th cluster of the caravan after those of the Luzon and Visayas regions and the 14th cluster will take place on July 9 for those of Regions XI and XII,” Atty. Ernesto Adobo, J r., Regional Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), region 10, said.

He also said the highlights of the Green Movement Agenda-Strategy for Local Action (GMA-SLA) including laymanizing SWM strategies, the DENR 2009 thrusts and status of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) in the region will be presented during the occasion.

Expected to give the opening remarks is Mayor Ramon N. Guico, Jr., who is the LMP National President while the closing remarks will be given by Secretary Hermogenes Asperon, Jr of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS).

The open forum will also be facilitated by the following: Health Undersecretary David Lozada for the topic on health and DENR Asst. Secretary Gerardo E. Calderon for Local Government Concerns and Lands and Executive Director of the National SWM Commission.

Also expected to discuss the “Pusong Makakalikasan” Award is DENR Secretary Lito Atienza and the DOH F1 for Health by Betty C. Versola, Sangguniang Bayan Member of Luna, Apayao.

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Cagayan de Oro Hotels

When you arrive in Cagayan de Oro City there are elegant and luxurious Cagayan de Oro hotels you can easily checked in. They are easily accessible for travelers and vacationers to the “City of Golden Friendship and Opportunities.” For your hotel accommodations you can simply picked from the hotels below depending on the kind of budget that you have. There are expensive hotels rates as well as cheap hotel rates for your easy hotel accommodation.

Pryce Plaza Hotel
This is the luxurious five-star-hotel in Cagayan de Oro City which is only 10 minutes ride from the airport, city port and also from the downtown. Politicians, entertainment personalities and dignitaries from all over the world usually booked in this very famous hotel in the city. It boasts of elegant and spacious rooms, swimming pool, function rooms for select number of people as well as bigger rooms for national and international conventions.


Maxandria Hotel
Another seventh storey hotel situated at the downtown Cagayan de Oro more particularly at JR Borja Street. The hotel is one of the newest additions of newly-established hotels in the city of greater accommodation capacity.

Mallberry Suites
This very promising hotel is located beside the best Limketkai Mall Complex and it just opened few years ago to cater the needs for hotel accommodation for the city after it has been cited recently as the center for national conventions.

Hotel Koresco
This hotel is owned by Korean businessmen and among the latest additions of hotels in the city. Hotel Koresco only opened few years ago and now among the most visited hotel in the city.


Southwinds Hotel
Southwinds Hotel is also one of the best hotels which boasts of very affordable hotel rates. Despite its cheap rates, this budget hotel is also frequented by many politicians in Mindanao.

VIP Hotel
VIP Hotel is also considered a five star hotel in Cagayan de Oro owned and managed by the famous Canoy family who are also operating a chain of AM and FM radio stations all over the country.

The VIP Hotel is only located in the downtown Cagayan de Oro and only a 15 minutes ride from the airport. It is one of the oldest hotels in the city frequented by loyal travelers and vacationers. It’s a seven storey hotel which has small and bigger rooms for special functions such as birthdays, weddings, and all other activities.

Dynasty Hotel
Dynasty Hotel is a seventh storey hotel which is also located at the downtown of the city, most specifically at Hayes Corner Velez Streets. This hotel also boasts of spacious function rooms, and has been host to many weddings specially Filipino-Chinese people as the hotel is owned by Chinese businessmen.

Casa Crystalia
A five storey hotel located at the downtown Cagayan de Oro. It is very near the city plaza. Casa Crystalia is also among the oldest yet very active hotels in the city which boasts of very reasonable hotels rates for people on the go but with a meager budget.

Hotel Grand Cagayan
Hotel Grand Cagayan is located at Velez Corner Chaves Streets which means very accessible for travelers and vacationers. This hotel is advisable for people with tightier budget because it only offers very affordable rates as compared to other hotels.

Harbor Lights Hotel
This elegant hotel is 25 minutes ride from the airport. If you also start at the port of Cagayan de Oro, it would only take you a 20-minute taxi ride. It boasts of being a hotel by the sea as through the rooms you can easily see the beautiful picturesque of the sea during night time.

Chali Beach Hotel
This hotel is also considered a hotel by the sea since it’s only few meters from the sea itself. In fact, if you want to soak yourself to the beach you can easily do it. It has elegant but smaller sleep rooms and function rooms but fully air-conditioned.

Lauremar Beach Hotel
A nice-looking hotel by the beach, which is quite far from the downtown Cagayan de Oro. This hotel is also operated by the Canoys and designed by the late Archt. Cecilio Maceren, one of the few famous architects coming from the city of Cagayan de Oro.

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