The Philippine National Police (PNP) directed commanders nationwide to remind officers of their responsibility to secure service firearms at home and off duty even as it committed full support to nationwide school safety drills set by the Department of Education (DepEd) on August 25. Police General...
Telecommunications giant PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. are blocking access to more than 100 websites that were found to be streaming or hosting videos of school shootings and other acts of violence. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 21, PLDT said it is promptly restricting...
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla has dismissed bullying and retribution against a teacher as possible motives behind the school shooting that claimed the lives of two students at Ateneo de Zamboanga University last Tuesday, Aug. 17. “This is not a case...
By Faye Beatrix R. Dela Torre | Co-Founder, Stellar Minds PH In the aftermath of the tragic Zamboanga school shooting, public discussion has turned to a difficult question: What role, if any, did online platforms like Roblox play in the lead-up to the tragedy? It is an understandable question,...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Friday, August 21 called for stricter rules on firearm storage following the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University where two students, including the shooter, died. Tulfo made the call after the Bureau of Customs (BoC) confirmed that one of the two firearms...
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara wants a comprehensive and holistic approach in coming up with a strong support system for all learners following another case of gun attack that left two students dead. Angara explained that...
President Marcos has extended his condolences to the families of the victims and the Ateneo de Zamboanga University community following the fatal shooting at the school’s Junior High School campus in Zamboanga City early this week. Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos personally conveyed the...
Police officials on Thursday, August 20 told Senate probers that the Ateneo de Zamboanga student who opened fire and shot dead a schoolmate before taking his own life indeed had the motive to kill. During the Senate Committee on Women and Children’s hearing on the Zamboanga school shooting...
Please talk to your children, talk to your child. Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, August 20 made the call to parents as he lamented the death of two more students in a shooting case at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, while saying he believes that the incident “should be a lesson for...
Police forensics teams are now focusing on digital evidence to establish how the shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University was broadcast online and what drove the minor shooter to carry it out. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, J., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the...
For private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan, impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte is "contributing to the problem" of violence among Filipino youth, no thanks to the latter 's signature violent rhetoric. Kapunan had this to say Wednesday, Aug. 19 following the deadly shooting at...
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...
