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8 returning residents quarantined in Gensan
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Release of P5k aid starts in Region 12
GENERAL SANTOS City ― The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-12) has started the release of the P5,000 financial assistance to households hit hardest by the crisis triggered by the coronavirus disease pandemic.
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Gensan enforces ‘stricter lockdown’
GENERAL SANTOS City ― The city government stepped up on Monday the enforcement of the travel restrictions and the “clustered lockdown” of its barangays amid the ongoing enhanced community quarantine in the area.
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Trader who went to Davao derby contracts Covid-19
GENERAL Santos City – A businessman here who traveled to Davao City last month for a cockfight derby has tested positive for Covid-19, the first confirmed case in the city.
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Socot extends lockdown for 10 days
GENERAL SANTOS City ― The entire South Cotabato province will remain under total lockdown for 10 more days in the wake of the continuing threat posed by the increasing confirmed cases of the deadly 2019 coronavirus disease in the country.
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Sarangani towns to get P1M each to fight Covid-19
GENERAL SANTOS City ― The provincial government of Sarangani is set to release some P1 million each to its seven municipalities to help them better combat the spread of the coronavirus disease.
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Region 12 has 7 confirmed Covid-19 cases
GENERAL SANTOS City ― Four more residents of Region 12 or Soccsksargen have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease, bringing the confirmed cases in the area to seven, based on the 5 pm Wednesday, April 1, data released by the Department of Health-12’s Center for Health and Development.
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3 PUIs who died in Region 12 test negative for Covid-19
GENERAL SANTOS City ― Three more persons under investigation (PUI) in Region 12 who died while awaiting laboratory confirmation for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease have tested negative for the virus.
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Troops unearth NPA armaments in Sarangani
GENERAL SANTOS City ― Government troops recovered over the weekend a high-powered firearm and assorted ammunition reportedly stashed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the upland villages of Malapatan town, Sarangani province.
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Region 12 asks Duterte for test center in MSU Gensan
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Airlines, vessel crews barred from GenSan amid COVID-19 threat
GENERAL SANTS CITY – The airport here has closed its runways to passenger flights while vessel crews in all city ports were banned from disembarkation and embarkation effective Tuesday.
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Biggest beach party scheduled in Mindanao called off
THE biggest summer beach party scheduled in Mindanao, Sarangani Bay (Sarbay) festival, was called off due to the dreaded 2019 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) threat, organizers said on Wednesday.
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