General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera (PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The city government is planning to limit the entry and movement of children aged 12 years old and below in shopping malls and other public places amid the continuing threats posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infection. City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said on Tuesday they received recommendations from various sectors regarding the move in the wake of the increased presence of minors, including small children, in business establishments and public facilities. He said the City Inter-Agency Task Force (CIATF) for the Management of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases will take up the matter in an upcoming meeting. Residents here have started bringing their children to shopping malls and other public places after the city government relaxed the movement restrictions on November 11 through Executive Order No. 51 issued by the mayor. It allowed all minors to enter shopping malls and other pub
(PNA GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The city government has sustained its intensified border surveillance against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) even as the confirmed infections here have continued to decrease in the past several weeks. Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office (CHO), said on Thursday the border monitoring measures and activities in the city are still in place as the threats posed by the spread of Covid-19, especially its highly infectious variants, still persist. CHO only recorded 15 new infections in the city on Wednesday, one of the lowest in over five months, with the active cases further dropping to 356 after reaching over 1,000 during the surge in August and September. The confirmed cases in the city since last year have reached a total of 13,764, with 506 related deaths and 12,902 recoveries. The city is among the areas identified by the Department of Health-Region 12 (Soccsksargen) that are already considered as low-risk to Covid-19 bas
General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera (PNA-GenSan file photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The city government will finally lift its five-month "stay at home Sunday" order for residents starting October 17 as new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continued to decrease in the past two weeks. City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said Friday the City Inter-Agency Task Force (CIATF) for the Management of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases endorsed the move due to the improving Covid-19 situation here. Rivera said the CIATF, which assessed the matter in its meeting last week, cited the decreasing number of active cases and the increasing vaccination coverage among residents. "This is the result of the continuing support and cooperation of everyone to our front-liners and the implementation of our Covid-19 measures," he said in a statement. The city, which remains under general community quarantine, implemented the "stay at home Sunday", lockdowns, and o
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Published July 22, 2021, 6:59 AM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The city government is looking at imposing hefty sanctions on a popular resort here for holding an event on Tuesday night, July 20 that reportedly violated the prohibition on mass gatherings.
Geraldine Zamora, head of the business permits and licensing division at the city hall, said Wednesday they are currently gathering the necessary information on the violations reportedly committed by the LC5 Farm and Resort in Romana Estate, Barangay Mabuhay, and other circumstances surrounding the incident.
She said they received initial reports through the media regarding the alleged mass gathering, which was in violation of the measures set under the prevailing general community quarantine (GCQ) in the city.