ILOILO CITY — Police have tightened security in schools here following the deadly shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday. The Iloilo City Police Office deployed lawmen in schools beginning Tuesday morning, June 23, to assist in security checks. “The safety and...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 23 announced that the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality will launch its initial inquiry into the fatal shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Leyte on July 1, 2026. Hontiveros said the Senate...
TACLOBAN CITY — While families of the slain and wounded students in the school shooting here cry for justice, the National Police Commission will conduct its own motu proprio investigation to determine the administrative liability of a female police officer linked to the fatal shooting...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the agency will strictly implement Republic Act 9344, or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, in handling the school shooting incident in Tacloban City, Leyte. He said the law clearly outlines how children in...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, June 23, called for stronger school safety measures following the deadly incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, saying the tragedy should serve as a wake-up call for the government to improve learner protection and threat detection. “The...
The two minors planned the gun attack in Tacloban City school more than a month before the opening of the classes, a police official revealed amid the ongoing investigation to determine the motive behind the rare school shooting in the country. And what surprised the police investigators was that...
Col. Julius Añonuevo, chief of the Taguig police, inspected personnel deployed to schools in the city following the June 22 mass shooting in Tacloban. The inspection was part of intensified security measures aimed at protecting students, teachers, and school staff. Añonuevo checked the deployment...
ILOILO CITY – Former senator and Interior and Local Government secretary Mar Roxas has condemned the shooting of radio broadcaster Jay Lavapiez in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province. “I join my kasimanwas (townmates) in condemning the attempt on the life of Jay Lavapiez, a known Capiznon...
House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has supported calls from the chamber to investigate the tragic Tacloban City school shooting that took the lives of three minors. “The House supports efforts to establish the facts, ensure accountability under the law, and determine...
ILOILO CITY – Media in Western Visayas region was urged to report any threats to the Philippine National Police (PNP) following the shooting of a radio broadcaster in Capiz province. “Kung may mga banta sa kanilang buhay o seguridad, agad makipag-ugnayan sa PNP (If there are threats to their...
How did the San Jose National High School shooters--aged 14 and 15--get a hold of firearms in the first place? That 's the crucial question on the mind of former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman, Robert Ace Barbers when it comes to the deadly June 22 school shooting that...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) urged parents and guardians to be active in monitoring the social media and gadget use of their children following the involvement of two minors, aged 14 and 15, in the gun attack on a Tacloban City high school. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said...
