Filipino Cardinals Address Deadly Shooting Incident at Jesuit High School

If our answer starts at the school gate, we are too late

There will be pressure after Tacloban and Zamboanga to find the answer: bullying, mental illness, violent games, social media, bad parenting, weak school security, guns. Real violence is rarely that tidy.

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Filipino cardinals address deadly shooting incident at Jesuit high school

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino cardinals voiced concern about the shooting incident at a Jesuit university in the southern Philippines, a rare act of school violence in Asia’s largest Catholic-majority country. The shooter, a student at Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School, fired at a teacher and another student before turning the weapon on himself. The teacher survived but the two high school students, including the shooter, died o…

Zamboanga school shooting: Police looking into shooter-victim’s motive to kill

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Ateneo de Zamboanga official: Shooter used PWD ramp to bypass school security

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Loren Legarda Seeks Stricter Laws Following Zamboanga School Shooting

Sen. Loren Legarda spokes about the recent shooting incident at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Senator Loren Legarda called for immediate action to address the series of violent incidents in schools following the shooting incident at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City. In June, the country was shocked by a shooting incident that happened ... Read more The post Loren Legarda Seeks Stricter Laws Following Zamboanga School Shootin…