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Title Holder Families Relocated by Gov’t, Facing Eviction and Demolition
General Santos City (May 23, 2015) — Twenty urban poor families and relocation beneficiaries residing at Zone 3, Purok Magsaysay-A, Barangay Labangal, this city, are now crying “injustice!” at a court-ordered demolition that will evict them from their own homes where they have lived for the past twenty-seven years since 1988.
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Filipino Priest To Pope Francis - Help PH Tuna Workers
MANILA, Philippines (May 5, 2015) — The extent of problems hounding the workers of Philippine tuna export giant Citra Mina has prompted a Filipino priest to seek the intervention of Pope Francis.
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The ‘Sinkhole’ of Gensan Revisited
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines (Apr. 10, 2015) — Time and tide may have restored a portion of the shoreline in General Santos that “sank” in February and created a deep blue hole just feet away from houses of informal settlers in an urban poor community right in the middle of this city.
P25.7-M Worth of Crops in Gensan Damaged Due to El Niño
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) – Around P25.7-million worth of agricultural crops here have been devastated due to the impact of the continuing dry spell triggered by the mild El Niño Phenomenon.
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Gensan Gets P96-M for Drainage Expansion Project
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/24 March) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has allotted around P96 million for the expansion this year of the city’s drainage system.
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MGB to Conduct Geological Study on Coastal Erosion in Gensan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 24 Feb) – The Mines and Geoscience Bureau (MGB) is set to conduct a comprehensive geological study to determine the real cause and extent of a coastal erosion that earlier hit a coastal community here.
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Condemned Creek Possible Cause of Shoreline Erosion in Gensan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 February) — The massive shoreline erosion at a coastal community here that earlier triggered the evacuation of 46 families could be due to the re-emergence of a “condemned” creek in the area, a city official said.
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Gensan Wants to Relocate Residents Living Near Eroded Coastline
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 18 Feb) — The city government is pushing for the immediate relocation of residents settled near the shores of a coastal village here following a suspected coastal erosion in the area last Sunday.
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2 Suspected of MERS-CoV Quarantined
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 18 Feb) – An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from this city and a visiting flight attendant are currently undergoing quarantine due to possible infection with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV).