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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hazing victim John Matthew Salilig was laid to rest in a cemetery here on Saturday, March 4. THE remains of hazing victim John Matthew Salilig are laid to rest along with that of his grandfather Romulo in Zamboanga City on Saturday, March 4. (Liza Abubakar-Jocson) Family members...
Police arrested six suspects in the hazing death of Adamson University chemical engineering student John Matthew Salilig following a complaint filed by one of the victims on Wednesday evening, March 1, in Biñan City, Laguna. THE remains of Adamson University chemical engineering student John...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez is helping authorities get to the bottom of the death of John Matthew Salilig, a chemical engineering student of Adamson University who allegedly died due to fraternity hazing. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (in photo) is dangling a P500,000 reward to anybody who can...
CAMP OLA, Legazpi City, Albay – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 has a created Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to probe the death of Patrolman Jaypee de Guzman Ramores, 32, assigned to 503rd Maneuver Company, Regional Mobile Force Batallion (RMFB) in San Jacinto, Masbate, in an alleged...
TACLOBAN CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. has ordered a probe to determine if the seven trainees of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) who were rushed to the hospital due to muscle pain last July 6 underwent hazing. Fire Chief...
Following the claims of fraternity-related violence by a university fraternity, the University of the Philippines – Diliman (UPD) said it would investigate the matter and assured that the students involved would be held liable. (Photo from UP Diliman Facebook page) Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, in a...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Sta. Cruz, Laguna -- Ten fraternity members allegedly involved in hazing rites that resulted in the death of a neophyte were arrested by police in three successive manhunt operations in Kalayaan town, Laguna Police Provincial Office (LPPO) reported on Saturday, June 4....
