Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is up in arms over the decision of a Baguio City court in connection with the hazing death of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) freshman Darwin Dormitorio...
BAGUIO CITY – A court here on Friday, August 4, found two cadets of the Philippine Military Academy guilty of slight physical injuries over the hazing death of 4th Class Cadet Darwin Dormitorio in September 2019. In a decision issued by Presiding Judge Roberto A. Mabalot of the Municipal...
Two Senate committees have recommended that fraternities, sororities and allied organizations be fined P20-million when their initiation rites result in the death or physical injury to those who want to join their organizations. This was contained in Committee Report No. 92 prepared by the Senate...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Police have arrested a suspect in the hazing last February of Adamson student John Matthew Salilig. Laguna police director Police Col. Harold Depositar, in his report to Police Regional Office 4-A chief Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, identified the suspect as...
CEBU CITY – Charges have been filed against seven persons for the death of a university student due to hazing. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) on Wednesday, March 23, filed homicide charges and violation of Republic Act 11053 or Anti-Hazing Law against seven members of the Tau Gamma Phi...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said he believes the current laws against hazing has sufficient penalty provisions for those who would be found guilty of involvement in hazing activities. Estrada pointed this out in response to the father of John Matthew Salilig, who said he is in favor of reviving...
The Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 was enacted in the aftermath of the hazing death of University of Santo Tomas College of Law student Horacio Castillo III in a bid to prevent a similar fatal initiation rite from happening again. Five years after, however, hazing deaths still pervade — the latest victim...
A ranking congressman wants Filipino students to gain a broader knowledge about the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018. For this purpose, House Deputy Majority Leader and TGP Party-list Rep. Jose "Bong" Teves Jr. filed House Bill (HB) No.7434, titled, An Act strengthening the information dissemination and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government spearheaded a rally for justice and candlelight ceremony in honor of hazing victim John Matthew Salilig at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Stadium here on Thursday, March 9. MAYOR John Dalipe and Col. Alexander Lorenzo led the justice rally for John Matthew at...
‘It’s a deep cultural problem’: Hontiveros defends PH Hazing law saying it’s already strict Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, March 8 expressed belief that the provisions under the current Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 are already strict and more comprehensive than in the previous...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday, March 7 urged officials from the academe to beef-up its monitoring on the activities of “non-recognized” organizations within their respective colleges and universities. Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, made the...
The Filipino concept of machismo must go. Former National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos (File photo courtesy of Senate PRIB) Professor Clarita Carlos offered this take in reaction to the headline-grabbing death of Adamson University engineering student John Matthew Salilig, purportedly due to...
