Executive Order 1 Series of 2022 issued by General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera (Photo courtesy of General Santos CIO) GENERAL SANTOS CITY- Authorities here have started implementing the "no vaccination card, no entry" policy for all persons entering establishments in the city. Under Executive Order (EO) 1 Series of 2022, the barangay and Philippine National Police would be asking for vaccination certificates or vaccination cards on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) upon entry into the establishments. The policy started January 17 as stated on the EO issued by Mayor Ronnel Rivera and a copy of which was released to the media on Tuesday. According to Barangay Calumpang chairperson Ryan Dupalco, he and his colleagues at the city's 26 barangays are now implementing the new policy. The measure is being imposed to prevent a further increase in Covid-19 infections in the city that is currently under Alert level 3 as recommended by the national Inter-Agency Task Force on Em
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
BURNED.Photo shows a portion of coastal community Purok Saeg in Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City that was hit by a huge fire on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 3, 2021). Officials said hundreds of houses mostly made of light materials were destroyed by the blaze, which started around 1 p.m. and was declared under control three hours later. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) 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 the four residential zones of Purok Saeg in Barangay Calumpang. Citing accounts from residents and barangay officials, he said it reportedly started in one of the houses in the area that are mostly made of light materials. "There were reports that someone was cooking before it happened as it was around lunchtime then bu
Published January 14, 2021, 2:38 PM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY- The local Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID has banned the holding of cockfighting in the city after two people who attended a derby in Barangay Calumpang this city tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera has recalled all permits issued by the city government for the holding of derby and cockfighting in the city.
He said the local IATF has recommended the prohibition of face-to-face cockfighting after receiving reports on the violations of minimum health protocols, especially social distancing, during cockfighting in cockpit areas.
The mayor said the local IATF has expressed concern that the cockpits might be the source of transmission of the virus among cockfighting aficionados.