Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez has proposed a host of measures to strengthen school safety and child protection as part of a comprehensive response to the June 22 mass shooting at San Jose National High School that left three students dead and 20 others injured.
TACLOBAN CITY — Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez has proposed wide-ranging measures to improve school safety and child protection, as a direct response to the June 22 mass shooting at San Jose National High School, which resulted in three student fatalities and 20 injuries.
Romualdez unveiled the proposals during a consultative meeting on Tuesday, June 30, joining national agencies, local officials, and mental health experts. The group met to map out immediate and long-term interventions following the tragedy, which stands as one of the deadliest school shootings in the country’s history.
The meeting brought together officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Education (DepEd), and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), along with Tingog Party-list Representatives Andrew Romualdez and Jude Acidre.
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