House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III gave a somber yet resolute take on the deadly shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City on Monday, Aug. 18. Dy viewed the tragic incident not just as a lawmaker, but also as a family man. "Nakikiramay po tayo nang...
Ranking congressmen have begun to espouse various actions in response to the shocking, livestreamed shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday morning, Aug. 18 that left two students dead. Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said in a press...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) ordered an immediate crackdown on service firearm custody after a customs police officer’s weapon was allegedly used in a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno placed the officer on preventive suspension and...
Several senators condemned the shooting at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School campus in Barangay Tumaga, Zamboanga City, on Tuesday, August 18, that left two students dead, including the teenage gunman. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called for a thorough investigation into the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, Aug. 18, offered psychosocial support to individuals affected by a shooting incident at a school in Zamboanga City that left two students dead. In a statement, DSWD expressed its condolences to the families of those who died and to...
Stressing that schools must be among the safest places in the country, President Marcos ordered authorities and concerned agencies to strengthen student protection after the tragic shooting incident in a private school in Zamboanga City. In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Marcos conveyed his...
Members of the House of Representatives have expressed great concern over the deadly school shooting in Zambonga City on Tuesday morning, Aug. 18, especially since it continues the spate of violence in the country 's learning institutions. Akbayan Party-list Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula says the...
A junior high school student of the Ateneo de Zamboanga allegedly engaged in a gun attack inside the campus on Tuesday, Aug. 18, or almost two months after the mass shooting inside a Tacloban City school. Zamboanga City Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said two students died during the incident— a high...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Two students were killed after a grade seven male student went on a shooting rampage inside a private university here on Tuesday, August 18, in the latest case of mass shooting inside a school. The shooting incident was live streamed by the suspect on social media. A police spot...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Face to face classes were suspended here on Monday, August 17, due to high heat index. Mayor Khymer Olaso suspended classes in all levels in both private and public schools after the heat index was forecast to reach 41 degrees Celsius. High temperatures have been prevailing in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- A delivery rider, an e-bike driver and a retired soldier were gunned down in separate shooting incidents here over the weekend. On Saturday, 20-year-old delivery rider Alnasar Abdihadi was found lying on the ground beside his motorcycle at Southcom Village in barangay Upper...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Rosalina “Nanay Nene” Garcia Jalosjos, another member of the Jalosjos political clan, died on Friday, August 14 at the age of 79, according to local reports. Jalosjos served as the first female governor of Zamboanga del Norte from 2022 to 2025. She ran for mayor of Dipolog city...
