Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte vowed to go after people who spread information or pranks about bomb threats after several schools in the city were hit by such scares that caused disruption of classes. “Our schools are supposed to be a safe place for our students, and we will not take these pranks...
Another school in Quezon City suspended classes after receiving a bomb threat early Thursday morning, Jan. 26. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Cubao Station (PS 7) said that at around 4:30 a.m., teacher Marlon Trinidad, 27, saw on the Facebook page of Ponciano Bernardo High School a post by...
A bomb threat hit a school in Quezon City, forcing its teachers and students to evacuate their classrooms on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 25. According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), Mrs. Christina Palma, assistant principal of San Francisco High School in Barangay Sto. Cristo received a...
Classes in an elementary school in Barangay Culiat, Quezon City were suspended following an alleged bomb threat that alarmed teachers and students on Monday morning, Jan. 23. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) deployed operatives to New Era Elementary School after the principal, Mrs. Chelma...
DOH Eleven additional fireworks-related injuries were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Dec. 30 to 31. The new cases brought the tally of fireworks-related injuries to 52 since the DOH started its surveillance last Dec. 21. The DOH noted that the current total was 30 percent higher...
TACLOBAN CITY – Employees of Ormoc city hall were asked to leave the building after a bomb threat was received on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 7. Photo by LGU Ormoc / MANILA BULLETIN A staff from the mayor's office received a text message at 1:34 p.m., warning that a bomb placed in the city...
A criminal complaint was filed against six people including two senior high school students identified by the police for posting online bomb threats and intent to kill people that sent parents and children into panic in Taguig in November. Last Nov. 7, a Facebook account under the name Sofia Smith...
The Taguig police and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group have identified the persons who posted bomb threats and intent to kill students in Taguig last Nov. 7. In a press conference on Nov. 14, Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano, Taguig police chief Col. Robert Baesa, and Lt. Col....
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- At least a dozen schools across New Zealand received bomb threats on Thursday, causing widespread disruption in what is believed to have been an overseas cyberattack. Many of the schools involved were either locked down or evacuated as a result. The fresh wave of threats...
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (PNA) – A bomb courier formerly identified with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed while his companion escaped during a shootout with government troops in this city, the military said Thursday, June 30. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at the gate of the Lamitan City Hall in Lamitan town, Basilan on Monday, June 20. Lamitan city hall building. (Lamitan Tourism Office photo) The explosion was heard at 6:40 p.m. A police report said one of two male suspects on...
BUTUAN CITY – The government security forces seized bomb-making components from Communist New People’s Army Terrorists (CNTs) after a fierce firefight in Tagbuaya area, Barangay Bangonay, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. Shown in photo are some of the bomb-making materials of the CPP-NPA that were...
