BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.9 earthquake jolted Sarangani before dawn on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 1:03 a.m. and its epicenter was plotted 40 kilometers west of Kiamba, Sarangani. The tremor...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A 29-year-old man gunned down his wife after she confronted him over his alleged affair with another woman in Barangay Kaltuad, Glan, Sarangani on Mother’s Day. Police said the suspect, Jemar Segapo, lost his temper and shot the victim, Yonilyn, with a .45 caliber pistol in...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard arrested two Indonesians for transporting smuggled cigarettes onboard a motorized banca in Maasin, Sarangani on Saturday, May 6. Capt. Mitch Ursabia, Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao spokesperson, said Fadli Machamud and Fajar Antari...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has intercepted an unidentified motor banca loaded with P600,000 worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes from Indonesia. (Photo: PCG) The PCG Station Western Sarangani flagged the boat while sailing off Brgy. Taliac in Maasim, Sarangani Province last Saturday, May 6....
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A barangay chairwoman was gunned down in Maitum, Sarangani on Easter Sunday. Police are eyeing “rido” or clan war as possible motive in the killing of Tonesa Sarudin. Maitum police chief Police Major Bernand Francia said Sarudin was walking in front of the barangay hall...
State seismologists on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 11, said an earthquake with a magnitude measuring 6.0 jolted waters off Davao Occidental. (Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the seismic event occurred at around 4:55 p.m. on Saturday. It was recorded...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided hot meals and psychological first aid to the victims of the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross Seven hundred individuals from the municipalities of Montevista and Nabunturan, Davao de Oro, and in Kiamba, Sarangani were...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Policemen gunned down a frustrated murder suspect who attacked them while they were serving a warrant of arrest against him in Barangay Congan, Glan, Sarangani on Friday, Feb. 3. Lt. Col. Giovanni Ladeo, Glan police chief, said Master Sgt. Amando Baslan and Corporal...
ILIGAN CITY -- A member of the communist terrorist group submitted himself to the military in Purok Bayan, Maribulan, Arabel, Sarangani Province on Thursday, Feb. 2. Task Force GenSan Commander Colonel Galileo Goyena, Jr., identified the CTG member as ‘Jurib,’ a former member of the dismantled...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 4.7 hit the waters off Davao Occidental around 12:23 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the seismic event was tectonic in origin, which means that it was caused by the movement of an active fault...
GLAN, SARANGANI -- Police filed parricide charges against a 45-year old father who gunned down his seven year-old son for not heeding his plea to behave while playing outside their house in Barangay Pangyan, this town on Monday, Jan. 23. Glan police chief Lt. Col. Giovanni Ladeo said the suspect,...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded a 5.9-magnitude earthquake offshore of Davao Occidental on Tuesday morning, Jan. 24. Phivolcs said the quake struck 303 kilometers (km) southeast of Balut Island, Sarangani, Davao Occidental at 10:13 a.m. It...
