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No phone ban yet: Cebu City eyes metal detectors, student mental health

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will not impose a cellphone ban on students for now. Instead, despite growing calls for tighter campus security following the deadly Tacloban school shooting, the city government has opted to install additional metal detectors, strengthen emergency response systems, and seek expert guidance on student mental health. Mayor Nestor Archival

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Human trafficking case vs Defensor, others filed before Pasig court

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday filed qualified human trafficking charges against former Rep. Mike Defensor and others before the Pasig City Prosecutor’s Office. The case stemmed from allegedly being connected to a KTV bar and hotel where human trafficking activities against over 50 women supposedly took place. Aside from Defensor,

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Adiong: Fear only reason Duterte’s lawyers oppose opening of BIR box

MANILA, Philippines — The only reason that Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong could think of as to why Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers opposed the opening of the box containing Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) documents is fear of not being able to counter unexplained wealth allegations. Adiong in an online press briefing on

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LTO summons vice mayor’s son over fatal road crash in Marikina City

MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office (LTO) summoned the son of a vice mayor involved in a fatal road crash in Marikina City. It also placed his driver’s license under a 90-day preventive suspension, the agency said on Friday. The LTO issued a show cause order (SCO) against the vice mayor’s son, a driver

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Cops recover knife, revolver from Grade 8, Grade 10 students in Aparri

MANILA, Philippines — A knife and a revolver were recovered by the police, allegedly from a Grade 8 student and a Grade 10 student in an Aparri school on Friday morning, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. The weapons were discovered when cops from the Cagayan Provincial Mobile Force Company, in coordination with the school

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NCRPO on full alert for June 28 ‘White Ribbon March’

MANILA, Philippines — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is on full alert as part of security measures for the “White Ribbon March” protest this coming Sunday, June 28. In a statement, the NCRPO said the full alert status took effect at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 26. “Preparations are reinforced through close coordination

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