At the ceremony that welcomed the new graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) into the police force at Camp Crame in Quezon City, national police chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. could not help but confront them about the infamous muriatic acid hazing incident involving...
It was a mix of anger and pity when Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla finally saw the burns suffered by more than 20 cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) in a latest—and so far the most cruel— hazing incident in the institution...
It is supposed to be a hazing-free academic institution already after embarrassing incidents in the past that include oral sex as punishment for cadets, and underclassmen beating up their upperclassmen to avenge maltreatment. And for an institution in charge of producing people in charge of peace...
The Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) is again under scrutiny after three cadets were placed under police custody after an alleged hazing incident that left 22 underclassmen injured, including burns from exposure to chemicals inside a barracks facility. The suspects, all third class...
CAVITE – The fire that broke out in the vacant lot where the alleged hazing of 19-year-old maritime student Mark Kenneth Alcedo took place will not affect the police investigation, Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) said. In a press conference on Friday, March 6, Col. Ariel R. Red, ...
Department of the Interior Local Government (DILG Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla on Friday, March 6, demanded the immediate surrender of 21 members of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity linked to the fatal hazing of a freshman maritime student in Cavite. The victim was identified as...
Senators called on authorities on Wednesday, March 4 to launch a manhunt on the suspects who brutally killed a freshman maritime student in Cavite supposedly through initiation rites. “I condemn, in the strongest terms, the recent hazing death of 19-year-old Mark Kenneth Alcedo, a first-year...
CAVITE – The primary suspect in the alleged hazing incident that led to the death of a 19-year-old maritime student, who had been dropped off at a hospital in General Trias City, surrendered to the authorities evening on Tuesday, March 3. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A stated that...
CAVITE – The police have traced the car that was used used to drop off a 19-year-old student at a hospital in General Trias City, where he died from injuries sustained in a suspected hazing incident on March 1. In a statement on Tuesday, March 3, the Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO)...
CAVITE – Authorities are investigating the death of a male victim in General Trias City, who reportedly succumbed to injuries from suspected hazing on Sunday, March 1. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A stated that three unidentified men on board a car took the unconscious victim to the...
The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) has intensified supervision inside its barracks and strengthened its welfare system as part of a firm stand against maltreatment or hazing. Brig. Gen. Nelson Aluad, PMA Commandant of Cadets, said the academy maintains a “zero tolerance policy” on...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, August 29, strongly condemned the hazing incident involving criminology students of Central Mindanao Colleges (CMC) in Kidapawan City, Cotabato. The violent initiation during the reception rites on August 23 left 19 students injured, raising...