DAVAO CITY The Sarangani provincial government gradually patched some of its medical vulnerability with the completion of a P68.9-million annex building to its provincial hospital with new medical equipment and more hospital beds. “What the rich gets, the poor gets,” Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon said on Monday in the inauguration of…
The provincial capitol building of Sarangani (File photo courtesy of the provincial government) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The provincial government of Sarangani has so far tested over 70,000 residents for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in nearly six months, in line with its expanded risk-based targeted testing strategy. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, Sarangani health officer, said on Monday that the free testing, which is still ongoing in its seven municipalities, is considered as among the factors that had been helping control the spread of the disease in the area since May. He said they have so far utilized a total of 71,326 rapid antigen test kits in the continuing community-based testing. As of 6 p.m. Sunday, Sarangani still has the lowest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and related deaths in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) since March last year, with 6,081 and 96, respectively. The active cases in the area are currently at 701, while 5,284 patients have recovered. Sarangani Governor Steve Chio
'THE BIG THREE.'Sarangani province's touted "big three" - (from left) outgoing Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon, Rep. Rogelio Pacquiao, and Vice Governor Elmer de Peralta - pose in front of supporters before filing their certificates of candidacies under the ruling local political party People's Champ Movement on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). Solon is seeking the province's lone congressional seat while Pacquiao and de Peralta are running for governor and vice governor, respectively.(Photo grabbed from the Facebook page of Vice Gov. De Peralta) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -House of Representatives Deputy Speaker and Sarangani Rep. Rogelio Pacquiao vowed to further accelerate the province's development and progress as he formally launched his bid for the gubernatorial post on Friday. Accompanied by dozens of family members, close allies, and supporters, the second-term lawmaker filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for governor shortly before 3 p.m. at the Commissio
A newly-opened, long and winding road going to the hinterlands of barangay Kinam has paved the way for developmental projects and government services to pour into the now rebel-free community.
The road-opening project that started in 2020 was initiated by the partnership of the 52nd Engineer Brigade-512th Engineer Construction Battalion and the local governments of Malapatan and Sarangani province with the goal of bringing to an end the decade-long armed conflict between New People’s Army rebels and government troops in Kinam.
The road project is one of the responses to the mandate of President Rodrigo Duterte thru Executive Order No. 70 institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach creating a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict or ELCAC.
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