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...
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...
There is a pressing need for the House of Representatives to look into how the country’s school safety, child protection, and student mental health laws are being implemented. FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Brian Poe filed for this purpose on Wednesday, June 24 House Resolution (HR) No....
Shaken by the deadly Tacloban City school shooting, House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David “Jayjay” Suarez called for the swift passage of the proposed Digital Safety of Minors Act. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 9825, the measure seeks to seeks to establish robust protections in...
Actress Karla Estrada has issued a strong condemnation of the deadly shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City where four students were killed and several others injured. She described the incident as a painful and urgent wake-up call on the safety of schools. Estrada personally...
TACLOBAN CITY - Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday visited the wake of one of the students killed during the shooting at San Jose National High School here Monday. His family reportedly requested to speak with the Vice President over the phone. They were surprised when she personally...
Senator Loren Legarda says the involvement of minor-suspects in the tragic Tacloban City school shooting must not "diminish their accountability" for the incident. "This attack demands that we face a hard and disturbing reality. The suspects are themselves minors," Legarda said in a statement. "By...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police filed on Tuesday night three counts of murder, three counts of frustrated murder, and multiple counts of serious physical injuries against the 15-year-old child in conflict with the law involved in the shooting at San Jose National High School on Monday. The CICL and...
