DAVAO CITY – The Sarangani Schools Division of the Department of Education is pilot testing the integration of the Philippine Eagle conservation lessons in select schools in Sarangani province, the Philippine Eagle Foundation said. Known as the Eskwelahan Para sa Kinaiyahan (EPK) program, it aims...
DAVAO CITY – Residents of the coastal municipality of Maasim in Saragani province were stunned by the first-ever flashflood in the town on Monday afternoon, Oct. 6. In a phone interview, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office personnel Arsen Kamal said that the flash flood caught...
KORONADAL CITY – Alert police officers manning a checkpoint in Maasim town, Sarangani province, arrested a man on Monday for illegally transporting 25 endangered bird species. Police Col. Jerone Orville Panganiban, Sarangani Police Provincial Office chief, said personnel from the 2nd Sarangani...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-12 has confirmed that a 7.5-foot male saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) rescued in Barangay Kawas, Alabel town, Sarangani province earlier this year was a migrant species from the Tawi-Tawi-Palawan cluster. In a statement,...
The Philippine Navy (PN) is probing the deaths of two naval divers during a recreational dive in Sarangani on Aug. 4. "As safety remains a top priority, the PN is also reviewing and enhancing our protocols related to both recreational and operational diving activities to prevent similar incidents...
No one died or got hurt following a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck off the coast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported Sunday, June 29. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the affected areas include the entire Davao Region (Region 11)...
Local disaster authorities carried out damage assessment after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Saturday morning, June 28. Mr. Harley Sauro, municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDRRMO) designate in Sarangani, said the quake was...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental on Saturday, June 28, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its Earthquake Information No. 2 bulletin, Phivolcs reported that the tectonic quake occurred at 7:07 a.m....
KORONADAL CITY – A family of three was pinned to death in a highway mishap in Malungon, Sarangani on Wednesday morning. Arnel Pinque, operations chief of the Malungon municipal disaster risk reduction and management office, said the accident happened at about 5 a.m. on the national highway in...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel carry the cadaver of the captain of M/Tug Sadong 33 after the Philippine-flagged tugboat and Panamanian-flagged MV Universe Kiza collided off Maasim, Sarangani on March 25, 2025. (Photo: PCG) (UPDATED) A Philippine-flagged tugboat and a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P3 million were recovered in a coastal barangay in Barangay Kamanga, Maasim, Sarangani on Dec. 8. Police Col. Deanry Francisco, Sarangani police director, said 3,000 reams of smuggled cigarettes with the brand names Red Royal, Berlin, and...
MALUNGON, Sarangani – The former mayor here and his daughter, the incumbent local chief executive, are running unopposed in the 2025 elections. FORMER Mayor Reynaldo Constantino and his running mate and daughter, incumbent Mayor Maria Theresa Constantino, are running unopposed for mayor and vice...
