MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 075
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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IDC Homes launches Verona Green Apartments By MARK FRANCISCO
CAGAYAN de Oro’s pioneering condominium developer Italpinas Development Corporation has created a subsidiary IDC Homes to penetrate more the middle class market in Northern Mindanao who have joined the housing boom both as a residence and as an investment. IDC Homes was launched in a ceremony well attended by hundreds of realty agents and brokers last Sunday at Pearlmont Hotel here in Cagayan de Oro City with guests of honor, Italpinas Development Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Romolo Nati and
president Jose Leviste III. Leviste, who is the scion of a known family in Batangas but has called Cagayan de Oro his home, said creating IDC Homes will be the next step in their contribution to the economy here in Northern Mindanao. “It reminds me of how far we’ve come. We started here in CDO and that is why we’re pouring in another huge investment here in the city,” he said. Italpinas Development Corporation’s first project here was Primavera Residences which was established in 2009 as a mixed use building combining retail, See LAUNCHES, page 11
Italpinas subsidiary IDC Homes launched, kicks off with Verona Green Apartments project
Xavier Ateneo among Top 10 of 16 PH universities listed EDUCATION PLANS. Cagayan de Oro City Councilor Suzzete Magtajas-Daba (center) discusses plans at the Local School Board in this file photo. The city government is eyeing to provide 10,000 scholarship grants to qualified college students, the councilor said on Friday (Nov. 11, 2022). (Photo courtesy of Councilor Daba’s FB Page)
CDO to provide scholarship grants to 10K college students By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The local government here is eyeing to provide 10,000 scholarship grants to qualified college students as its plan to construct a city college gains ground. City Councilor Suzette Magtajas-Daba said the plan to increase the scholarship slots was part of the campaign promise of Mayor Rolando Uy. “The scholarships are
not only for students who have high grades but there are also (slots) for those who have average grades as long as they did not fail any subjects,” she said as a guest during Friday’s celebration of the 71st anniversary of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club Inc. Daba, who chairs the city council’s committee on education, authored the Scholarship Code in 2018, See PROVIDE, page 11
Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan (Xavier Ateneo) ranks among the top 10 of 16 universities in the Philippines which made it to the QS Asia University Rankings for 2023. The QS Asia University Rankings shows the top universities in Asia each year using these indicators: Academic reputation (30%), Employer reputation (20%), Faculty/student ratio (10%), International Research network (10%), Citations per paper (10%) and papers per faculty (5%), Staff with a PhD (5%), Proportion of international faculty (2.5%) and proportion of international students (2.5%), Proportion of inbound exchange students (2.5%) and proportion of outbound exchange students (2.5%). “I am very pleased to inform the community that
Xavier University is one of the top sixteen (16) universities in the Philippines that made it to the QS Asia University Rankings for 2023, released by Londonbased education and career consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS),” said Xavier Ateneo President Mars P. Tan SJ in a memo circulated to the Xavier Ateneo Community. “Xavier University is Ranked 9-10. The QS World University Rankings is regarded as one of the most influential university rankings in the world,” he added. Of the 16 institutions, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan is ranked 9-10, and belongs to the 651-700 in Asia. The University of the Philippines is ranked one in the Philippines and 87th in Asia, while Peking See TOP 10, page 11