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GenSan mayor orders study on reduction of tuna catcher vessels

By Edwin G. Espejo on September 6 2012 6:32 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 06 September)– Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio has instructed the City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office to study the impact of the proposed reduction in the number… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Looks like it’s Marquez, but don’t count on it yet

By Edwin G. Espejo on September 5 2012 6:05 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/5 Sept) ­– With Miguel Angel Cotto taking another fight and passing away the opportunity to have his revenge against Manny Pacquiao, the chances of Juan Manuel… »

Pacquiao Politics: Random thoughts

By Edwin G. Espejo on September 1 2012 4:43 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 August)–Last Tuesday, Rep. Manny Pacquiao did what his predecessors are said to have failed before:  give an address to the people on the State of Sarangani… »

Filipino tuna fishers set sight on closed Pacific seas

By Edwin G. Espejo on August 31 2012 5:58 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 August) – Some 36 tuna catcher vessels will set sail from the port of General Santos City on September 25 where they will head to a… »

Pacquiao politics: A grafter in his midst?

By Edwin G. Espejo on August 25 2012 10:46 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/ 25 August) –A member of the Sarangani Provincial Board who has caught Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s favor was recently convicted by the Sandiganbayan or the anti-graft court of… »

SMI pushes back production target to 2018

By Edwin G. Espejo on August 23 2012 11:27 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 Aug) – Mining firm Sagittarius Mines, Inc. has moved its target for commercial operations to 2018 following the rejection of its application for government permit and… »

COMMENTARY: Sarangani politics: Brewing political storm

By Edwin G. Espejo on August 20 2012 7:41 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 August) — With barely two months before incumbents and candidates for the 2013 elections start filing their certificates of candidacy, a lot of horse trading and… »

PH pins Olympic hopes on Davao lad Barriga

By Edwin G. Espejo on August 4 2012 7:03 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 Aug) – Ending a 16-year medal drought at the quadrennial sports event now lies heavily on the shoulders of boxer Mark Anthony Barriga, the tiniest in… »

COMMENTARY: NPAs are again on the offensive (in the press)

By Edwin G. Espejo on August 3 2012 8:24 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/2 Aug) – Communist rebels are again on the offensive, albeit in the less violent front. Last week, rebel spokesman for Mindanao Jorge Madlos, more popularly known… »

British firm tightens SMI security

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 28 2012 9:44 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 July) –A British security consulting firm was recently reported to be scouting for an international security expert specializing in securing mining sites with added qualification of… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: What’s next?

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 25 2012 7:18 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/24 July) – Normally, at this stage, negotiations for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight should already be within the realm of fight purses and pay per view sharing.… »

Nail tuna catch at 165,000 MT per year – BFAR

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 20 2012 9:34 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 July) – As an initial step to arrest declining tuna catches, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has urged Filipino fishing companies to agree… »

Gov. Dominguez joins LP

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 17 2012 2:05 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 July) — Sarangani Gov. Miguel Rene Dominguez has officially left Lakas-Kampi and joined the Liberal Party in June ending years of courtship by budget secretary Florencio… »

SOUTHERN COMFORT: SMI’s dilemma

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 15 2012 8:28 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/14 July) –Expectedly, Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) welcomed the issuance of Executive Order 79, hoping the dictum that primacy of national law over local legislation will be the… »

SoCot governor defends ban on open-pit mining; says review not imminent

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 11 2012 7:15 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 July) – South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy has insisted that the provincial environment code which bans open pit mining method is consistent with national law which… »

COMMENTARY: Donaire Odyssey: A class of his own

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 9 2012 11:09 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 July) — After the fifth round of the Nonino Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula unification fight, I decided it was time to drive to Koronadal City to attend the… »

US-PH exercise shows glaring gap between two navies

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 6 2012 4:33 am

SARANGANI BAY (MindaNews/5 July) – “Iyan ang pangarap natin. Magkaroon man lang sana tayo niyan.” (That is our dream. How we wish we will own one like that.) Spoken with… »

In GenSan, it’s Antonino vs Pacquiao in 2013

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 4 2012 8:23 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 July) — The Antoninos and the Pacquiaos will have a rematch of the 2007 elections. Only this time, it will be Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s brother Rogelio… »

PACQUAIO WATCH: Quiet front

By Edwin G. Espejo on July 4 2012 7:10 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 July) — With Manny Pacquiao and his family spending summer in Europe and probably already heading to Jerusalem, all has been quiet in the Land of… »

US, PH to hold joint naval exercises

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 30 2012 11:45 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 June) – Two US Navy ships are arriving in Makar port here on Sunday (July 1) for joint naval maneuver exercises with the Philippine Navy, according… »

Sarangani Energy hikes authorized capital to P4.25 B

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 29 2012 8:47 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 June) – The Alcantara-controlled Sarangani Energy Corporation (SEC) on Wednesday announced it has increased its authorized capital to P4.25 billion (US$100 million) as the company gears… »

COMMENTARY: Pacquiao factor in Gensan, Sarangani politics

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 27 2012 7:06 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 June) — With less than a year before the May 2013 elections, re-alignment and consolidation of existing political forces are fast shaping up in southwestern Mindanao… »

School attendance sheets attached to resolution endorsing Tampakan project

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 22 2012 11:42 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 June) – Students at the Tampakan National High School in Tampakan, South Cotabato are up in arms. The reason: their school attendance sheets were attached to… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Time is ticking (Last of three parts)

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 19 2012 6:23 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 June) — So when Manny Pacquiao almost inexplicably lost to Timothy Bradley, an early 1-7 long shot, reactions swung from one extreme of the pendulum to the other.

