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....
The apparent violence in local schools had turned into a "crisis" that authorities must address, senators said on Wednesday, June 24. No less than Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian identified this problem, as he revealed potential action from the upper chamber. “Hindi pa tapos magluksa ang...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recommended the filing of criminal cases against one of the shooters in relation to a gun attack inside a school in Tacloban City that left three students dead and 20 others injured. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the case referral was...
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...
Police have intensified security operations in schools across southern Metro Manila by increasing visibility and strengthening coordination with school authorities, following the recent shooting incident involving students in Tacloban City. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Glenn...
Following the tragic school shooting incident at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic’’ Remulla strongly called for amendments in the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act. Remulla claimed that...
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...
The allegations that the two Grade 9 suspects in the San Jose National High School shooting incident were victims of bullying must not be ignored. Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has placed a spotlight on this detail as he called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to address the persistent...
Intelligence gathering should not be conducted on students, Malacañang said, contradicting Vice President Sara Duterte 's view that the Tacloban City school gun attack exposed the government 's failure to recognize the importance of intelligence gathering. "Ibig sabihin, estudyante dapat...
