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News from Soccsksargen region
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A 16-year-old student was injured after being assaulted by two youths in Barangay Fatima on Tuesday night, prompting barangay officials to immediately initiate an investigation and…
SURALLAH, South Cotabato — A 15-year-old boy is receiving medical treatment after sustaining burn injuries when he allegedly set himself on fire inside their home in Surallah, South Cotabato, authorities…
PRESIDENT ROXAS, North Cotabato — A tragic drowning incident claimed the life of a Grade 8 student after she was swept under while swimming in a large creek in Barangay…
The proposal to rename the General Santos City International Airport to SOCCSKSARGEN International Airport has ignited an unusually intense debate—one that goes beyond semantics and cuts into questions of identity,…
MALAPATAN, Sarangani Province — Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office XII (PDEA RO 12) dismantled an alleged drug den and arrested three individuals—including a father and his…
MATALAM, Cotabato — Four members of the same family, including two minors, were killed in a brazen shooting in Sitio Israel, Barangay New Abra, Matalam, Cotabato on the evening of…
MATALAM, Cotabato — A 19-year-old man was killed after being stabbed 18 times in a violent altercation allegedly triggered by a “bad stare” in Barangay Poblacion, Matalam, Cotabato on Monday…
KABACAN, Cotabato — A barangay official was shot dead in a brazen early-morning attack right in front of a Barangay Peace Action Team (BPAT) checkpoint in Barangay Aringay, Kabacan, raising…
Glan, Sarangani — A cloud of public outrage hangs over Barangay Calpidong after revelations that nearly ₱600,000 in barangay funds—money drawn from the hard-earned taxes of residents—was withdrawn and misused,…
GLAN, Sarangani Province — All nine marine biology students and three crew members aboard a distressed motorized banca were safely rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard Eastern Sarangani (CGSES) following…