PACQUIAO WATCH: Time is ticking

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 16 2012 1:26 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 June) — Whether Manny Pacquiao was an innocent victim of Las Vegas stick up or a willing participant to a farce as many are now suggesting,… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Another look at Pacman-Bradley fight

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 12 2012 7:20 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 June) – I have grown this habit of scribbling down my own scorecard every time Manny Pacquiao fights after he was held to a draw by… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Against Pacquiao, Bradley’s chin more than held up (and then some)

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 11 2012 8:04 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 June) — American Timothy Bradley proved his chin is more than match to Manny Pacquiao’s hardest punches. And then he shocked everybody by escaping with a… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Corona’s out, Manny’s in (again)

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 5 2012 6:36 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/04 June) — Normalcy is returning to the Philippine media a week Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona became the first to be ousted from office via… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Bradley stands no chance

By Edwin G. Espejo on June 4 2012 6:53 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 June) — As much as Bob Arum of Top Rank would like us to believe, Timothy Bradley really does not have what it takes to hand… »

COMMENTARY: The Corona ouster: It was all about character

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 31 2012 6:13 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 May) – Renato Corona, now technically the former Supreme Court Chief Justice after he was pronounced guilty in his impeachment trial, quickly morphed from an arrogant… »

Socoteco power rates P3 higher than last year’s average

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 29 2012 6:25 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 May) — Power rates of South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) for the month of April are up by close to 15 percent over March… »

COMMENTARY: Corona on trial: In his own fiefdom

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 28 2012 6:10 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 May) — Of all the words uttered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona when he came back to apologize Friday after leaving the impeachment court… »

COMMENTARY: Corona on trial: Coming in with a swagger, leaving in a wheelchair

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 24 2012 4:34 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 May) — By the time he made his mini-French leave, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was already a picture of a defeated man, far from… »

A-grade tuna too pricey for ordinary Pinoy

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 23 2012 6:24 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews. 22 May) — With landed price of over P420 (USD10) for a sashimi grade tuna at the General Santos City fishing port complex, more and more… »

FEATURE: Conquering heights (and fear of it)

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 22 2012 5:52 am

MAASIM, Sarangani (MindaNews/21 May) – It is one acrophobic’s worst nightmare but also a child’s ultimate fantasy fulfillment. How many of us once dreamed we are the caped action heroes who crushed the evil and outlaws and once saved a damsel from falling from the Empire State building, or wherever, like Superman?

PACQUIAO WATCH: Life in a fishbowl (Part 3)

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 18 2012 6:27 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — I certainly believed Manny Pacquiao when he said he is not anti-gay. His wife Jinkee has a man-err-girl Friday and he admits to having… »

COMMENTARY: Corona Trial: Game over

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 16 2012 5:36 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – It ain’t really over until the fat lady sings. But Monday’s appearance of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, former colleague of Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona,… »

COMMENTARY: The Philippine Impeachment Trial: Corona’s Rubicon

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 15 2012 6:29 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The impeachment trial of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona resumes in the afternoon today with his defense counsels taking the biggest gamble… »

The Boys of Summer: Philippine style

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 15 2012 6:25 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – They used to soak themselves in cold and icy springs or salty beaches until they quiver to the bones for that once in a… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Villanueva is not going anywhere

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 8 2012 10:50 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 May) – With apologies to both Manny Piñol and Recah Trinidad, recent knockout victim Lorenzo Villanueva is not going anywhere. He can’t be genuine world boxing… »

SOUTHERN COMFORT: Long time coming

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 7 2012 5:18 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 May) — It is unfortunate that it took Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes (2nd District-South Cotabato) to amplify a bill separating General Santos City from the 1st  Congressional… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Pacman draws the line

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 7 2012 5:17 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 May) — Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao was reported to have presided over a meeting with his political allies recently. It was a crucial meeting where he… »

Sarangani town wants more power

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 4 2012 7:30 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 May) – The municipal council of Alabel, Sarangani on Tuesday asked the Department of Energy to order the National Power Corporation and the National Grid Corporation… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Floyd eats his words

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 3 2012 8:02 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/02 May) – Flamboyant American boxing star but prison-bound Floyd Mayweather Jr. used to taunt arch rival Manny Pacquiao for feasting on his leftovers. Pacquiao, after all,… »

COMMENTARY: Trade unionism in the Philippines is gone (almost)

By Edwin G. Espejo on May 2 2012 5:17 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/1 May) – In 1989, more than 20,000 workers and public sector employees marched through the narrow streets of Davao City demanding for a Php25 legislated wage… »

COMMENTARY: Digging for the long haul. By Edwin Espejo

By Edwin G. Espejo on April 29 2012 10:31 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 April) — Troubled mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. cannot seem to find ways to reverse a provincial ordinance which virtually shut down its proposed US$5.9 billion… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: No big fuss

By Edwin G. Espejo on April 23 2012 7:46 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 April) — Manny Pacquiao watchers are puzzled over the early departure of conditioning coach Alex Ariza from the champion’s Baguio camp. There is no cause for… »

Militants end anti-VFA protest in plaza named after US general

By Edwin G. Espejo on April 21 2012 8:18 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 April) – The symbolism was not lost on the Leftist militants who staged a week-long protest caravan that coincided with the holding of another round of… »

PACQUIAO WATCH: Winds of change have already blown

By Edwin G. Espejo on April 17 2012 6:22 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 April) – Two years ago, it would have been unthinkable for a sitting president not to recognize or acknowledge the presence of Rep. Manny Pacquiao in… »

Go Gumasa for the biggest beach party this summer

By Edwin G. Espejo on April 8 2012 11:00 am

Tired of the maddening crowd of Boracay? The crass commercialism of Panglao? Or the prohibitive and princely price tag of El Nido? Save your bed and dine budget and get… »

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