LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Hundreds of individuals and families in Cebu will soon receive free daily breakfast and lunch through the newly opened Walang Gutom Kitchen. Operated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the facility aims to provide immediate food assistance to people experiencing hunger while linking them to government programs that

ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) 6 (Western Visayas) has instructed all school division superintendents in the region to ensure police visibility in campuses and coordinate with barangay tanods in their area for strengthened security. In an interview on Tuesday, DepEd-6 Information Officer Hernani Escullar Jr. said they were saddened by the incident at

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The local police here has launched an immediate citywide “school hardening” campaign that includes tighter access controls, expanded police deployments, security assessments, and campus patrols in response to the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. Police Colonel Franco Rudolf Oriol, deputy city director for administration and Cebu City Police Office (CCPO)

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is prepared to assist investigators in locating the Cebu City-based security agency linked to one of the firearms allegedly used in the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. However, it has yet to receive a formal directive to join the investigation. Police Colonel Franco Rudolf

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Police Regional Office (PRO) Mimaropa has ordered heightened police visibility in and around schools across the region following recent stabbing incidents in separate schools in Cavite and rising concerns about campus safety. Acting regional director Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Dela Cruz on Monday directed all provincial and municipal police

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed to pursue cases against the owners of the guns allegedly used in the Tacloban City school shooting. “With all the pieces of evidence available, I expect a solid case that can stand in court,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said in a statement on

(Image screengrabbed from Pagasa’s latest press briefing) MANILA, Philippines – Super Typhoon Francisco (international name: Mekkhala) has weakened into a typhoon over the Philippine Sea and is enhancing the southwest monsoon or “habagat” on Tuesday, according to the state weather bureau. In its latest press briefing, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)