The Unforgettable Yolanda

It Happen in November 8, Typhoon Haiyan—known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines—made landfall in the central Philippines, It was said to made its Landfall 5 Times and bringing strong winds and heavy rains that have resulted in flooding, landslides, and widespread damage. A storm surge as high as a two storey building made its high death toll. The Public and local government was not well informed of the Danger that it brings.

A storm surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system, typically tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones. Storm surges are caused primarily by high winds pushing on the ocean's surface. The wind causes the water to pile up higher than the ordinary sea level. Low pressure at the center of a weather system also has a small secondary effect, as can the bathymetry of the body of water. It is this combined effect of low pressure and persistent wind over a shallow water body which is the most common cause of storm surge flooding problems. The term "storm surge" in casual (non-scientific) use is storm tide; that is, it refers to the rise of water associated with the storm, plus tide, wave run-up, and freshwater flooding. "Tidal surge" is incorrect since there is no such thing.

In Cagayan de oro city Former Victims of the Typhoon Sendong lend their hand to help the badly battered people of the affected areas in Visayas. They advised the survivors of the typhoon to not lose hope. Most of them had also experienced losing everything in the typhoon, and they were able to rise up from the ruins.We all believe that the people in Samar and Leyte will also be able to do the same.

 Everybody around the world was touch by the destruction it brought and send help to all survivors and some send help to rebuild the badly destroyed Community in Visayas.

Typhoon Yolanda Will always be remembered..........

Typhoon YolandaVictims will never Forget...........

A Simple Noche Buena

It is a Filpino tradition the Noche Buena. It may be small but it is just enough for us.
Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to all....

The Kagay-an Festival 2011

The Cagayan de Oro City in partnership with Promote CDO Foundation, Inc. present KAGAY-AN FESTIVAL 2011 in celebration of the city’s annual grand fiesta. The festival comprises of different core events and culminates on August 28, the feast of her beloved patron, St. Augustine. Core events organized by Promote CDO and partner organizations are the rallying points for a campaign to promote Cagayan de Oro City and the surrounding areas globally as an investment and tourism destination.

The city government granted Promote CDO Foundation the exclusive right to manage the fiesta events starting August 2007 pursuant to City Ordinance No. 10514-2007.

Mahogany Planting Project

Originating from the Neotropics (southern Florida, the Carribean, Mexico and Central America), Mahogany, popularly known as either of the two, Big-leafed mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) and the much smaller leaves as Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) were introduced as early as 1907, then at Mt. Makiling forestry in 1913. Mahogany was one of the exotic species to be showcased by the government's reforestation projects in different parts of the country such as Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Cebu, Bohol, Negros and Bukidnon. It is widely distributed throughout the archipelago that seedlings made its way to other places such as national parks and especially private lands.

Mahogany is successful at invading natural forests due to the following attributes of the species. The fruit of mahogany is a capsule and contains an average of 62 winged seeds (Anonymous, 1930). The number of seeds a mahogany mother tree can disperse is considerable. Assuming 50 capsules, 3000 seeds can be blown away from the mother tree. The seeds can be blown some 20 to 40 meters from the mother tree. The seeds, being recalcitrant, germinate in less than a month. Mahogany seeds contain food reserves and germinate hypogeal. This means that even if the initial light is relatively poor, the young mahogany plant develops even without initial photosynthesis. The first young leaves of mahogany are scale leaves and not green. True photosynthetic leaves come later and are adapted to sun-flecked shade and partial shade. Hardened mahogany seedlings can tolerate open fields as long as soil moisture is not limiting. The leaves of mahogany are rarely attacked by herbivores. Thus a mahogany plantation is like a "green desert" to wildlife. Dipterocarps fruit and seed irregularly in intervals of four to five years and therefore stand no chance competing with mahogany.

Here in Mindanao we are the main supplier of Cheap Mahogany seedling for planting. We supply most of the Municipalities of Lanao where tree planting planting is one of their major project. If you need or wanted a supply of Mahogany seedlings, Falcata seedlings, Gmelina seedlings, Narra seedlings and various type of fruit bearing trees just contact me at my cell # 09279145084