SOME 30 members of "Mothers for Peace" core group and women leaders in General Santos City convened in a two-day activity entitled "Orientation and Workshop on Pro-Women Laws and Bills."

LAWYER Loreto "Tonton" Acharon revealed last week that he is definitely running for mayor against Representative Darlene Magnolia Antonino-Custodio in 2010.

ACCUSATIONS of bribery and intimidation have hounded the Alcantara-led coal-fed power project in nearby Maasim, Sarangani province as opposition to the venture gets wider.

PURSE seine operators fishing in international waters are bracing themselves for a major cut in tuna production beginning next month.

GENERAL Santos City is getting the bonanza and the upside as a result of the rivalry between the country's two biggest mall operators.

SARANGANI provincial health officer Dr. Antonio Yasaña has confirmed one case of influenza A (H1N1) in Malapatan town but said the patient has fully recovered.

MALUNGON, Sarangani -- The town's performance and implementation of Quality Education for Sarangani Today (Quest) project has been gaining more assistance from the private sector.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Public school teachers in Sulu province have signified their commitment and interest to support a poll watchdog in its campaign for electoral reforms.

A NEWLY-formed multi-sectoral group against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in nearby Maasim, Sarangani has scored the proponent for apparently confusing and lying to the public.

A POWER firm, which is set to build a US$450-million coal-fired power plant in Maasim, Sarangani, said the project will proceed as planned.

THE Catholic Church has urged last week foreign-backed miner Sagittarius Mines Inc.

THE Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm), the country's poorest region, is seeking a budget of P12.6 billion for 2010, officials said last week.

KORONADAL CITY -- Foreign-backed miner Sagittarius Mines Inc. has gained the support anew of five host communities straddling the Tampakan copper-gold project, officials confirmed last week.

VEGETABLE industry players in the country are set to discuss safety issues on pesticide and agro-chemical use in their farming method even as they hope to learn new technologies

THE City Government of General Santos and the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Small and Medium Enterprise Development (Smed) Council successfully opened the Yaman Gensan 2009 last week at the Gaisano Mall Atrium.