BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.8 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Thursday, July 27. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 1:47 a.m. and its epicenter was 98 kilometers (kms) southwest of Balut Island in the municipality of...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.3 earthquake jolted Sarangani on Monday, July 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the earthquake at 11:35 p.m. and its epicenter was plotted 49 kilometers southwest of Maitum, Sarangani. The tremor had a shallow depth of...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.4 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Thursday morning, July 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 4:50 a.m. and its epicenter was 348 kilometers southeast of Balut Island in the municipality of...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental before dawn on Wednesday, July 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 12:47 a.m. and its epicenter was 208 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut Island, Sarangani,...
MAITUM, Sarangani – An intelligence officer of the New People’s Army yielded to the police here on Monday, July 10. Police Major Bernard Francia, Maitum police chief, identified the surrenderer as Albert Ponto, 57, who served as intelligence officer and courier for the NPA-West Musa command...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.1 earthquake jolted Sarangani on Thursday, July 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 11:27 a.m. and its epicenter was 25 kilometers southwest of Kiamba, Sarangani. The tremor had a depth of 20...
ALABEL, Sarangani – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. has tapped former Sen. Manny Pacquiao to help promote the government’s anti-drug awareness campaign dubbed “Buhay ay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” (BIDA) in the South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani,...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental province on Saturday morning, June 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 4:52 a.m. and its epicentre was traced 357 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Davao Occidental on Saturday, June 17. (Photo credit to Phivolcs) The earthquake occurred at 4:52 a.m., 357 kilometers southeast of Balut Island, Municipality of Sarangani, Davao Occidental....
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental province before dawn on Thursday, June 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 2:08 a.m. and its epicenter was located 201 kilometers southeast of Balut...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Forty-eight former New People’s Army rebels from Sarangani received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in line with the social integration benefits program for former communist guerrillas. Sarangani Gov. Ruel Pacquiao and Social...
ALABEL, Sarangani – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has authorized the provincial government of Sarangani to hold the Sarangani Bay festival at the white beach resorts in Glan, Sarangani from May 25 to 27 provided that event organizers will ensure the observance of the...
