It's not easy being a student. The stress of having to pass classes in order to secure a future can be a strain on anyone. And if that's not enough it seems certain elements of society are doing all they can to make sure you don't survive to graduate.
Hi, my name is being withheld because I am a minor. I was in my room working on my Learning Modules. All of a sudden someone walked inside my house, walked into my room, and shot me dead.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/570191/14-year-old-girl-shot-dead-while-answering-school-module-in-talisay-cebu |
A 14-year-old girl who was said to be answering her learning modules was shot dead by a still unidentified assailant in Talisay City, Cebu early Friday morning, April 26, 2024.
The shooting took place inside the victim’s house in Sitio Riverside 1, Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, Cebu.
The victim, whose identity is being withheld since she is a minor, was reportedly answering her modules inside her room before she was killed.
Learning Modules are part of alternative learning modes given to learners across the country to ensure that all learners have access to quality basic education when face-to-face classes are suspended for different reasons like public health issues.
An unidentified assailant, who was able to enter the residence, allegedly shot the unsuspecting minor which resulted in her untimely demise.
Hi, my name is Jenny. I was an eighth grade student walking to class. Suddenly a guy on a motorcycle pulled up beside me and fired one shot to my head killing me instantly. No reason. He just did it. And now I am dead.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/19/grade-8-student-shot-dead-in-batangas |
A 13-year-old Grade 8 student was shot dead in Barangay Banyaga here on Wednesday morning, April 17.
Police identified the victim as Jenny.
Investigation said the victim was on her way to the Banyaga National High School alone at around 6 a.m. when a lone gunman appeared and shot her with a 9mm pistol.
She died on the spot from a bullet wound to the head.
The suspect fled on a motorcycle.
Police are conducting follow-up investigation.
Hi, my name is Michael Jan Mangulamas. I was walking along the street when I was shot seven times. I was a hard working student who even sold food to earn money. But now I am dead by an unknown assailant.
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| https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/03/11/2339756/college-student-murdered-cotabato-city |
A working student was shot dead by a lone gunman while on his way home from the Iglesia Ni Cristo church in Cotabato City on Sunday morning.
Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., Cotabato City police director, told reporters on Monday morning that the 21-year-old Michael Jan Mangulamas, a student of Notre Dame University, was walking along the De Mazenod Avenue at Barangay Rosary Heights 5, Cotabato City from the worship site when he was attacked by a still unidentified man armed with a .45 caliber pistol.
Mangulamas was a working student at the Catholic university, which is near the spot where he was killed. The victim was shot seven times.
"Our investigators have collected copies of security camera recordings from establishments around the crime scene showing the image of the culprit," Manalang said.
Relatives and classmates of Mangulamas had told reporters that he was a hard working college scholar and even sold food occasionally to friends to earn extra money that he needed for his schooling and other daily expenditures.
The pistol-wielding man who killed him managed to escape immediately using a getaway motorcycle.
Hi, I am an unnamed 20-year old student. A drunk watchman followed me into a bathroom and shot me dead because he thought I was being too noisy.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/900092/student-in-masbate-shot-dead-allegedly-for-being-noisy/story/ |
A 20-year-old student in Masbate City died from several gunshot wounds after he was shot by a 27-year-old barangay watchman allegedly for being noisy.
Investigation revealed that the student was at his classmate's boarding house in Barangay Espinosa when the watchman passed by.
Because he was loud, the student reportedly caught the attention of the watchman who was allegedly drunk at that time.
The watchman allegedly got upset and stayed close to the boarding house, watching the movements inside. When he reportedly saw the student go down to the ground floor, he went inside the boarding house and followed him to the restroom. There, he shot the student several times."By chance, Sir, when they were inside [the boarding house], this victim went down to do CR or there in the comfort room, just so the suspect was there and he was waiting for him so he followed him there in the comfort room and that's when he was shot," Police Lt. Col. Ariel Neri, the chief of police in Masbate City, said.The student sustained gunshot wounds in different parts of his body.
The watchman was arrested and authorities recovered the firearm believed to be used in the crime.
The suspect is facing a murder charge.
Hi, my name is Alyssa Manzano Bolasoc. I was a a third-year Pangasinan State University. While walking home one night I was raped and murdered by a solar panel installer. They found my body in a river.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/11/college-student-raped-killed-in-pangasinan |
The body of suspected rape victim was found floating on a river in Sitio San Gabriel, Barangay Balangobong, this capital town, on Sunday night, March 10.
Police Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan police chief, identified the victim as Alyssa Manzano Bolasoc, 21, a third-year Pangasinan State University (PSU) student and resident of Barangay Balangobong.
A fisherman, Rowel Suicon Rabino, 27, discovered the victim’s body at around 8 p.m. while checking his fish net.
Sabino informed the police who conducted a follow-up investigation and arrested a suspect, Jessie Aquino Soriano, 32, a solar panel installer.
