1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (506+ words) WE watched with horror last week what, thankfully, is a rarity in the Philippines: a deadly school shooting. At 9 a. m. on Monday, June 22, two high school students, aged 14 and 15, slipped past weak school security at the San Jose National High School…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago  (305+ words) The two teenagers used weapons made available by careless and uncaring adults. The 14-year-old used a Glock 9mm pistol belonging to his aunt, an active-duty policewoman who had previously taught him how to shoot. The 15-year-old, meanwhile, carried a. 38-caliber revolver registered…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (424+ words) Many people see this behavior as an indicator of the state of mental health among today's children, a mirror of the level of their emotional, social and adversity quotients. Others express alarm over how serious bullying has become, especially in…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (169+ words) BALANGA City, Bataan " The Bataan Police Provincial Office announced the arrest on Saturday, June 27, of a suspect in the shooting of a former kagawad (village councilor) of Barangay Culis inside his yard in Hermosa, Bataan, on Friday. She said the…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (256+ words) BANGKOK " Thai police have arrested an Australian man after the body of a 17-year-old girl was discovered in a suitcase, authorities said on Saturday. The suspect, who denies involvement in the teenager's alleged abduction and murder, was taken into custody…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (450+ words) CEBU CITY " Sen. JV Ejercito said the country should revisit the minimum age of criminal responsibility, adding he is open to lowering it to 12, or even 10 years old, if experts determine children at that age already possess sufficient discernment. "I…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (72+ words) Family of 14 year old Tacloban High School shooter moves to Manila " sources The Manila Times Watch: Family of 14-year-old Tacloban High School shooter moves to Manila " sources The house of the family of the 14-year-old suspect in the San Jose…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago  (194+ words) MANILA, Philippines " Ateneo de Manila University said on Friday that it offered legal support to its men's basketball team student managers Paolo Manuel Adevoso and Andrew Lorenzo Salud as well as utility staff Aris Ramos Pronce and Joel Palmiano Rapa…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (223+ words) MANILA, Philippines " A Filipino tourist was jailed six weeks in Singapore after taking upskirt videos of six women in under three hours, during a vacation in the city-state. Singaporean media outlets revealed the Filipino tourist as 27-year-old Usi Christian Jior…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago  (185+ words) MANILA, Philippines "The Ateneo de Manila University appealed to the public not to resort to cyberbullying amid discussions on the deaths of its athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili. In a statement on Saturday, the university said that "many of…...