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GENERAL SANTOS CITY- Authorities have tightened security here and nearby South Cotabato province after getting intelligence information that the Dawlah Islamiyah local terror group was out to avenge the killing of its local leader and five other followers in a police raid in a village in Polomolok, South Cotabato last November 13.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- The regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here has welcomed the investigation that will be conducted by the DPWH Central office and Malacañang, following a complaint lodged by South Cotabato first district Rep. Shirlyn Nograles.

GENERAL ANTOS CITY – South Cotabato first district Rep. Shirlyn Nograles has asked President Duterte and Public Works Secretary Mark Villar to investigate the alleged irregularities in the construction of a P200-million bridge project in the city, which was reportedly found to be defective after its completion in 2018.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- A rape suspect was shot dead inside the police station here after he reportedly grabbed the firearm of a female police investigator who was interrogating him.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Police Regional Ofice-12 has deferred the oath-taking of three prospective police trainees after they were tested positive for corona virus disease (COVID-19)

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The General Santos City Police Office (GSCPO) is set to investigate the reported maltreatment committed by a police station commander against two curfew violators that has gone viral in social media.

ALABEL, Sarangani - A town mayor in this province, who recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), will help the provincial government in its COVID-19 awareness program.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- An alleged member of the Dawlah Islamiyah local terror group was killed in a shootout with security forces during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Tuesday, October 20.

The local government here has recommended the resumption of commercial flights at the city’s international airport starting Monday, October 19 after being suspended last August due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- At least five members of a family, including a five-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy, were among the newest positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the city.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- A ten month-old baby boy was among the 20 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this city.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- The local legislative building here was placed under lockdown after one city councillor tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO – The National Inter-Agency Task Force against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has asked South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. to fast-track the establishment of the Soccsksargen regional hospital that will serve as referral health facility for COVID-19 cases in Region 12.

City Health Officer Edito Vego said all close contacts of the COVID-19 patient have been isolated while being monitored closely under quarantine if they will show symptoms of possible infection of the virus.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY- Some 500 workers of Dole Philippines Inc., a fruit processing firm in Polomolok, South Cotabato, lost their jobs after the company implemented its retrenchment program amid the economic slump brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

NORTH COTABATO – A public school teacher, who was also an alleged drug trafficker, was killed in a drug entrapment operation conducted by police anti-narcotics operatives in Midsayap, Cotabato last Friday, September 25.

MALUNGON, Sarangani- The local government here has assailed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Special Action Force (SAF), who breached quarantine protocols when they escorted the remains of a deceased colleague back to his home.

COTABATO CITY- Anti-narcotics operatives arrested last Wednesday a incumbent municipal of Lanao del Sur and three other cohorts, including two former town councilors, who yielded a kilogram of shabu in an entrapment operation in Marawi City.