SILG Jonvic Remulla holds press briefing — June 25

[0:00] let me give you the background okay at 10 30 at uh 8 o'clock last night senator bam aquino [0:08] called me up and gave me a tip that there was chatter in uh in tacloban that there was an [0:16] impending mass shooting that was about to occur i immediately referred it to the cidg [0:25] which did an investigation and here are the results of the investigation okay [0:40] okay okay okay let me read to you the report of the cidg date june 24 2026 this report addresses [1:06] let me begin again okay at 8 o'clock pm last night senator bam aquino called me and uh to my estimation [1:15] he was in uh tacloban he gave me a tip na sabi niya may chatter daw [1:21] sa tacloban na mayroon pang isang impending mass shooting na mangyayari sa leite ang [1:29] binigay niyang pangalan may binigay siyang pangalan at in investigate kagad namin ah so salamat kay [1:35] senator bam aquino ang sa nakalagay sa report this report addresses the alleged threat at tolosa [1:43] tolosa national high school of tolosa late the suspect is accused of planning a mass shooting or [1:51] stabbing aimed at the school school students the following message written in vernacular was [1:58] retrieved and you're gonna have to excuse me hindi puro ako maroon ng mga guaray pero ibibigay ko na lang ang [2:06] ang translation okay translation and it is very rough translation pinost niya sa facebook to hello send this to your [2:19] friends yo from tolosa prepare your prepare yourselves especially you as you owe me get ready [2:30] i will disrupt the school you won't know me but you will recognize me there's no time no day be [2:38] prepared for whoever gets shot or stabbed we don't care good luck to you at the loss of national late and [2:45] national high school in response to the threat validation intelligence gathering rfu hc idg immediately went [2:54] to a 14 year old grade 10 student named jasmine golem 14 years old grade 10 student at the lossa [3:11] national high school the investigation revealed that she created multiple facebook accounts to disseminate [3:17] this content which spread rapidly across social media alarming students parents and the public her [3:24] identity was confirmed through social media analysis and information from concerned individuals however [3:31] the accounts and original posts were deleted after engagement with jasmine who was hesitant and [3:36] uncooperative due to the fear of repercussions her parents when approached by the loss mps refused to [3:43] provide information about the incident so again there was no incident pero sinabi niya nag post na siya [3:52] na may mangyayari nung nalaman namin inaktuhan kagad namin okay there are several motives behind this [4:02] namely the incident arose from up this is according to the investigation the incident arose from jasmine's personal and [4:11] family issues following engagement to their family and along with investigation results the threat appears [4:18] to be neutralized and inactive no evidence of an organized plan or involvement of others was found [4:24] and neither jasmine or her family had access to firearms it is possible that she was influenced by recent [4:31] shooting at san jose national high school okay why is this important ito po ay panawagan ko sa lahat na mga [4:41] netizens netizens natin kung may makita po kayo na kahit anong threat or imminent threat or [4:51] chatter sa mga group discussions na merong gustong gawing mass shooting or violence to be inflicted please call [5:02] 911 and inform right away gano kay importante ang 911 within one minute of the shooting tumawag ang teacher [5:14] sa 911 salate within five minutes of the call dumating na kagad ang first responders ito upon knowledge of a [5:25] possible threat pinuntahan kagad ng cidg ang nagpost at inimbestigahan it could have been benign [5:35] pero pwede naging maging marahas but any information and i repeat kung may nalalaman po kayo na nagpa plano [5:44] o nag nag merong kausap na gustong gawing kaharasan sa mga skwelahan o kapwa pakikatawag ka agad sa 911 and we will respond accordingly okay that is the first [6:00] number two with regards to the tolosa incident everything has been reported but i have noticed [6:10] a few infirmities of the law which i will recommend to congress to revise [6:18] there are millions of gun owners in the philippines million po yan