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| SCHOOLS |
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| Mass of the Holy Spirit, Xavier University, 2003 |
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| March 2011: Cagayan de Oro has four
universities: Xavier University, Liceo de Cagayan University, Capitol University, and Mindanao University of Science and Technology. They teach medicine, nursing, commerce, engineering, and law, as well as graduate and post-graduate courses. Mindanao University of Science and Technology is the only government university in the city.
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| Teacher to Student Ratio, 2008-2009 |
| Government elementary school |
1: 40 |
| Government secondary school |
1: 39 |
| Private Elementary |
1:18 |
| Private Secondary |
1:16 |
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 Some schools
in Cagayan de Oro and vicinities are dangerously loud when conducting athletics and recreational
activities. The webmaster is a witness to the use of five
huge boom boxes in a children's school.
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| HOSPITALS |
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February 13, 2012: Private hospitals in Cagayan de Oro are aggressively expanding, continously acquiring modern equipment and services.
Cagayan de Oro has two government hospitals -- the Justiniano R. Borja Hospital and the Northern Mindanao Medical Center. The latter is an excellent endorser of breastfeeding. It has a milk bank, and the staff will confiscate milk bottles from indigent patients who disobey its policy. It is popular among low-income residents in Cagayan de Oro and the entire region.
But the Justiniano R. Borja Hospital, also known as the city government hospital, remains largely ill-equipped. Congressman Rufus Rodriguez said in 2009
ago that two pregnant women shared one bed in this building. Named after the most respected mayor in Cagayan de Oro, JR Borja hospital has been neglected by two mayors: Constantino Jaraula and Vicente Yap Emano. Opposition councilor Roger G. Abaday, in an interview by DxCC in 2011, reported that some doctors have resigned for want of medicines and facilities. |
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| HOUSING AND SUBDIVISIONS |
February 13, 2012: Signs of prehistoric human habitation have been found by archaeologists on the hills of Cagayan de Oro, indicating preference for highland living among the early settlers of Cagayan de Oro.
But the present population is concentrated in the delta, some along river banks and coastlines. In the late 1990s, ABrown company built a subdivision -- the high-security Xavier Estates -- on what was once an isolated hill on upper Carmen, on the way to Lumbia Airport. Since then more subdivisions have developed nearby, like Pueblo de Oro, which is constructing a condominium partly powered by solar energy. Ayala is also constructing Alegria Hills, another high-end subdivision, in barangay Taguanao.
In 2009, massive flooding destroyed houses in lowland Cagayan de Oro and killed three people, prompting mayor Constantino Jaraula to consult geologists of the University of the Philippines. The geologists recommended further developments on "higher grounds". One of the geologists,  Prof. Fernando Siringan, said, "Cagayan de Oro should encourage movement to higher grounds, not necessarily uplands ... Development of uplands should be carefully planned as the uplands play a major role in groundwater recharge. Forest cover should be improved and waste water should be properly handled ...."
2007: Some residential subdivisions:
- Teakwood Hills
- Alwana Village
- Grand
Europa
- Alegria Hills
- Pueblo de Oro
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