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GENERAL SANTOS — The family of a Filipino domestic helper who reportedly committed suicide in Dubai has cried foul over victim’s death.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- The Police Regional Office-12 has deployed police marshals in public transport terminals and passenger buses to deter terror attacks following bomb attack on a passenger bus in Koronadal City, South Cotabato last May 26 which injured a tricycle driver and his passenger.

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato – A tricycle driver and his passenger were injured after an improvised explosive device planted in the rear portion of a bus exploded while traversing the highway in the downtown area, this city on Thursday.

NORTH COTABATO — Two notorious drug traffickers were killed while two others were arrested during the anti-drug operations launched by government’s anti-narcotics agents in Pigcawayan town on Wednesday (May 18).

GENERAL SANTOS CITY– Local media groups here have decried the harassment allegedly committed by a barangay chairman against two radio reporters while conducting media coverage on a reported vote-buying incident in Glan, Sarangani Province last Thursday (May 5).

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat — Three people were killed while ten others were injured when a wayward cargo delivery truck rammed into a commuter van along the national highway in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat last Sunday.

ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT — Two suspected bomb couriers were killed after they shot it out with policemen who were conducting a checkpoint in Esperanza town on Monday, Jan. 24.

TACURONG CITY – A ranking official of the Department of Education in Maguindanao was killed after he was waylaid Monday night, Jan. 17, by unidentified gunmen in Barangay San Pablo, this city.

NORTH COTABATO – Four suspected members of the Dawlah Islamiyah terror group responsible for the recent bomb attack on a passenger bus in Aleosan town were killed in an encounter with security forces in an outskirt village in Carmen town on Saturday.

TACURONG CITY, SULTAN KUDARAT – Unidentified gunmen shot dead on Wednesday, Jan. 12, a former radio anchor while tending to his vehicle which was being repaired at a car shop in Barangay New Carmen, this city.

NORTH COTABATO – A five-old old boy was killed while six others were injured after an improvised explosive device exploded on a passenger bus in Aleosan town Tuesday morning, Jan. 11.

PIKIT, NORTH COTABATO — Local officials here debunked reports of a rub out involving a bloody encounter between security forces and lawless armed group in Barangay Gokotan last December 29 while policemen were serving an arrest warrant against a suspected criminal gang leader in the area.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Department of Energy has ordered an investigation into the anomalous unloading of more than five million liters of petroleum products worth P250 million into the oil depot owned by Seaoil Philippines in Barangay Bawing this city.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao has warned to send to jail corrupt public officials should he win the presidency in next year’s elections.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Local authorities arrested at least seven people who presented fake vaccination cards at the airport here last Saturday, November 27. Assistant city health officer Lalaine Calonzo said the suspects arrived in the same group from Manila aboard Cebu Pacific aircraft and were held by police aviation security personnel after they presented fake vaccination cards. The local Inter-Agency Task Force vs. Covid-19 has issued standing policy to exempt fully vaccinated arriving passengers from the mandatory 14-day quarantine. Calonzo said the suspects were brought to an isolation facility in Barangay Fatima for custody and they will be subjected to RT-PCR test on Monday. Police are set to file charges for falsification of public documents against he suspects most them are members of the Indigenous Peoples.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A member of Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) is facing charges for the killing of his own son who ran amuck and tried to attack him in Alabel, Sarangani last Tuesday.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Local disaster officials have launched rescue operations on more than 200 families who were trapped during flashfloods in Glan, Sarangani province last Friday.

KIAMBA, Sarangani — The provincial government has distributed Global Positioning System with fish finder devices and life vest worth P265,000 to local fisherfolks from the two villages of this municipality.