Stronger preventive measures that protect children from violence should be in place as this has serious and enduring consequences, said Committee on women and family relations Chairperson Councilor Des Dahino during the recent session of the 21st City Council. According to Dahino, she recently met with the City Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women and their Children (CIACAT-VAWC) to discuss strengthening school-based and barangay-based Informati

Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez said, during the Council’s regular session Monday, that the coordination between schools and barangays have roles to play in ensuring the safety and well-being of students. Her statement came in relation to the special reports delivered by council members on school-based violence prevention and the strengthening of campus security measures. VM Bebot emphasized that teachers are second parents to their students, and they should be vigilant on observa

"Our schools should be places of learning, not fear." This was the call to action of Councilor Jonjon Rodriguez as he delivered a special report during the 42nd Regular Session on the recent rise of school-based violence . Rodriguez made the report in response to the disturbing rise in youth-related violence, including the recent school shooting in Tacloban City that claimed the lives of three and stirred discussion on stronger security and protection measures in school campu