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… »
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… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 9 2013 7:10 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 April) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) personnel here have launched another round of massive dismantling or removal of campaign materials that were set up in places… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 3 2013 10:08 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 April) — The city council here has expressed support to mounting calls for President Benigno Aquino III to use his emergency powers to effectively address the… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 12 2013 5:23 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) – Fisheries officials are projecting an increase of around 50,000 metric tons (MT) in the country’s annual tuna landings once fishing companies here… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 17 2013 7:13 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – Lt. Gen. Jorge Segovia, head of Task Force Maritime Search SarGen, on Wednesday said the search and rescue operation for the still… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 7 2013 11:14 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 January) – Nineteen villages here and in nearby South Cotabato province were submerged in floodwaters as several rivers and irrigation channels swelled anew late on Sunday… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 5 2013 7:35 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 4 Jan) – Authorities are not calling off anytime soon the ongoing search and rescue operations for the 352 fishermen from this city and nearby… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on December 8 2012 9:00 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/8 December) — The number of missing fishermen from this city and the neighboring areas due to the onslaught of super Typhoon Pablo has climbed to 315… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 20 2012 6:13 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 19 November)—Rising operational costs, particularly fuel prices, have remained a major challenge for tuna players here but the industry in general is still faring well, an… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 28 2012 9:04 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 September) — The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fast track… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on June 11 2012 11:32 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 June) — Despite losing his welterweight title in Sunday’s controversial match in Las Vegas, a hero’s welcome still awaits boxing sensation and Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on September 13 2011 7:56 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 Sept) – The Department of Agriculture has reduced the export fee on tuna from 3 to 0.2 percent to help shore up the ailing tuna industry.… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on August 12 2011 10:26 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 August) — If she can have her way, Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio would rather drop this city’s tag as the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines”. Custodio, speaking… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on July 15 2011 10:50 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 July) — A major global business process outsourcing industry player is planning to put up a call center facility in this city as part of its… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 14 2011 7:10 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 Apr) – Thousands of residents took to the streets here in celebration as the city gave a rousing hero’s welcome Wednesday afternoon for newly-crowned 2011 Bb.… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 20 2011 7:03 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Before somebody else jumps on the gun and blames climate change as the culprit behind the flooding the city has experienced over the last… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 12 2011 6:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 Jan) – Police operatives arrested at least seven suspected members of an alleged kidnap-for-ransom gang while they were reportedly plotting a kidnapping operation here Monday afternoon.… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on December 16 2010 12:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 December) – Pacman, a book written by Gary Andrew Poole, is now available in all National Bookstore outlets nationwide. The 251-page book is a crafty chronicle… »
By Merpu Roa on November 7 2010 8:39 am
MCALLEN, TEXAS ( MindaNews/5 November) - Emotions are now running high as the Pacquiao-Margarito world boxing title fight is barely one week away, yet a boxing promoter in south Texas… »
COMMENTARY: Gensan flooding: Who is to blame? By Edwin G. Espejo
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 20 2011 7:03 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Before somebody else jumps on the gun and blames climate change as the culprit behind the flooding the city has experienced over the last… »