Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, August 19 filed a resolution seeking further investigation into the disturbing pattern of serious violent activities perpetrated by children. In filing Senate Resolution No. 610, Hontiveros sought an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the shooting incident...
Stressing that regulation should be imposed on the platforms themselves, Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 19, said she would support legislation prohibiting minors from registering on social media platforms. Duterte said the government should require social media providers to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Vice President Sara Duterte went to a local hospital here on Wednesday, August 19, to visit a student injured in the Ateneo de Zamboanga University shooting that left two students dead. Duterte extended her sympathies to the victims and their families and assured them of support...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, August 19, called for stronger safety measures in schools, including psychosocial wellness programs, anti-bullying initiatives and closer monitoring of students and school personnel to help prevent school shootings. Duterte, who visited victims of the...
Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro clarified that she was not blaming teachers after the tragic shooting incident in a school in Zamboanga City, saying she was only reminding them of their crucial role in shaping students ' behavior. "Gusto lang po natin...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, August 19 renewed his call for the passage of the measure that would ban children aged 16 and below from using social media. Gatchalian made the call in the wake of another fatal school shooting incident in Zamboanga City where two minors died,...
Former senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Aug. 18, called for tighter firearm security and greater regulation of children 's exposure to violent content online following a shooting inside a school in Zamboanga City that left two people dead, including the Grade 8 student identified as the...
House Assistant Majority Leader Zamboanga City 1st district Rep. Katrina Chua-Tai is seeking a congressional probe on the circumstances regarding the deadly Ateneo de Zamboanga University shooting, which has rocked her home city as well as the entire nation. Chua-Tai filed House Resolution (HR) No....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Edgardo Angara vowed here yesterday that DepEd would strengthen school-based guidance and counseling programs to help identify students experiencing emotional or psychological distress as calls mounted for tighter safeguards on firearms...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Mayor Khymer Olaso has suspended all classes in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, August 19, and called for a Day of Mourning for the victims of the recent school shooting at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School last Tuesday where two high school students were killed....
Senators on Wednesday, August 19 called for tighter safeguards on firearms access following the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday. Senator Loren Legarda said these successive incidents of school violence—in Cavite, Tacloban, Bacolod and now Zamboanga—demand a...
Schools must remain safe spaces where students can learn without any fear, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said on Wednesday, August 19. Cayetano made the remark following the fatal shooting at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School campus in Barangay Tumaga that claimed...