Soriano is under the custody of the police and faces appropriate case, said officers-on-case Police Corporals Eric Quimson and Christopher Rey E. Mariano.
Hi, my name is being withheld because I am a minor. My 19-year old boyfriend becomes jealous of me and pushed me into a blackboard. After he did that another student punched him and they got into a fight. I have been able to return to class and even though my father wanted to initially settle he still wants to press charges.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/539087/jealous-ex-boyfriend-19-pushes-girl-into-blackboard-parents-to-file-charges |
A fistfight broke out inside a high school in Mandaue City after a Grade 11 student allegedly pushed his minor ex-girlfriend into a blackboard on Monday, November 6, 2023.
In an interview with local radio station dyHP, the school principal said that the incident took place at around 7:30 a.m. on Monday after the flag ceremony.
The principal, Rene Petancio, said that the fight broke out shortly after the students entered their classroom while the teacher was not in the room yet.
He said that a 19-year-old boy suddenly grabbed his ex-girlfriend, who is 17-years-old, and pushed her head into a blackboard in front of their other classmates.
After this, another male, classmate who was watching by the side, punched the assailant to get back at what he did to the girl. The two students then engaged in a fistfight.
The incident was captured in a video that was posted online.
Petancio said that after they learned of the incident, the students were called into the Senior High Coordinator’s Office where they were interviewed individually. He added that the parents were also called.
According to Petancio, they found out that the cause of the fight was jealousy of the girl’s ex-boyfriend. The other involved student, he clarified, was not aware of the two’s relationship and only wanted to get revenge for his classmate.
Petancio said that as part of their disciplinary action as punishment for the violence committed, they would be scheduling another meeting with the 19-year-old student to talk about his suspension.
He said that the student had not gone back to school since the incident while the female victim continued to attend her classes.
In a seperate interview with the victim’s father, he said that even after he agreed to settle, he still planned to file a police complaint against the male student for what he did to his daughter.
He said that they would be sending the minor for a medical examination to make sure that she did not suffer major internal injuries.
The father also said that his daughter told him that the ex-boyfriend allegedly got jealous after she posted a picture with a boy on the background on her social media.
Hi, my name is being withheld as is the name of my killer. But he is a Nigerian studying here in the Philippines. We were having a drinking session. Suddenly an argument broke out and he stabbed me with an 11-inch kitchen knife. Then he set my bed on fire.
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| https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/536627/nigerian-student-nabbed-for-allegedly-killing-drinking-buddy-in-cebu-city |
A 21-year-old Nigerian student was arrested after he allegedly caused a fire and killed his drinking buddy in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City on Saturday evening, October 28, 2023.
The incident reportedly transpired at around 9:00 p.m. inside a rented room in Sitio Cadahuan in Talamban.
The police report revealed that the suspect was having a drinking session with the victim, a 26-year-old man, inside the latter’s rented room when the incident happened.
The victim reportedly works as a call center agent and is a native of Misamis Occidental.
According to the report, a witness who is also the caretaker, heard a man’s voice asking for help at around 12:30 a.m.
Because of this, he went out to search where the voice is coming from, which resulted to him noticing the victim’s room on fire.
The caretaker then began asking for help from other neighbors and allegedly saw the suspect running away from the area.
The caretaker, Ronie Villa, told CDN Digital in an interview that he heard someone saying “Tabang [ku]ya” in the middle of the night.
He said that he waited for someone to come out of the room and saw the student frantically running away.
Villa added that they panicked after seeing the smoke coming out of the room.
Personnel from the Talamban Police Station, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Barangay Talamban’s Barangay Public Safety Officers (BPSO) responded to the scene, stated the report.
It also said that responding officers saw the lifeless victim inside the room while the bed was partially burned.
Police then arrested the suspect and recovered from his possession an 11-inch long kitchen knife and the handle that was believed to have been used in the murder.
Scene of the crime operatives also arrived to assess the crime scene, according to the report.
The victim was declared dead on the spot by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after assessing that he had no pulse and was not breathing.
The victim’s cadaver was brought to the Cebu Rolling Hills Funeral Homes to be subjected to post-mortem examination.
Charges of murder and arson will likely be filed against the suspect.
Hi, my name is Christian. Me and my friends were trying to start a fire in front of our house. So I tossed a can of paint thinner on a pile of garbage we had lit. It immediately exploded and killed me.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/10/22/student-hurt-in-paint-thinner-explosion |
A 17-year-old student was injured in a paint thinner explosion in Upper Monument, Barangay Malico, this town, on Saturday night, October 21.
Police said victim Christian, 17, with two companions, a 15-year-old and 18-year-old boy, poured a six-liter can of paint thinner on a pile of garbage to start a bonfire in front of their house.
However, the can exploded and injured Christian.
Rescuers took the victim to the Region 2 Trauma Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya for treatment of burns.
