GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A police intelligence officer responsible for the arrest and neutralization of high-profile members of the Dawlah Islamiyah terrorist group in North Cotabato was gunned down in Barangay Sinawal here on Sunday night, March 10. GOMEZ'S body lies on the road after he was...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policeman allegedly shot and killed a 19-year-old fisherman during an altercation in a videoke bar in Barangay Calumpang, this city, on Wednesday, February 21. Police identified the victim as Marvin Bahian. The suspect, Police Corporal Ekinne Semilla, 34, assigned to...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested on Friday a man for posting false information on social media that an improvised explosive was recovered in a parking area of a shopping mall here. NALUGON Police Capt. Ari Noel Cardos, Police Station 6 commander, said the suspect, Cresinte Nalugon, was...
DAVAO CITY – Five-hundred thirty-two students of the Mindanao State University-General Santos City campus received their benefits under the cash-for-work program of the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) of the Department of...
President Marcos has appealed for understanding if the government is unable to properly respond to the impacts of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao as aftershocks persist. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. holds a situation briefing on Nov. 23, 2023. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/KJ...
Earthquake-affected communities in Mindanao will receive all the necessary assistance from the government, President Marcos assured them. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. holds a situation briefing in General Santos City on Nov. 23, 2023 following the string earthquake that hit Mindanao...
Vice President Sara Duterte will visit General Santos and Glan after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Mindanao on Friday, Nov. 17. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of OVP) Duterte said she will be checking on the families of the victims who died in the strong quake. She will...
Vice President Sara Duterte, who is now the government caretaker while President Marcos is on an official visit to the United States, will hold meetings with concerned government agencies and task force in the aftermath of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted parts of Mindanao on Friday, Nov....
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested on Saturday, November 11, a laborer who allegedly torched several vehicles parked on the streets in the downtown area here before dawn on Friday, November 10. Police Col. Nicomedes Olaivar, city police director, said the suspect, Keydence Clark...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police dismantled a drug syndicate operating in this city and Sarangani following the arrest of three suspected members in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bula here on November 7. Police Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, identified the...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police are eyeing land conflict as a possible motive in the murder of a Marine reservist by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Sinawal, this city, on Friday, September 22. Police Major Carl Jayson Baynosa, Police Station 2 commander, said they are looking at a land...
(Unsplash) When Filipinos think of General Santos City in South Cotabato, they think about tuna. The House of Representatives members who attended plenary session Monday night, Sept. 18 thought of the same thing, as all 249 of them at the time of...