Collegiate sports coaches who tolerate the violent behavior of their player-athletes should be penalized. John Amores of Jose Rizal University (NCAA/GMA) House Deputy Majority Leader and Quezon City 3rd Rep. Franz Pumaren supported this notion Monday, Nov. 14 as the viral basketball court rampage...
Various government agencies must “formulate and implement systematic solutions” to address the “culture of violence” now prevalent on Philippine basketball, a lawmaker said on Sunday, Nov. 13. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Photo from Rep. Co’s Facebook page)) “Ako Bicol also takes...
UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on states, faith leaders and other influential actors to condemn all incitement to hatred and violence based on religion or belief. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Xinhua) "Only a collective, inclusive, and society-wide...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – A 30-year-old man allegedly shot his 33-year-old live-in partner dead during an argument Sunday, August 14, in Barangay Lalayat, San Jose, Batangas. The San Jose Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Rona May Corañez. Police said that...
The Las Piñas City government has created a local committee on anti-trafficking and violence against women and children (VAWC). The local committee conducted a seminar which was attended by department heads and partners from the national government and discussed the importance of having a local...
TV personality Gretchen Ho couldn't help but share her two cents about finding out that the 69-year-old retired policeman father of the Ateneo murder suspect was shot dead outside his house in Lamitan City, Basilan, recently. On Twitter, the former volleyball player wrote: "Violence begets...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be holding a series of dialogues with school officials in a bid to tighten security after the gun attack inside the Ateneo de Manila University that left three people dead and two others wounded. PNP officer-in-charge Police Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao, Jr. said...
As it condemned the alleged “normalization” of bullying and abuse in the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), a group called for concrete action to protect the learners and make the elimination of sexual violence a top priority. (Photo sourced from Unsplash) The Civil Society Network for...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to take action on gun violence plaguing the country, calling for a ban on assault weapons such as those used in recent massacres in Texas and New York state. Biden made the 17-minute address -- his latest appeal for...
CEBU CITY – Fewer cases of violence against women and children have been noted in Central Visayas from January to June this year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) reported that in the first half of this year, cases of violence against women and children in the region dropped by...
(PIXABAY) The Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), in partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and National Network in Ending Violence Against Children (NNEVAC), led the conduct of a coaching, mentoring, and feedbacking session on the Localization...
The first bill that incoming Senator Raffy Tulfo will file in the 19th Congress will be about domestic violence. ‘’In my anti-domestic violence bill whoever the victims are, they will be helped. Victims need places where they can go to for immediate help, where they can seek safe refuge, find...
