ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City government deployed the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office to General Santos City to assist in earthquake rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Mayor Khymer Olaso attended the send-off ceremony for the 13-man contingent together with city councilors....
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, June 11, sent relief supplies and deployed Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to communities affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao earlier this week. In coordination with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)...
President Marcos announced that the families of those who died during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Sarangani will receive P50,000 each from the government. He announced this while in General Santos City on Wednesday, June 10, to assess the situation following the strong earthquake, which claimed...
The General Santos Airport reopened for military, humanitarian, government, and cargo flights on Tuesday, June 9, following a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region. In a statement, Transportation Secretary Banoy Lopez announced the limited reopening while fast-tracking...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Education in General Santos City (DepEd-Gensan) is appealing for help in rebuilding schools damaged in the June 8 earthquake. In a statement, DepEd-Gensan urged people to donate construction materials as they begin the process of recovery and rehabilitation. It...
COTABATO CITY – General Santos City Mayor Lorelie Geronimo Pacquiao on Tuesday lauded the swift and coordinated response of national and local government agencies, as well as frontline responders, following Monday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao. Pacquiao...
CEBU CITY – The local government units of Bohol and Cebu are extending assistance to General Santos City, one of the areas in Mindanao hit by a powerful earthquake on Monday morning, June 8. Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado announced that the province is sending two Search, Rescue, and Retrieval (SRR)...
DAVAO CITY – General Santos City lone district Rep. Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles explained her "No" vote in the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, May 11. In a statement, Nograles acknowledged that while accountability still matters, the government cannot afford to...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region 12 (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City or Socsksargen region) rescued 17 endangered species from Indonesia in a checkpoint in Barangay Tamblers in General Santos City on Wednesday,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Feb. 27, that it has intensified its counter-terrorism measures following the arrest of an alleged member of a local terror group linked to the 2018 bombing in General Santos City. PNP Chief, Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. said the...
Police are conducting a thorough investigation of a shooting incident in General Santos City on Monday where a tricycle driver was killed and a registered nurse was collateral damage. The victims were identified as tricycle driver Iven Miano Conde and nurse Nhiezer Rolliene Jane U. Aguacito....
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police are set to file murder charges against three suspected illegal drug pushers who were tagged in the gruesome killing of a 21-year student on Monday, Dec. 8, in Barangay Apopong, this city. The victim was identified as Miyuki Kim, a 21-year-old Agriculture student at...
