President Marcos Jr. said the government would exhaust available measures to address violence in schools, including attacks involving minors, as lawmakers consider restricting young people’s access to high-risk digital services.
“It’s a terrible thing. It’s a terrible thing. And we’re doing everything that we can,” Marcos Jr. said in a media interview in Singapore.
The President said authorities need to examine the reasons behind campus violence, describing it as a psychological and generational problem rather than an issue that can be solved by police or education officials alone.
Marcos acknowledged that there was no single solution to school attacks and said several measures would have to be considered together.
These could include installing metal detectors on school premises and encouraging parents and teachers to pay closer attention to children’s behavior.
Marcos Jr. made the remarks after being asked about a bill passed by Congress seeking to bar minors from accessing high-risk digital services where young people could allegedly be groomed into committing violent acts.
The Philippines has recorded several deadly school shooting incidents in recent months.
On September 18, a Grade 9 student shot multiple students at Banga National High School in Banga, South Cotabato.
On August 18, three people, including the alleged gunman, died in a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City.
Earlier, on June 22, three people were killed in a shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban, Leyte, allegedly carried out by two teenage suspects.IMT
