The two recent school shootings that has taken place in the country highlights the need for heftier penalties and greater accountability for firearm owners whose negligence allows children to access guns. Bukidnon 3rd district Rep. Audrey Kay Zubiri aired this position over the weekend, as she...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Warrants of arrest have been issued against Hadji Muhtamad Mayor Arsina Kahing Nanoh and seven others in connection with the May 2025 attack in Basilan that left three people dead and several others wounded. The Regional Trial Court (RTC), Ninth Judicial Region, Branch 2 in...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) directed commanders nationwide to remind officers of their responsibility to secure service firearms at home and off duty even as it committed full support to nationwide school safety drills set by the Department of Education (DepEd) on August 25. Police General...
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Cabinet Secretary Benjamin Abalos has ordered authorities to complete the investigation into the school shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University during his visit here on Thursday, Aug. 20. Abalos stressed the need for a thorough probe to uncover the circumstances behind the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla has dismissed bullying and retribution against a teacher as possible motives behind the school shooting that claimed the lives of two students at Ateneo de Zamboanga University last Tuesday, Aug. 17. “This is not a case...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Friday, August 21 called for stricter rules on firearm storage following the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University where two students, including the shooter, died. Tulfo made the call after the Bureau of Customs (BoC) confirmed that one of the two firearms...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 20 said the proposed Child Online Safety and Protection Act—an expanded version of the original Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Law should be certified as urgent. Hontiveros made the call following the tragic shooting...
President Marcos has extended his condolences to the families of the victims and the Ateneo de Zamboanga University community following the fatal shooting at the school’s Junior High School campus in Zamboanga City early this week. Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos personally conveyed the...
Police officials on Thursday, August 20 told Senate probers that the Ateneo de Zamboanga student who opened fire and shot dead a schoolmate before taking his own life indeed had the motive to kill. During the Senate Committee on Women and Children’s hearing on the Zamboanga school shooting...
Please talk to your children, talk to your child. Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, August 20 made the call to parents as he lamented the death of two more students in a shooting case at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, while saying he believes that the incident “should be a lesson for...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started providing psychological first aid (PFA) to students affected by the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU). Eight students aged 11 to 14 received PFA from DSWD mental health professionals on Aug. 19, a day...
Following a fatal school shooting in Zamboanga City, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla called on Congress to establish strict regulations on children 's access to violent video games and social media platforms, warning that these digital environments are being exploited to radicalize young...
