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...
DAVAO CITY – Authorities are investigating the alleged hazing of at least 100 criminology students during reception rites in a private college in Kidapawan City in Cotabato province on Aug. 23. In a statement, Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO) chief Police Col. Gilberto Tuzon said that...
Four Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets were charged by a freshman whom they allegedly maltreated inside the military learning institution, an official confirmed Monday, July 7. PMA spokesperson Lieutenant Jesse Saludo said the victim, a fourth class male cadet, was repeatedly punched,...
CAVITE – Two hazing victims, including a minor, were rescued from a hazing rite dubbed as the “30-second massacre” in Noveleta on May 11. A report forwarded by the Noveleta Municipal Police Station (MPS) to the Manila Bulletin on Thursday, May 15, said the victims were an 18-year-old resident...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has called on key government agencies such as the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), the Department of Education (DepEd), and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), to intensify their public awareness campaign about the dangers and legal...
PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A Grade 11 student allegedly died due to hazing in Barangay San Anton, San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, on Sunday, September 29, police said. Police identified the victim as Ren Joseph Bayan, 18. Investigation said Bayan, a Grade 11 student of the San Pablo National High...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the conviction of two former Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets of murder and another former cadet of hazing for the death of 4th Class Cadet Darwin Dormitorio in September 2019. Convicted of murder by the Baguio City regional trial court (RTC)...
The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) should intensify its mechanisms and programs aimed at preventing any incidences of hazing inside the campus. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian made the pitch as he welcomed the decision of the Baguio City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 5 on the 2019...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Rep. Rodriguez's Facebook page) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is prodding Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. to finally put an end to...
A tragedy struck the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in 2019 when a freshman cadet, Cadet Fourth Class Darwin Dormitorio, died due to hazing, sending a rippling effect on the entire military organization. Half a decade since, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said “strict”...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the death of Vince Andrew Delos Reyes, a 19-year-old cadet of a merchant marine school in Laguna, due to alleged severe physical exercise imposed on him by his upperclassmen. In a statement, CHR Chairperson Richard P....
Hazing, or more specifically deaths caused by hazing in the Philippines, is a very disturbing situation. This year, there have been two known incidents of death by hazing, one last February and another just this month. It is alarming enough that these deaths are still happening, and even more...
