TACLOBAN CITY – The deadly shooting at a public school in this city has underscored the urgent need to fully implement a law that will increase the number of guidance counselors and strengthen mental health services in schools, an education official said Wednesday. Department of Education (DepEd)...
TECH4GOOD The tragic school shooting in Tacloban City last week has shaken the nation and left a scar on everyone’s conscience. Two minors, barely in their teens, carried out a violent act that left three young students dead and 20 others recovering from injuries. In the immediate aftermath,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-Eastern Visayas (PRO-8) vowed there will be no coverup in the investigation of a police officer whose service firearm was allegedly used by her nephew in a fatal campus shooting. PRO-8 spokesperson Police Lt. Col. Analiza Armeza confirmed Monday that the...
Actress Karla Estrada has issued a strong condemnation of the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City where four students were killed and several others injured. She described the incident as a painful and urgent wake-up call on the safety of schools. Estrada personally...
A Mass was held on Tuesday morning at the campus of San Jose National High School in Tacloban City for the victims of the school shooting Monday. The Tacloban City information Office, in a Facebook post, said teachers, school personnel, and members of the community gathered in prayer and...
ILOILO CITY — Police have tightened security in schools here following the deadly shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday. The Iloilo City Police Office deployed lawmen in schools beginning Tuesday morning, June 23, to assist in security checks. “The safety and...
TACLOBAN CITY — While families of the slain and wounded students in the school shooting here cry for justice, the National Police Commission will conduct its own motu proprio investigation to determine the administrative liability of a female police officer linked to the fatal shooting...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) intensified security measures at Batasan Hills National High School following a shooting incident in Tacloban City on Monday, June 22. On Tuesday, June 23, the QCPD strengthened campus security by enforcing stricter entry screening, including tighter bag...
The two minors planned the gun attack in Tacloban City school more than a month before the opening of the classes, a police official revealed amid the ongoing investigation to determine the motive behind the rare school shooting in the country. And what surprised the police investigators was that...
TACLOBAN CITY — Education Secretary Sonny Angara confirmed Tuesday that the shooting incident at San Jose National High School here in which three students were killed and 13 others injured was planned. Authorities noted that the 14-year-old and 15-year-old suspects were reportedly influenced by...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said the tragic Tacloban City school shooting--where at least three minors died--must not be used to spread "false narratives". This, as De Lima joined on Monday, June 22 the growing list of lawmakers who have condemned the incident that rocked...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio has rejected the notion that the deadly Tacloban City school shooting displayed "isolated criminal behavior". Instead, the veteran lawmaker claimed that the tragic incident reflected a deeper set of longstanding and...
