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CROWDED. Fire-hit residents of Purok Saeg, Barangay Calumpang in General Santos City stay on Thursday morning (Nov. 4, 2021) at a barangay gymnasium that was converted into an evacuation site. Some 470 households with 699 dependents were documented to have been affected by a huge fire in three of the area's four residential zones on Wednesday afternoon. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Officials have placed a coastal village here under state of calamity following a huge fire on Wednesday afternoon that displaced at least 1,169 residents. Ryan Dupalco, chairman of Baran...

The city hall building of General Santos City (PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The local government is considering further easing the movement restrictions for residents and travelers in the city as the number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections here continued to decrease. City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said the move was in line with their request to the national government to downgrade the city's Covid-19 control measures, which remained on Wednesday under the general community quarantine (GCQ). He said they have asked the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Ma...

FIRST DOSE. Nurse Ebuen Herceda (left) administers the first dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 or Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer to 17-year-old Ralph Camanay during the pilot rollout of the vaccination for minors with comorbidities or the pediatric A3 group at the Dr. Jorge P. Royeca Hospital in General Santos City on Friday (Oct. 29). Camanay presented a medical certificate listing bronchial asthma as his comorbidity. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The city government on Friday started its pilot coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) mass vaccination of an initial 500 mi...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The city police office has deployed more security and enforcement teams in shopping malls and other public areas here in the wake of the closure of cemeteries starting on Friday for All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. Lt. Clarizel Perez, the city police spokesperson, said on Thursday they expect the number of mall-goers and residents going to other related places to increase in the coming days, especially during the closure of cemeteries from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. She said Col. Gilberto Tuzon, city police director, assigned additional teams to secure the concerned est...

Dr. Carlito Rocafort, director of the Department of Education-Region 12 (Photo courtesy of Deped-12) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The Department of Education (DepEd)-Region 12 has stepped up preparations for the pilot of the limited face-to-face (F2F) classes in five public schools in the region starting Nov. 15. Dr. Carlito Rocafort, DepEd-Region 12 director, said on Tuesday the selected schools are working on the necessary systems and requirements for the traditional classroom-based classes amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. These are the Bato Elementary School in Makilala and Pa...