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Province of South Cotabato

PCOO distributes FOI Kiosk, collaterals

The Provincial Government of South Cotabato through the Provincial Information Office received from Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Kristian R. Ablan the Freedom of Information (FOI) Kiosk, materials, and collaterals to uphold the right to information through transparent public service and good governance. To date, the Province of South Cotabato is one of the […]

Tourism Office now back in business after quarantine

Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit is now back in business starting today (May 10) after undergoing home quarantine for 2 weeks after its employees came into close contact with a CoVid-19 positive individual. An ACTM employee was found infected with the virus with last contact on April 23 and later confirmed by PESU […]

Tupi’s Strawberry Farm top tourist destination in SouthCot

Strawberry – Guyabano Farm or now popularly known as SG Farm in the municipality of Tupi is the top grosser in tourist arrival in South Cotabato for the first quarter of 2021, the Arts, Culture, Tourism anf Museum (ACTM) Unit reported. SG Farm located in Sitio Glandang, Barangay Kablon of said town, registered 41,164 visitors […]

Eight barangays in SouthCot unaffected with drugs

Police authorities cited eight (8) barangays in South Cotabato as the remaining barangays unaffected with drugs in the province based on the latest report on the  Status of Drug Clearing from the South Cotabato Police Provincial Office. LtCol Emerson D. Policarpio, chief of the Police Community Affairs and Development Group said these eight barangays came […]

Community pantry: “Not yet necessary in SouthCot” – Gov. Tamayo

KORONADAL CITY- The putting-up of the community pantry in this city shows that the Bayanihan spirit still exists however South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo S. Tamayo Jr. laments that with the surge of the Covid-19  in the province, said the initiative is not yet fitted. The community pantry recently put up, inspired by the Maginhawa community […]

Pvet strengthens rabies vaccination program as number of dog bites increase

KORONADAL, SOUTH COTABATO- The Provincial Veterinary Office continues its effort for rabies vaccination program across the province as the number of dog bites increase. According to the record of Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) there are 31 sample heads submitted for laboratory test and it came out that out of this number 18 are positive […]

Simple celebration of Tnalak fest underway in South Cotabato

Preparations are underway for this year’s  55th Foundation Anniversary and 22nd Tnalak Festival as the Executive Committee meeting holds its first meeting today to plan out activities for the much-awaited festival on July 18 this year. Provincial Administrator Atty. Renette Bergado said the festival will be observed in a very simple way and events to […]

Deped South Cotabato receives additional assistance for school priority needs

KORONADAL, SOUTH COTABATO- In line with the free education program of the Provincial Government of South Cotabato (PGSC), the Department of Education – South Cotabato announces the program status and the list of schools with financial assistance (first trance) from the province. OIC-Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Ruth L. Estacio PhD, CESO VI directed all the […]

OPAg pushes for agri-tourism in South Cotabato

The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg) is pushing for agriculture tourism or “agri-tourism” in South Cotabato as more and more farms is sprouting in the past few years in the province. OPAg chief Dr. Raul Teves, DVM disclosed during the recent weekly Kapihan sa Kapitolyo media forum that they encouraged farmers to open farms […]

“No collection policy” decreases dropouts rate in SouthCot

Drop out rate for public elementary and secondary schools in South Cotabato has significantly decreased during the administration of Governor Reynaldo S. Tamayo Jr. with the full implementation of the “No Collection Policy”  under the Free Education program which is one of the flagship programs in the province. Based on the End-of-School-Year (EOSY) Data for […]