Hi, my name is Kenth Ashly Ferrer. I was supposed to go on a trip but there was no more room so my teacher offered to let me sleep in her house. For some reason her helper slashed my neck. I ran outside for help but I ended up bleeding to death.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/9/22/helper-slashes-sleeping-student-s-neck |
A 19-year-old student was wounded after his neck was slashed by a helper while he was sleeping at his teacher's house on Thursday, September 21, in Calbayog City, Samar.
The victim was identified as Kenth Ashly Ferrer, a resident of Barangay Beloso in the island-town of Almagro, Samar.
Initial investigation disclosed that the victim was a student of teacher Nieves Geras who attended a seminar with her in Catbalogan City, Samar.
Since there was no more trip available to Almagro from Calbayog on Thursday afternoon, Geras, a resident of Barangay Mabuhay also in Almagro, offered his student to stay the night at her house.
The suspect, Melvin Campong, 27, Geras’ helper, slashed Ferrer’s neck while he was sleeping at about 3:30 a.m.
The victim ran for help while covering his wound with a cloth. He was taken to the Saint Camillus Hospital and was later referred to Eastern Visayas Medical Center here.
Police arrested Campong. Motive of the incident is yet to be determined.
Hi, my name is being withheld. I am a Special Education student. I was in the comfort room at the market when another Special Education student approached me and slashed my neck for no reason. Thankfully I survived.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/27/sped-student-nabbed-for-slashing-neck-of-fellow-student |
Police arrested a 17-year-old Special Education student for allegedly slashing the neck of a nine-year-old SPED pupil here on Saturday, August 26.
Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Lucban police chief, said the suspect was arrested hours after the incident and turned over to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) for proper disposition.
Investigation said the victim was inside the comfort room of the Lucban public market in Barangay 4 at about 3:30 p.m. when the suspect approached and slashed him in the neck with a knife.
The victim was initially taken by his mother to a hospital here but he was later transferred to the Quezon Medical Center in Lucena City due to his condition.
Hi, my name is Juana Mae Maslang. My uncle found me dead with blood splattered everywhere after a robber broke inside and killed me.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1706703/couple-nabbed-for-alleged-killing-of-student-in-angeles-city |
Policemen arrested on Saturday a man and his live-in partner in Pulungbulu village in this city for the death of an 18-year-old female student.
On Dec. 14, the body of Juana Mae Maslang was found by her uncle inside her family’s residence, also in Pulungbulu.
Police said the teenage student was alone in their house between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
The victim’s body had several stab wounds.
Police quoted the victim’s uncle as saying that he was about to ask for food from the victim’s family when he noticed that the backdoor was open. He then went back to his residence and told the victim’s mother about it.
When the mother entered the house, she was shocked to find Maslang lying on the floor inside the bedroom, and blood was splattered everywhere.
The family rushed the victim to the hospital, but doctors pronounced her dead.
Police believed that robbery was the suspects’ motive because a mobile phone and a wristwatch were missing.
A follow-up operation based on the testimonies of residents in the area led to the arrest of Val Cahanding, 22, and Japanie Torbeles, of legal age, who live in the same village.
The Angeles City police said they found two t-shirts with blood stains and a kitchen inside the couple’s residence. It has requested that the crime laboratory subject the blood to a DNA examination to determine if it matches that of the victim.
Colonel Juritz Rara, city police director, said they had already brought the suspects to the city prosecutor’s office for an inquest. He said the prosecutor had recommended the couple’s continued detention.
On Sunday, Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr offered a P50,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of those responsible for Maslang’s death.
Hi, my name is being withheld because I am a grade 9 student. I went out to gather some vegetables from the farm we live on. It was then that two men who were farmers saw me. They raped me and killed me.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/10/grade-9-student-raped-killed-in-north-cotabato-2-suspects-fall |
Authorities arrested two suspects who allegedly raped and killed a 15-year-old girl in Barangay Lepaga here.
Police Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, municipal police chief, identified the perpetrators as farmers Rogie Articonas Magallanes, 43, of Barangay Lepaga; and Nilo Belarmente Fortunato, 42, of the adjacent Barangay Bagontapay.
The victim, a Grade 9 student, was a resident of Barangay Gaunan, which borders the barangays where the suspects live.
"Based on the initial investigation, the victim went out to gather vegetables some 200 meters away from their residence around 5 p.m. Monday and was not able to return home," Mamon said in an interview.
He said the victim was found dead by residents of Barangay Lepaga at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9.
Witnesses said before the discovery of the victim's body, they saw two persons near the crime scene which gave way to a pursuit operation against the suspects who were positively identified by the same witnesses.
"With the help of the barangay leaders, both were arrested in their respective villages," Mamon said.
The victim was buried immediately according to Muslim rites.
The suspects are detained at the police custodial facility here while charges are being readied against them.
