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50 people in GenSan with full-blown AIDS – official
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 21 2013 6:34 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — Around 50 residents in this city have been confirmed to be suffering from full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and more cases could be… »
SouthCot Rep. Fuentes favors postponing barangay polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 21 2013 4:50 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — Saying the country is still reeling from “fatigue” brought by the May 13 elections, South Cotabato (2nd District) Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes expressed support on… »
Rep. Acharon to push GenSan as separate congressional district
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 20 2013 3:35 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 May) — The re-filing of a bill that seeks the separation of this city into a new congressional or legislative district will be the top priority… »
DSWD to open first water purifying station in Isulan
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 20 2013 3:28 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 May) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to open the country’s first-ever community-owned water purifying station in a remote village in… »
Former radio broadcasters win city council, prov’l board seats
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 16 2013 3:26 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — Three former local media practitioners, all of them women, have secured seats in the legislative bodies here and in nearby Koronadal City and South… »
Darlene blames brownouts for upset loss
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 15 2013 2:41 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Incumbent Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio has blamed the prolonged brownouts here in the past months and the public’s “unfounded” perception that the city… »
Problematic PCOS CF cards delay Sarangani proclamation
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 15 2013 12:00 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The proclamation of winning candidates in nearby Sarangani Province has remained pending after the transmission of election results from three municipalities were… »
Ronnel Rivera proclaimed winner in GenSan mayor race
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 14 2013 2:22 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) — The city’s board of canvassers (CBOC) proclaimed before noon on Tuesday top councilor Ronnel Rivera of the People’s Champ Movement-United Nationalist Alliance (PCM-UNA) as… »
Darlene Antonino-Custodio loses to Pacquiao’s bet
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 14 2013 1:35 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) — After over two decades of dominance, the Antonino family here is finally yielding the city’s reins to an emerging leader who considers himself as… »
Brownouts stall voting in SoCot, Sultan Kudarat
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 13 2013 5:37 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — Already reeling from delays due to some defective precinct count optical scan or PCOS machines and compact flash (CF) memory cards, the ongoing voting… »
Voting in Southern Mindanao provinces peaceful; power outage hits SoCot
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 13 2013 4:43 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Except for problems like long queues, missing names of voters and defective precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, the conduct of elections have been… »
Rep. Pacquiao casts vote; expects ‘big win’ for PCM-UNA bets
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 13 2013 12:33 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — Boxing sensation and re-electionist Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao has expressed confidence of a big win by his own party People’s Champ Movement (PCM) here… »
Army sends more troops to SouthCot’s upland villages
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 12 2013 4:20 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Government troops have intensified their security operations in several upland villages of Tampakan town in South Cotabato following the reported movements of… »
GenSan police activates poll monitoring unit
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 12 2013 2:47 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Police authorities here have activated a special monitoring and operations unit in preparation for the elections on Monday. Supt. Rolly Octavio, deputy… »
In Polomolok, discrepancies between labeled and actual weight of ballots may delay polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 11 2013 10:25 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 May) — The elections in two clustered polling precincts in Polomolok town in South Cotabato could face delays or might not push through at all on Monday due… »
Poll official appeals for calm among candidates, supporters in GenSan
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 10 2013 6:33 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – An election official here appealed to local candidates and their supporters to remain calm and abide by their signed peace covenants even as the… »
Comelec-12 says ready for Monday’s polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 10 2013 6:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — It’s all systems go for the May 13 automated local and national elections here and other parts of Region 12 the Commission on Elections… »
Vote-buying doesn’t have to be cash, warns watchdog
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 8 2013 1:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – With less than a week left before the May 13 polls, election watchdog Kontra Daya urged residents here and in the neighboring areas to… »
All ballots accounted for, says Polomolok Comelec
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 8 2013 1:25 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in nearby Polomolok town in South Cotabato has belied reports that a local political camp has allegedly… »
2,000 hired during Labor Day job fairs
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 8 2013 1:23 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – Nearly half of the close to 5,000 job applicants from various parts of Southwestern Mindanao have obtained job placements as a result… »
300 more cops deployed around R-12 for 2013 polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 7 2013 2:15 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 May) — The Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 has deployed 306 additional police personnel around the region in preparation for the May 13 midterm national and… »
‘Minor glitches’ for PCOS machines encountered in GenSan, Sarangani and SouthCot
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 7 2013 1:10 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 May) — Except for a few technical problems, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the ongoing final testing and sealing of the precinct count optical scan… »
GenSan brownouts down to 2 hours
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 6 2013 5:16 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 6 May) – The daily rotating outages here and parts of nearby South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces are now down just two hours as the… »
DA-12 expands assistance programs to rice farmers
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 6 2013 5:10 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 6 May) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 12 has expanded its assistance programs to local palay farmers as it moves to increase… »
DA-12 uses geotagging to monitor project implementation
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 6 2013 5:00 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 6 May) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 12 has adopted the use of geotagging technology to enhance the monitoring and implementation of… »
