Veterans Bank has recently launched its 60th nationwide branch in the city. The new branch, situated in SGF Alma Romero Building, Fortich St. corner Lunsayan St. in Barangay Sumpong, was inaugurated yesterday, January 6.

A naval base will be constructed within the 3,000-hectare state-owned PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. This is in addition to the new Air Base facilities to be built at the old Lumbia Airport, 27 kilometers away.

Central Mindanao University once again emerged as a top-performing school in this year’s Nutritionist-Dietitians board exam held on Nov. 6-7.

Central Mindanao University has produced another set of topnotchers in the recent veterinarians and foresters licensure examinations, with one ranking 1st and others at 6th and 8th.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the department aims to reduce annual coffee imports by 10 to 15 percent at the the launch of the Mindanao Robusta Coffee Project at the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex in Dalwangan.

Walter Balane, Bukidnon News editor and MindaNews columnist, is now in Jakarta, Indonesia for the Earth Journalism Network’s STRIDES fellowship.