General Santos Local News
Wage board gets no petition for pay hike
KORONADAL CITY -- Not a single group from Central Mindanao region has filed a petition for salary increase a day before the one-year prescriptive period lapses on Tuesday, a labor official said.
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Japan pours P363-M to Mindanao
KORONADAL CITY -- The Japanese Embassy announced Wednesday some P363 million in new assistance package to the southern Philippines as Tokyo called on the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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Walk for Peace kicks off Maasim festival
MAASIM, Sarangani – Thousands of people from various sectors and local government units kicked off Thursday the festivities for the 37th Foundation Anniversary and 2nd Kestebeng Festival in Maasim with a five-kilometer Walk for Peace.
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Probe on relief mishandling in Maguindanao yet to start
KORONADAL CITY -- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) and international aid agencies failed to jump-start investigations on the alleged trading of relief items in Maguindanao province last
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Ulamas seek Obama's help in peace process
KORONADAL CITY -- The country's ulama or Islamic scholars have appealed to US President Barack H.
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Security, social threats top worries in SC mining
KORONADAL CITY -- Foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. has conceded that social and security issues remain this year a major threat to its operation, which was claimed to have contributed
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Clans in conflict start talks to resolve dispute
COTABATO CITY -- The families who have been involved in armed conflict in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat that caused displacement of thousands of people signed a peace covenant to jump-start
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LGUs adopt unified business registration, licensing form
POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato -- Several local government units in Central Mindanao formally adopted a business registration and licensing unified form (BRL-Unified Form) in the presence of President Glor
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Councilors oppose coal plant project
THE General Santos City Council has joined the voices of those opposing the Alcantara Group-led $450 million, 200-megawatt coal-fired power project in nearby Maasim, Sarangani province.
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South Cotabato seeks reduction of tilapia fish cages
SOUTH Cotabato Provincial Government is clamping down on fish cages in scenic Lake Sebu town to prevent further degradation of the lakes there.
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Central Mindanao cops form H1N1 task force
ASIDE from health authorities, policemen in Central Mindanao are joining efforts to prevent the spread of influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu virus in the area.
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European body to serve war-torn communities
THOUSANDS of evacuees from communities affected by armed conflicts in Mindanao will be covered for relief and rehabilitation assistance by the Philippine government and the European Commission (EC).
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Conal starts artificial reef dome
THE proponent of a 200-megawatt coal-fired power has started submerging artificial reef domes along Sarangani Bay, a stint apparently taken to ease the concern of scuba divers that the project would destroy
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New dredger needed to address floods
KORONADAL CITY -- A dilapidated dredger is delaying works aimed to ease the perennial problem of flooding in Cotabato City and neighboring areas in Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces.
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Governor to return from US on May 26
SARANGANI governor Miguel "Migs" Dominguez is scheduled to arrive in General Santos City on May 26 after close to two months of stay in the United States where he was a fellow of the Eisenhower Center
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