No floor pay hike for Region 12 workers until yearend
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 4 2013 10:41 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/04 May) – Minimum wage earners in the private sector in Region 12 (Southwestern Mindanao) will not be getting any increase in their daily wages for the rest… »
Kris Aquino eyes investment in Sarangani’s Gumasa beach district
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 3 2013 4:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 May)– Saying it could be the country’s “next Boracay,” movie and television celebrity Kris Aquino expressed interest Thursday of putting up an investment in the famed… »
DSWD-12 allots P92-M anti-poverty fund under BUB
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 3 2013 10:32 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/3 May) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to implement around P92 million worth of additional poverty alleviation projects in Region 12 through… »
Comelec-12 ready to avert system failures during polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 2 2013 1:12 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 2 May) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Region 12 assured on Thursday that it has put in place the necessary measures that would… »
1,588 hired in GenSan job fairs on Labor Day
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 2 2013 1:09 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 2 May) – A total of 1,588 job applicants were hired on the spot during the two job fairs here on Wednesday that were organized… »
DOST-12 releases P4.65M grants to MSMEs
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 2 2013 1:08 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 2 May) – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 12 has released around P4.65 million worth of financial grants to help improve… »
Sarangani board member sacked over funds misuse
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 1 2013 3:59 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 1 May) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered the immediate removal from office of a provincial board member of Sarangani… »
71 voters from Region 12 cast ballots early in absentee voting program
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 1 2013 3:57 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 1 May) – A total of 71 teachers, policemen, soldiers and media workers in this city and nearby provinces of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat… »
790 PCs to GenSan public schools from city gov’t
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 30 2013 5:31 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 April) — The city government has delivered a total of 790 personal computer (PC) sets to local public schools in the last 20 months as part… »
DOLE-12 to put up advocacy corners in schools
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 30 2013 5:27 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 April) — In a bid to promote better awareness among students regarding its programs, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 is set… »
Shorter brownouts expected in Socoteco II areas by May
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 29 2013 4:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 April) — Power consumers here and in the provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato are finally getting relief this week from the prolonged daily rotating brownouts… »
DSWD-12 gears for end of 4Ps
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 29 2013 4:19 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 April) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 12 is working for the implementation of various support interventions in preparation for the… »
Gov’t finalizing mechanism to acquire modular gensets for Mindanao—Aquino
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 27 2013 5:57 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 April)– President Benigno Aquino III announced here Saturday that the government is now finalizing the mechanism for the planned acquisition and deployment of diesel-fed modular generator… »
PNoy goes around GenSan neighborhood to campaign for local and senatorial bets
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 27 2013 5:32 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 April)– President Benigno S. Aquino III embarked on a “house-to-house” campaign in an urban village here Saturday morning, making a strong push for the election bids… »
PPP eyed to solve hundreds of classroom shortage in R-12
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 27 2013 11:08 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/27 April) — Development planners in Region 12 are pushing for the construction this year of 637 additional classroom buildings through a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative implemented by… »
NFA-12 exceeds Q1 palay procurement target
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 26 2013 12:07 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 April)– The National Food Authority (NFA) in Region 12 has purchased a total of 181,540 bags of palay (unmilled rice) from local farmers during the first… »
NFA told to spare Region 12 from rice importation
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 25 2013 4:35 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/25 April) — With Region 12’s rice surplus reaching around 132,000 metric tons (MT) last year, the Regional Development Council (RDC) has urged the National Food Authority… »
10,000 jobs available in R-12 Labor Day celebration
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 25 2013 3:51 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/25 April)– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 will launch six major job fairs in the region in connection with the celebration of… »
Alert raised in S. Kudarat town after discovery of bombs
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 24 2013 7:30 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 24 April) – Police authorities have raised the alert level in the municipality of President Quirino in Sultan Kudarat province following the recovery late on… »
Region 12 RDC urges DPWH to speed up bidding for SouthCot-Sarangani road project
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 24 2013 9:00 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 24 April) – The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region 12 urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to speed up the bidding… »
Tesda to hold skills training for poorest of the poor in Region 12
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 24 2013 8:24 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 24 April) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Southwestern Mindanao is set to launch next month a series of skills trainings… »
GenSan, Sarangani to host 23rd Minbizcon
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 23 2013 8:23 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 April) — The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) in Mindanao has chosen this city and nearby Sarangani Province as hosts of the 23rd edition… »
DSWD-12 wants 4Ps recipients enrolled in SSS
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 22 2013 5:34 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 April) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 12 has linked up with the Social Security System (SSS) to provide the area’s… »
RDC-12 wants P37.5-M more for halal laboratory
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 22 2013 5:29 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 April) — The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region 12 has sought for the immediate release of an additional P37.5 million funding from the national government… »
PhilHealth-12 tightens watch on fraudulent claims
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 20 2013 3:25 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 April) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) in Region 12 has stepped up its monitoring of possible fraudulent claims from “unscrupulous” hospitals and doctors in… »
