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Photo: the city hall building of General Santos City (PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The city government on Monday urged residents to visit the graves of their departed family members and relatives early to avoid crowding the cemeteries here amid the global pandemic. Mary Ann Calonzo Tan, head of the City Housing and Land Management Office (CHLMO), said the city's main public cemetery, the Antonio C. Acharon Memorial Park (ACAMP), in Barangay Fatima, and other facilities are now open to accommodate visitors. She said they have set the visitation period ahead of the observance of the "Undas" or All Saints' and All Souls' Days on November 1 and 2. Tan said they were still waiting for further issuances from the national and city governments regarding the traditional visitation to cemeteries this year in the wake of the continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. She said the visits are subject to the strict observance of the health protocol