CEBU CITY – The mayor of Dumanjug, Cebu is standing firm on his decision to ban the use of cellphones in schools within the municipality. Mayor Gungun Gica reminded school heads, district supervisors, and parents that starting Monday, June 29, students will not be allowed to use cellphones while...
Malacañang has signaled openness to stricter firearms regulations in the wake of recent school violence incidents, but stopped short of endorsing a nationwide ban on cellphone use in schools. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after Department of the...
A 19-year-old man with previous criminal records was arrested after allegedly breaking into a drugstore in Barangay Talipapa, Quezon City, and stealing more than P100,000 in cash along with a cellphone early Tuesday morning, June 23. The suspect reportedly gained entry by removing portions of the...
A 37-year-old motorcycle taxi rider was arrested in Taytay, Rizal after police traced a cellphone he had allegedly stolen from a sleeping van driver in Quezon City through the device’s GPS app. The suspect was caught in a follow-up operation still in possession of the victim’s iPhone 13 worth...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives have arrested a 28-year-old suspect for allegedly stealing five cellphones valued at ₱63,000 from construction workers inside their temporary barracks in Barangay Sauyo, Quezon City. QCPD Ddrector Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday, March 15, that it has stepped up its campaign against street-level crimes to make communities safer and ensure faster action against offenders. Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., PNP Chief, cited the swift arrest of two suspects in the...
A woman was arrested by the Makati City Police after her group led the police on an action movie-like car chase after stealing the cellphone of a sari-sari store owner in Barangay Pio Del Pilar, Makati City, on Sunday, Nov. 30. According to the Southern Police District (SPD), one of the suspects,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology–Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) is investigating how a cellphone was smuggled into the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a video allegedly filmed by a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) during a...
Eight out of 10 Filipinos are open to the proposal banning the use of mobile phones in schools, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, August 6. A Pulse Asia survey commissioned by the Office of Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian shows that 76% of Filipinos support cellphone ban in schools. The...
(Unsplash) Too strict. That's how ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro described the proposed total ban on the use of mobile phones and other electronic gadgets in classrooms. "Well, parang masyadong, masyado naman yung, ano...
DAVAO CITY – Every day, 38-year-old Angelito Ducosaring wakes up at 4 a.m. to prepare food for his two children before going to school. DUCOSARING at work. (Keith Bacongco) Two hours later, he boards a jeep from Matina District here for a nine-kilometer ride to his mobile phone...
CELLPHONE technician Angelito Ducosaring repairs a mobile phone in his makeshift shop on Magsaysay Ave. in Davao City on Monday, May 6, 2024. The 38-year-old technician has been repairing electronic gadgets for the past 13 years despite his disability. (Keith Bacongco)
