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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 23 announced that the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality will launch its initial inquiry into the fatal shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Leyte on July 1, 2026. Hontiveros said the Senate...
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...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the agency will strictly implement Republic Act 9344, or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, in handling the school shooting incident in Tacloban City, Leyte. He said the law clearly outlines how children in...
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...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, June 23, called for stronger school safety measures following the deadly incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, saying the tragedy should serve as a wake-up call for the government to improve learner protection and threat detection. “The...
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...
Col. Julius Añonuevo, chief of the Taguig police, inspected personnel deployed to schools in the city following the June 22 mass shooting in Tacloban. The inspection was part of intensified security measures aimed at protecting students, teachers, and school staff. Añonuevo checked the deployment...
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...
House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has supported calls from the chamber to investigate the tragic Tacloban City school shooting that took the lives of three minors. “The House supports efforts to establish the facts, ensure accountability under the law, and determine...
How did the San Jose National High School shooters--aged 14 and 15--get a hold of firearms in the first place? That 's the crucial question on the mind of former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman, Robert Ace Barbers when it comes to the deadly June 22 school shooting that...
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...
