Senators on Thursday, Oct. 19, condemned the killing of 25-year-old criminology student Ahldryn Leary Bravante, who died during the initiation rites of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity. Quezon City Police District officer in charge (OIC) Redrico Maranan talks to John Arvin Kaylle Regualos...
Another suspect in the hazing incident that led to the death of Ahldryn Leary Bravante, a criminology student, has surrendered to the authorities on Wedesday, Oct. 18, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan confirmed. The QCPD identified the suspect as John Xavier...
Photo taken from Philippine College of Criminology Facebook page/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR) released a statement on Tuesday, Oct. 17, condemning the death of one of its graduating students due to hazing. On Tuesday morning, PCCR confirmed the death of Ahldryn...
A Senate panel recommended on Monday, Sept. 4, the amendment of the Anti-Hazing Law or Republic Act 11053 instead of giving the Commission on High Education (CHED) a new charter so it can impose stiffer penalties against schools that would be involved in hazing. Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero...
The joint Senate Committees on Justice and Human Rights and Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has recommended to impose stiffer penalties against schools that would be involved in hazing-related activities. Sen. Francis Tolentino (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Francis Tolentino, in presenting...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is up in arms over the decision of a Baguio City court in connection with the hazing death of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) freshman Darwin Dormitorio...
BAGUIO CITY – A court here on Friday, August 4, found two cadets of the Philippine Military Academy guilty of slight physical injuries over the hazing death of 4th Class Cadet Darwin Dormitorio in September 2019. In a decision issued by Presiding Judge Roberto A. Mabalot of the Municipal...
Two Senate committees have recommended that fraternities, sororities and allied organizations be fined P20-million when their initiation rites result in the death or physical injury to those who want to join their organizations. This was contained in Committee Report No. 92 prepared by the Senate...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Police have arrested a suspect in the hazing last February of Adamson student John Matthew Salilig. Laguna police director Police Col. Harold Depositar, in his report to Police Regional Office 4-A chief Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, identified the suspect as...
CEBU CITY – Charges have been filed against seven persons for the death of a university student due to hazing. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) on Wednesday, March 23, filed homicide charges and violation of Republic Act 11053 or Anti-Hazing Law against seven members of the Tau Gamma Phi...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said he believes the current laws against hazing has sufficient penalty provisions for those who would be found guilty of involvement in hazing activities. Estrada pointed this out in response to the father of John Matthew Salilig, who said he is in favor of reviving...
The Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 was enacted in the aftermath of the hazing death of University of Santo Tomas College of Law student Horacio Castillo III in a bid to prevent a similar fatal initiation rite from happening again. Five years after, however, hazing deaths still pervade — the latest victim...
