TACLOBAN CITY – The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)-Leyte Council has formally recognized Scout Chris Lorenz Fabian for his extraordinary heroism and selfless courage during the tragic shooting incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City. Through Board Resolution No....
Gorebox developer Felix Filip has declined the invitation of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality to participate in its investigation into the Tacloban school shooting incident on July 1. Because of this, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who heads the panel, said she...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has called for a thorough review of the implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, saying recent events have underscored the need to assess whether the law is effectively balancing the rehabilitation of young offenders with public safety. In a statement on Friday,...
A man who had just graduated from the Kolehiyo ng Pantukan was shot and wounded in Pantukan, Davao de Oro on Thursday afternoon. Investigation said the victim and his family were about to board their car when unidentified gunmen on board a vehicle appeared and shot him. The suspects fled...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, June 25 slammed the disinformation being peddled about the Juvenile Justice Act, saying the lies being circulated about the law do not make Filipino families safer. Pangilinan, primary author of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act or Republic...
The sense of the House of Representatives is clear--the tragic Tacloban City school shooting must be probed, and the government 's pre- and post-interventions dissected. This, after several House members filed on Thursday, June 25 resolutions seeking a House inquiry on the disturbing incident,...
Senator Loren Legarda said on Thursday, June 25 that the tragic shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City should serve as a warning about the deeper and interconnected challenges facing Filipino children and youth today. Legarda said the public should look at the issue as a...
The two children in conflict with the law (CICLs) involved in the recent school shooting in Tacloban City are now under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development 's (DSWD) Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Youth in Eastern Visayas, according to the Juvenile Justice...
Lamenting that the acts of violence occurring in the country are unacceptable, President Marcos ordered authorities to immediately determine the root cause of the tragic gun attack at a school in Tacloban City. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said that acts of...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – A 53-year-old businesswoman was gunned down in her meat shop on Wednesday morning, June 24, in Purok 5, Barangay San Roque, here. Police identified the victim as Evelyn, a widow. Investigation said the victim was tending to her store when two men on a motorcycle...
TACLOBAN CITY — The Police Regional Office-8 successfully thwarted an attack planned by a 14-year-old student at Tolosa National High School in Tolosa, Leyte, on Wednesday, June 24. Authorities acted based on information relayed by Sen. Bam Aquino to Department of the Interior and Local...
How safe are our schools, and what more must be done to protect our children? We are raising this in the aftermath of the recent violent incidents involving students in Tacloban City and Negros Occidental. The fatal shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City and the stabbing...
