Deeply affected by the Tacloban City school shooting, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) President Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez met with various stakeholders on Monday, June 29 in a bid to come up with life-saving interventions. Participating in the meeting with Romualdez in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The mother of one of the victims of the mass school shooting inside a campus here has welcomed the Senate 's planned investigation into the tragic incident, expressing hope that it will lead to stronger measures to ensure school safety. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Erbea...
CAVITE – The police averted an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting at a public school in General Mariano Alvarez (GMA), leading to the recovery of a firearm and the turnover of a 15-year-old student to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO). In a statement on Tuesday,...
Classes at Escalante National High School (ENHS) in Escalante City, Negros Occidental shifted to Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) beginning Monday afternoon, June 29, as police investigate an online school shooting threat allegedly involving a 14-year-old student from another school. In a social...
BACOLOD CITY – A 14-year-old Grade 8 student was allegedly stabbed and injured by his 12-year-old schoolmate near their school in Barangay Sum-ag here on Monday, June 29. Police Capt. Greeky Cayao, head of Police Station 9, said that a fistfight erupted between the victim and the Grade 7 suspect...
Malacañang has signaled openness to stricter firearms regulations in the wake of recent school violence incidents, but stopped short of endorsing a nationwide ban on cellphone use in schools. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after Department of the...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – The Batangas Police Provincial Office and the Batangas Component City Police Station are investigating an alleged shooting threat at the Batangas City Integrated High School on Monday, June 29. School officials discovered threatening messages, causing concern...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is investigating a mass shooting threat in a high school in Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Screenshots of an online conversation circulated on Monday, June 29, where a student allegedly shared his plan to carry out a...
Senator Raffy Tulfo said on Monday, June 29, that the deaths of three students in a school shooting in Tacloban City should not have been the catalyst for stronger campus security. Tulfo said this as he welcomed the Department of Education 's (DepEd) rollout of new school safety measures...
The Quezon City government unveiled three road safety policies on Monday, June 29, aimed at strengthening protection for road users and reducing traffic-related injuries and fatalities in the city. The initiative is part of the city’s collaboration with the Partnership for Healthy Cities, a...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Monday, June 29 rejected Malacañang’s openness to restrict or ban violent video games following the school shooting in Tacloban City, saying they have become a convenient scapegoat whenever incidents of violence occur. Aquino explained that numerous studies...
BATANGAS CITY - Classes on all levels and on-site activities were suspended at the Batangas City Integrated High School on Monday following an alleged shooting threat. In a statement, the school said the suspension would be in place while the situation is under assessment. “Everyone is...
