CAVITE – The police averted an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting at a public school in General Mariano Alvarez (GMA), leading to the recovery of a firearm and the turnover of a 15-year-old student to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO). In a statement on Tuesday,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 30 clarified that she never recommended banning Gorebox and other supposedly violent online games following the tragic shooting at a national high school in Tacloban City. Hontiveros, in a Facebook post, explained that the Senate Committee on Women,...
Classes at Escalante National High School (ENHS) in Escalante City, Negros Occidental shifted to Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) beginning Monday afternoon, June 29, as police investigate an online school shooting threat allegedly involving a 14-year-old student from another school. In a social...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-Eastern Visayas (PRO-8) vowed there will be no coverup in the investigation of a police officer whose service firearm was allegedly used by her nephew in a fatal campus shooting. PRO-8 spokesperson Police Lt. Col. Analiza Armeza confirmed Monday that the...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – The Batangas Police Provincial Office and the Batangas Component City Police Station are investigating an alleged shooting threat at the Batangas City Integrated High School on Monday, June 29. School officials discovered threatening messages, causing concern...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is investigating a mass shooting threat in a high school in Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Screenshots of an online conversation circulated on Monday, June 29, where a student allegedly shared his plan to carry out a...
Senator Raffy Tulfo said on Monday, June 29, that the deaths of three students in a school shooting in Tacloban City should not have been the catalyst for stronger campus security. Tulfo said this as he welcomed the Department of Education 's (DepEd) rollout of new school safety measures...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Darul Ifta of Western Mindanao has called on authorities to conduct a fair and thorough investigation on the murder of a religious leader here on Saturday, June 27. Police identified the fatality as Mehdie Totoh, 34, the president of a Madrasa Nuuril Hidayah Ul Muslimat, a...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Monday, June 29 rejected Malacañang’s openness to restrict or ban violent video games following the school shooting in Tacloban City, saying they have become a convenient scapegoat whenever incidents of violence occur. Aquino explained that numerous studies...
BATANGAS CITY - Classes on all levels and on-site activities were suspended at the Batangas City Integrated High School on Monday following an alleged shooting threat. In a statement, the school said the suspension would be in place while the situation is under assessment. “Everyone is...
BACOLOD CITY – A man allegedly shot and wounded his former girlfriend who was celebrating her birth anniversary with a male friend in an eatery in Barangay Villamonte here late Saturday night, June 27. Police identified the victim as Queen of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Raphael...
To increase visibility of police in schools, or not to increase police visibility in schools. This is just one of the talking points in the House of Representatives, where solons are scrambling for a sensible response to the recent Tacloban City school shooting that claimed the lives of three...
