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Higit 200 NPA, iba pa sumuko sa Agusan del Norte

Lorilly Charmane Awitan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 05:33 PM

Ayon sa mga opisyal, mahirap makamit ang kapayapaan at kaunlaran sa isang lugar kung mayroon pang NPA sa paligid. Read more »

US Congress returns after a bloody August sharpens focus on guns

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 10:10 AM

The US Congress convenes Monday for the first time since recent mass shootings left Americans distraught over surging violence, but the Senate's Republican leader stressed he would not consider gun legislation without President Donald Trump's backing. Read more »

8chan owner vows changes in House testimony over links to mass shootings

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 06:36 AM

8chan, the online message board linked to several recent mass shootings, plans to restrict parts of the website during a "state of emergency," the site's owner Jim Watkins told a US House panel in a written statement. Read more »

Texas shooting toll rises to seven

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 08:11 AM

The death toll in a chaotic mass shooting in Texas has risen to seven, the local police chief confirmed Sunday, adding that it might have been far worse had the shooter not been stopped before entering a crowded movie theater. Read more »

At least 5 dead, 21 wounded in Texas shooting: police

Ian Timberlake, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 01 08:44 AM

At least five people have been killed in a mass shooting that left 21 victims in the US state of Texas on Saturday, police said.   Read more »

Owner of site linked to US mass shootings says hate posts never tolerated

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 05:23 PM

MANILA - The owner of a website linked to mass shootings in the United States has said hate posts on the site were never tolerated. Read more »

'First Mass' in Limasawa: Fact or opinion?

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Aug 24 06:58 AM

That “First Mass” celebrated on Philippine soil was neither in Agusan nor in Limasawa, Southern Leyte. It was in Homonhon, a barangay in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Read more »

Gamers take aim at Trump's criticism of virtual violence

David Courbet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 06:29 PM

Experts and fans alike at the Gamescom trade fair rejected the link between first-person shooter games and real-life massacres that have become common in the US. Read more »

August 10, 500 years ago: Pigafetta and an unresolved issue

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Aug 17 10:34 AM

As the country prepares for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the first Europeans and the introduction of Christianity, the better way to participate and celebrate in this historic observation, is naturally, to know of and to understand more of Pigafetta. Read more »

Trump blames mass shootings on mentally ill, calls for more mental institutions

Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 07:21 AM

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he supports meaningful background checks for gun buyers, but he told reporters that those responsible for recent mass shootings were mentally ill and the United States should build more mental institutions. Read more »

Creator ng 8chan, humarap sa PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 12:49 AM

Humarap na sa PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group ang creator ng imageboard website kung saan nag-post ang mga suspek sa ilang mass shooting sa Amerika at New Zealand nitong buwan. Read more »

8chan creator meets PH police, helps in probe on mass shootings

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 06:57 AM

Recent investigations on the manifestos uploaded in 8chan by the suspects of the mass shooting incidents in the US and New Zealand led authorities to the Philippines where the creator of the imageboard website now resides. Read more »

8Chan creator admits online form hard to moderate in wake of US mass shootings

Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 06:01 PM

EL PASO, Texas - The community of El Paso, Texas continues to mourn for the lives of 22 people who were killed in last Saturday's massacre. They are also trying to make sense of why a 21-year old man from a Dallas suburb would go on a shooting spree. Read more »

8chan creator to cooperate with PNP anti-cybercrime probe

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 09 03:03 PM

The creator of 8chan, a message board used to announce a mass shooting in the US, will cooperate with an investigation into whether or not the platform is being run from the Philippines and broke local laws, police said Friday.  Read more »

OPINION: America in shock, in mourning…again

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Aug 09 06:30 AM

There now appears what seems to be a conclusive consensus that sensible gun laws will only dawn upon the American scene when Trump is no longer President, and when both the House and the Senate are no longer under the clutches of the National Rifle Association. Read more »

Lawyers: El Paso shooting suspect's mother called police over son's gun

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 11:57 PM

But the mother's call was "informational" and not motivated out of a concern that her son posed a threat, the lawyers said. Read more »

Trump visits mass shooting victims; protesters shout 'Do something!'

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 08:11 AM

EL PASO, Texas - U.S. President Donald Trump met victims and first responders from last weekend's deadly shootings in Texas and Ohio on Wednesday, as chanting protesters accused him of inflaming tensions with anti-immigrant and racially charged rhetoric.   Read more »

Tagalikha ng online forum 8chan, nakikipagtulungan sa PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 12:50 AM

Nakikipagtulungan na sa PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group ang may likha ng 8chan, isang online messaging board kung saan umano may nag-post ng impormasyon bago pa mangyari ang mass shooting sa Christchurch, New Zealand at El Paso, Texas. Read more »

8chan owner called before US Congress, as latest host drops site

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 07 02:24 PM

Online message board 8chan's fortunes worsened on Tuesday, as it was once again made homeless by a technical services provider and its owner was called to testify to the US Congress after 8chan was linked to a weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.   Read more »

Philippines justice dept 'gathering info' on 8chan linked to US shooting

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 02:26 PM

The American owner of a far-right online message board connected to 3 mass shootings has left the Philippines, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Wednesday. Read more »