GENERAL SANTOS CITY Presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao has warned to send to jail corrupt public officials should he win the presidency in next year’s elections. He stressed that his anti-corruption advocacy will focus on the imposition of criminal sanctions against erring government offic
GET VAXXED. Senator Christopher "Bong" Go appeals to General Santos City's unvaccinated residents to avail of the coronavirus disease 2019 jabs during his visit on Monday (Nov. 22, 2021). The senator inspected the operations of the Malasakit Center and graced the distribution of government assistance to solo parents and other distressed residents. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go appealed to residents here on Monday to cast aside their doubts and get the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines for their protection and the fast-tracking of economic recovery. Go, who joined the distribution of government assistance to solo parents at the city's oval plaza, said getting vaccinated is the only way for the country to overcome the pandemic and its negative impacts. "If you want to get back to your normal lives, have yourselves vaccinated," he said in his speech. Go reiterated that the country has e
GOVERNMENT AID. Photo shows some of the families displaced by a huge fire in General Santos City on Nov. 3, 2021 receiving various assistance from government agencies in convergence activity on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 6). The event was graced by Senator Christopher Lawrence Go, who assured them of the government's continuing assistance.(PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Various government agencies released financial and relief assistance on Saturday afternoon to some 591 families displaced by a huge fire in a coastal community here on November 3. Senator Christopher Lawrence Go personally led the distribution of the assistance to the affected residents of Purok Saeg, Barangay Calumpang in a convergence activity at the Pacific Southbay College Institute covered court. Each household received family food packs and PHP12,000 cash assistance from the Office of Senator Go and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, as well as hygiene kits and face masks fr
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Hundreds of houses and other structures were gutted down in a huge fire that hit a crowded coastal community here on Wednesday afternoon. City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said there were no casualties reported as a result of the fire, which started around 1 p.m. and rapidly spread to
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 Barangay Calumpang, said they issued the calamity declaration in an emergency session on Thursday to facilitate the release of their calamity funds to augment the relief operations for the residents. Citing a report from the City Social Welfare and Development Office, he said some 470 families with 699 dependents were documented as of noon Thursday to have lost their homes and valuables in the nearly f