CANDELARIA, Quezon – A Grade 8 student and an 18-year-old vulcanizing shop employee were gunned down by two men in Barangay Poblacion here on Saturday, Oct. 8. Candelaria police chief Lt. Col. Dennis de Leon identified the victims as Jimber Villarin Perez and Alexander Taliente Perez,...
BINAN CITY, Laguna – A 21-year-old canteen helper allegedly stabbed his 18-year-old live-in partner to death and wounded a 14-year-old teenage boy in Barangay Langkiwa here before dawn on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Biñan police identified the fatality as student Rochelle Ann Flores. Lawmen did...
A House resolution (HR) that seeks the restoration of budget cuts made to state universities and colleges (SUCs) under the P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2023 was filed Wednesday, Sept. 21 by a Makabayan solon Representatives Manuel, Brosas, and Castro are accompanied by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Grade 12 student was wounded after he was stabbed by a Grade 7 student at the Zamboanga City High School Main in Barangay Tetuan here on Monday, Sept. 19. A 19-year-old student was stabbed in the arm by an 18-year-old student inside Building E of the Zamboanga City High...
The teacher, who allegedly “verbally abused” an elementary pupil in Camarines Norte, will be subjected to administrative proceedings, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. (Image courtesy of Jeannie Vargas / Facebook) “The Department of Education takes these incidents very seriously,”...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez announced on Monday, Aug. 1, that the local government unit had already distributed the P500.00 monthly financial allowance to Grade 7 to 12 public school students for September and October 2021. Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez (topmost) poses with a student...
Senator Lito Lapid ​has filed a measure seeking a moratorium on payments of student loans during times of disasters and other emergencies as part of the government's economic assistance to the public. Lapid filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 975, which aims to provide for the deferment of the...
SABLAN, Benguet – A student died while three others were injured including the driver of a concrete mixer truck that fell into a ravine on Monday afternoon, August 1, near the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) in Sitio Payda, Barangay Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet. Photo via Zaldy...
Legarda pushes for bill providing computer tablets for public school students Senator Loren Legarda underscored the importance of providing quality education for all Filipino students and helping them cope with the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic as she filed Senate Bill No. 1 or...
The mentor-student tandem of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez and presidential son, Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is seeking the institutionalization of free legal assistance to military and uniformed personnel (MUPs) who have pending cases involving service-related...
DAVAO CITY – The family of Amierkhan Mangacop, a Grade 9 student who was killed by a doctor of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Davao, said they want the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao to handle the investigation of the brutal shooting incident as they asked the police to inhibit...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested a doctor who allegedly shot and killed a 21-year-old student during a heated altercation in a bar here Saturday, July 2. The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) identified the suspect as Dr. Marvin Rey Andrew R. Pepino, non-uniformed personnel of the Police Regional...