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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 30 clarified that she never recommended banning Gorebox and other supposedly violent online games following the tragic shooting at a national high school in Tacloban City. Hontiveros, in a Facebook post, explained that the Senate Committee on Women,...
TECH4GOOD The tragic school shooting in Tacloban City last week has shaken the nation and left a scar on everyone’s conscience. Two minors, barely in their teens, carried out a violent act that left three young students dead and 20 others recovering from injuries. In the immediate aftermath,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-Eastern Visayas (PRO-8) vowed there will be no coverup in the investigation of a police officer whose service firearm was allegedly used by her nephew in a fatal campus shooting. PRO-8 spokesperson Police Lt. Col. Analiza Armeza confirmed Monday that the...
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...
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...
To increase visibility of police in schools, or not to increase police visibility in schools. This is just one of the talking points in the House of Representatives, where solons are scrambling for a sensible response to the recent Tacloban City school shooting that claimed the lives of three...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan says Congress should consider adopting the Australian model when it comes to restricting minors’ access to social media, in the aftermath of the deadly Tacloban City school shooting Libanan said the June 22 tragedy should...
The Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development will conduct a total review of the implementation of Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 in order to address the “glaring gaps in its implementation.” Sen. Erwin Tulfo, chairperson of the...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta warned against prematurely blaming video games for the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. Speaking on his program Sa Ganang Mamamayan, Marcoleta said some of his colleagues in the Senate were too quick to attribute the June 22 shooting to video games, particularly...
President Marcos has directed government agencies to strengthen measures aimed at protecting students following a series of violent incidents and accidents involving young Filipinos in recent weeks. In a vlog uploaded to his official social media pages on Saturday, June 27, the President said he...