General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
General Santos City — All power customers of District 6-Southwestern Mindanao of the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) converged in Gen. Santos City last May 7 to attend the 12th power customers’ meeting held at the posh Grab a Crab restaurant. The meeting was organized and hosted this time by the power firm. The meeting was attended [...]
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Authorities have arrested two suspects in the January deadly blast in front of a tuna canning factory in Gen. Santos, police said yesterday. In a report to Camp Crame, Senior Supt. Casimero B. Medes, chief Information officer of the Central Mindanao Police Office, said a team headed by Senior Insp. Edgar Yago collared the suspects one [...]
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Officials of General Santos City announced on Tuesday that the immediate implementation of a 10% salary increase for city government employees is not yet sure.
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Libya is sending a 25-member peacekeeping team to Mindanao. This after Malaysia started its phased pullout of peace monitors in apparent dismay on the progress of the peace process. In a statement issued Monday evening, Presidential Adviser Jesus G. Dureza said the Libyan government relayed the information through Secretary Norberto B. Gonzales, Jr., [...]
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines - Libya is sending a 25-member peace-keeping team to Mindanao after Malaysia started its phased pullout of peace monitors. In a statement issued Monday evening, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus G. Dureza said the Libyan government relayed this information through National Security Adviser Norberto B. Gonzales, Jr. “The Libyan government has [...]...
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
General Santos City — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) led by BFAR Assistant Director Atty. Benjamin Tabios, in collaboration with the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) and the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) recently held a Tuna Statistics Consultation Meeting with the tuna industry representatives...
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: One was killed, another reported missing as typhoon “Butchoy” hit the coastal towns of Sarangani. The Interior department noted that some 127 families have already left the towns of Maitum and Kiamba, while more than 100 hectares of high-valued crops had already been destroyed as the storm's signal started to rise on Sunday [...]
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines–Transportation and militant groups vowed to paralyze public transport in key cities in Mindanao on Monday. Mar Estrada, secretary general of Tires-Piston in General Santos (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide, United Organization of Drivers and Operators Nationwide), said his group was expecting to paralyze 90 percent of the transport...
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
General Santos City - The local government of General Santos City will deploy government vehicles to fetch stranded employees, as local government officials expect the transport strike to paralyze public transportation. Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. said his office has government vehicles to fetch stranded city hall employees, as transport groups said that they will cease 90 [...]
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
AUTHORITIES have arrested two suspects in the deadly blast in front of a tuna canning factory in General Santos in January, police officials said Friday. Senior Supt. Casimero B. Medes, Chief Information Officer of the Central Mindanao Police Office, said a team headed by Senior Insp. Edgar Yago collared the suspects one after the other last [...]
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Manny Pacquiao chose to play basketball in a neighborhood court over gracing a send-off party at his home in General Santos City Saturday. As Pacquiao’s bout with WBC lightweight champ David Diaz gets near, Pacman's family offered a thanksgiving mass and a despedida party for him Saturday evening. Everyone wished him well and prayed for his win, [...]
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The local government of General Santos City will deploy government vehicles to fetch stranded employees, as local government officials expect the transport strike to paralyze public transportation.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
By DEXTER GANIBEABS-CBN General Santos CityMaitum, Sarangani – The municipal government here has placed four barangays under states of calamity after they were hit by flashfloods last week.Maitum Mayor Elsie Lucille Perrett told ABS-CBN General Santos City that barangays New La Union, Wali, Pangi, and Kiambing were the areas most affected by the floods. The barangays were located along...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Manny Pacquiao chose to play basketball in a neighborhood court over gracing a send-off party at his home in General Santos City Saturday.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... Participating Mindanao institutions include the Mindanao State University in Tawi-Tawi and General Santos, University of Southeastern Philippines, University of Southern Mindanao and Notre Dame University, Mindanao Technical Vocational Education and Training Association (MinTVET), Davao City Chamber of Commerce and local governments of Davao, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Norte. MEDCo said...
