South Cotabato Family Rondalla wins Musikahan Festival

South Cotabato made waves again in the field of  musical competition when its in-house rondalla, the South CotabatoFamily  Rondalla won first prize in the rondalla category of the Musikahan Festival held recewntly in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. The 20-member rondalla under the baton of conductor Charles Dumdum, bested 7 other rondalla groups coming from […]

PSWDO releases P68M for hospitalization assistance in 2022

Koronadal City—The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office reported the released of at least P68M as hospital and medicine assistance to 11, 370 indigents people in South Cotabato last year, according to Crisis Intervention Unit Head Grace Aperocho. “Half of the total budget for Crisis Intervention was put into the Indigent Hospitalization Fund-Medical. The allocation […]

1,205 households in San Miguel, Norala benefits free social services

NORALA, SOUTH COTABATO- Gov. Reynaldo S. Tamayo, Jr. spearheaded the regular community outreach program dubbed as “Tama kag Maayo nga Serbisyo para sa Katawhan” held at Brgy. San Miguel, Norala , South Cotabato. The different department and offices of Provincial Government of South Cotabato directly delivers the services down to the grass root to ensure […]

SouthCot’s priority programs help ease increasing inflation rate

The Provincial Government of South Cotabato highlights the policies and programs implemented by Gov. Reynaldo S. Tamayo Jr. to ease the effects of the increasing inflation rate in the province during the press conference spearheaded by the South Cotabato Provincial Statistical Office. The PGSC represented by Mr. Dennis D. Gasendo of the Provincial Planning and […]

Milking machines to help dairy farmers in South Cotabato

Koronadal City—Five dairy farmer-cooperatives in South Cotabato received milking processing equipment and machineries, Dr. Flora Bigot, Provincial Veterinary Officer said during a turn-over ceremony held at the Provincial Capitol Covered Court recently. The Provincial Veterinary allocated at least P500, 000 from the Annual Development Fund for the purchased of freezer and milking machines. PVET aimed […]

DSWD, OPAPP pours P8M sustainable livelihood assistance to 29 organizations in South Cotabato

Koronadal City—Twenty nine organization-representatives from South Cotabato received a total of P8M-worth of sustainable livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office as part of the Office of the Presidential Adviser support to National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) program. Sonia Bautista, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer, […]

Visual Arts Sector to conduct On-the-Spot Painting contest

After the successful opening of the National Arts Month (NAM) 2023 celebration last February 3,  the Visual Arts Sector (VAS) will conduct an On-the-Spot Painting Contest on Febriary 17 that will be hosted by  Surallah LGU.           Danny Doce, VAS head disclosed during the Culture & Arts Sectoral meeting that the artists/contestants will paint their […]

PhilHealth identifies South Cotabato to test network contracting for primary health care services

Koronadal City—PhilHealth identified the Provincial Government of South Cotabato to implement a sandbox to test network contracting for primary health care services, Marifort Rafael, UHC Provincial Program Focal Person said. “Under the UHC Law, PhilHealth is mandated to contract networks as opposed to individual facilities, which creates opportunities for better engagement of both public and […]

Dry-run of electronic medical records in govt hospitals set

South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo S. Tamayo Jr. announced the dry-run of the electronic medical record in government hospitals in the province in preparation for the implementation of the KonsulTa package of Philhealth. The Konsulta Package is the provision of primary health services based on the health risks and needs of the patients with the continued […]