GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The city police office has deployed more security and enforcement teams in shopping malls and other public areas here in the wake of the closure of cemeteries starting on Friday for All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. Lt. Clarizel Perez, the city police spokesperson, said on Thursday they expect the number of mall-goers and residents going to other related places to increase in the coming days, especially during the closure of cemeteries from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. She said Col. Gilberto Tuzon, city police director, assigned additional teams to secure the concerned establishments and monitor the compliance of residents to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) health protocols. "We will also tap volunteers to help us implement the health measures and we're hoping for full public compliance on this," Perez told reporters. She said the move was based on their security and deployment plan or the "Oplan Kaluluwa" for the annual observance o
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
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