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....
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Bayambang Central School (BCS) now has its long-term site following the signing of a usufruct agreement between the municipal government of Bayambang and the Department of Education (DepEd). Special assistant to the Mayor Dr. Cezar Quiambao, in an interview on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) expressed deep concern over the stabbing incident involving minor students in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, June 23. The PRO-NIR encouraged parents, guardians, teachers, school administrators, and community...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police in Lanao del Norte have intensified security measures in schools throughout the province to ensure a safe, secure, and conducive learning environment. In a statement on Wednesday, Police Col. Leo de Leon Sua, Lanao del Norte police director, said all municipal police...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education-6 urged a communal approach in making schools safer in Western Visayas region following the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. DepEd-6 information Officer Hernani Escullar Jr. said school safety is not merely the responsibility of school officials....
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...
