Jaime Joshua Frias

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Cagayan de Oro chess standout WIM Ruelle “Taweng” Canino focuses on her match during the 2026 Philippine National Women’s Invitational Chess Championship in Alicia, Isabela. The Far Eastern University athlete placed third overall with 8 points before heading to the World Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan. (Photo courtesy of National Chess Federation of the Philippines)

Cagayan de Oro’s Canino battles back, takes 3rd in PH chess

Cagayan de Oro chess ace WIM Ruelle Canino recovered from an opening-day setback to take third place in the 2026 Philippine National Women’s Invitational Chess Championship. Meanwhile, Tagoloan sisters LJ and Lyn Getubig dominated the National Junior Championship, with LJ earning the title of Woman National Master.

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Xavier University athletic coaches practice cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques on training manikins during the opening day of a Basic Life Support training seminar at the XU Gym in Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday, July 11, 2026. The program aimed to equip sports personnel with essential emergency response skills to handle medical crises during campus athletic events. (Photo by Jaime Joshua A. Frias II)

XU coaches train to save athletes in emergencies

Dozens of Xavier University coaches in Cagayan de Oro completed a two-day training course in Basic Life Support and water rescue.

Jul 23, 20265100

Cagayan de Oro's inspirational power pop band Thoughts And Notions releases the official cover art for its upcoming 20th anniversary celebration and the launch of In Awe of His Amazing Love (20th Anniversary Edition). (Supplied photo)

Thoughts and Notions marks 20 years with a “Reimagined Classic”

Inspirational power pop band Thoughts and Notions is marking its 20th anniversary with a complete reconstruction of its 2006 debut album.

Jul 20, 20264700

Members of the Cagayan de Oro under-16 women's basketball team from Corpus Christi School hold up their championship trophy and pose together at SM Center Muntinlupa.

CDO basketball girls bring home 3 on 3 crown

Anika Guiao Siao hit the game-winning basket with five seconds remaining on June 28 to seal the SBP 3x3 national basketball championship for Cagayan de Oro.

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Chess player Sebastian Marbas sits at a chessboard across from his mentor Nazario Ubanan during the final round of the Cagayan de Oro City Post-Clinic Chess Tournament at the City Tourism Hall.

Teen chess champ stuns veterans in CDO tilt

Fifteen-year-old Sebastian Marbas scored 6.5 points across seven rounds to win the Cagayan de Oro City Post-Clinic Chess Tournament on July 5, 2026.

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National boxing coach Elmer Pamisa standing proudly alongside boxer Carlo Paalam as they hold the gold medal trophy at the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands.

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Paalam eyes LA 2028 after Eindhoven Gold

Olympian Carlo Paalam announced his return to the ring with a gold medal performance at the Eindhoven Box Cup, beginning his journey toward a third Olympic appearance in 2028.

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