CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Twenty-nine out of the 32 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Omicron variant cases here have recovered, the city health office (CHO) reported Tuesday. In an online briefer, Dr. Ted Yu Jr., CHO medical officer, said the remaining three also tested negative in their reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction tests but are still awaiting official release orders. He said of the 32 Omicron cases - 21 females and 11 males - 31 are local cases and one is a returning overseas Filipino (ROF). Yu said five of the cases are from Balulang village; three cases from the villages of Kauswagan, Nazareth, Iponan, and Cugman; and two cases each from the villages of Patag, Carmen, Macabalan, and Gusa. Also, the villages of San Simon, Puntod, Bulua Macasandig, Bugo, Lapasan and Indahag had one case each of the variant. The specimen samples of the cases were collected on January 7 for the ROF and on January 15-16 for the local cases. The local government received the results fro
RECALLED. The destruction wrought by Typhoon Sendong in Iligan City in December 2011. Residents of Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday (Dec. 16, 2021) were reminded of Typhoon Sendong's rampage as Typhoon Odette passed through and flooded several vulnerable parts of the two cities, particularly villages near the riverbanks, a decade later. (Photo courtesy of Rene B. Pernia FB account) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - As Typhoon Odette loomed over Northern Mindanao on Thursday, some residents here and of Iligan shared on Facebook how reminiscent the storm was of Typhoon Sendong, which ravaged the two cities exactly 10 years ago. "We were supposed to have an outreach (activity) on Dec. 17, 2011, with the region's Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10). So, on December 16, we packed gifts (for children and women) but 'Sendong' changed everything," Angelie Collera said in an interview. Collera, then a faculty member at the Lic