i don't have the exact number okay [6:47] ang registered firearms natin pero ang culpability ng may-ari ay napaka baba sa nangyari doon sa [6:58] dakloban na kinuwa ang baril kung private owner ang case niya is only civil warang criminal ako po ay [7:09] naniniwala na sa lahat na may-ari ng baril may kaakibang responsibilidad kung paano alagaan to dapat ito ay [7:18] naka safe dapat ito ay lock in key at dapat ito 100% of the time ang responsible ay yung gun owner maraming advocates [7:30] ng people for the responsible ownership of guns nananawagan ako sa lahat ng mga advocates [7:40] ng people for the responsible ownership of guns tulungan nyo kami para mag-craft ng bagong batas na may [7:48] responsibility ang gun owner to call sa kanilang hawak it is a deadly weapon it cannot be compared na [7:57] hini ramang kotse tas nakasagasa na isa may civil liability ang mayari ng kotse baril to in this case [8:05] ginamit ng studyante in case one the firearm used was a service pistol of a police officer that [8:19] ang ang charge lang ay malversation walang criminal liability ayon sa batas pero para sa akin dapat meron [8:29] kung ikaw ay matapang kung ikaw ay may hilig sa baril o may service firearm dapat itagong yan dapat walang [8:39] nakahawak na iba in the other case security guard nakalagay rin doon yung baril yung dalawang bata [8:48] dalawang araw nilang pinano to at alam nila kung saan kukuha ng baril i recommend to congress that [8:58] they rewrite the irr of gun ownership and uh and the responsibility of owning firearms [9:06] and to put a criminal aspect into the uh illegal use or illegal transfer of their guns people have to be [9:18] responsible gun owners or gun operators people have to take accountability sa nangyari dito wala [9:27] kaming ma-charge darbitin ng batas kailangan may liability ang mga taong to kailangan may criminal [9:35] liability yung mga taong ito kailangan lahat na may ari ng baril lahat na merong lisensyang humawak [9:45] ng baril ay responsable sa kanilang paghandle ng kanilang magkagamitan ito ay pwedeng maraming pwedeng [9:53] malubhang mangyayari now having said that i believe also that games espousing violence like gore [10:06] box should be permanently banned from the philippines i believe that it desensitizes [10:16] desensitizes young people into the elements of death elements of violence and elements of murder [10:28] i believe that the philippine that the government that the congress also should study the matter [10:35] kung paano mapigilan to questions thank you very much sir and we are now ready to accept questions [10:43] from the media from untv miss leah elagan morning sec sir um upon verification yun po bang jasmine [10:51] ay doon nag-aaral yes doon siya nag-aaral sir background niya ah nag ano din ba siya naglalaro [11:00] oh 14 years old bigla na lang nagpost ng ganon pero mukhang may issues sila ng parents niya so [11:08] hindi pa kompleto eh kasi nangyari to alas 11 ng gabi bago siya nakuha so we're still debriefing her kung [11:15] ano talaga ang intent niya again ito ang ito ang infirmity ng juvenile justice act nakita nyo yung [11:26] mga bata nag-usap ay walang mangyayari sa akin kasi 14 years old lang ako pwede ako napansin [11:33] rin na ng mga kapulisan na ginagamit ng mga drug mga drug lords na courier ang mga 14 year olds sila [11:43] ang ginagamit para walang charge i recommend strongly to congress that we work together to come up with [11:51] a more comprehensive law on juvenile justice and i cannot hindi ako tagasulat ng batas ako ito tulong [11:59] lang para may sulat ang batas ito at may bago sir kung hihigan kayo ng rekomendasyon anong age [12:06] dapat ang i will have to work with them i think the age is not important but cognizance and intent [12:16] are the most important factors in this case yung 14 years old alam niya na hindi siya macha charge [12:23] kaya siya ang pumutok ng marami siya ang nakabaril ng marami and ayon sa batas malilibre siya sa ginawa niya so there must be change okay thank you [12:40] mr june veneration from gma nung araw nung araw nung ms meon oh again salamat [12:54] kay senator bamakino siya nagbigay linaw sa akin tumawag sa akin at sabi ko i will be on it right [13:01] away alas 18 niya tinawag sa akin alas 11 na puntahan na yung bata nahanap na namin again tumawag [13:09] kayo sa 9-1-1 kung may naririnig kayo na any threat kung makita kayo na conversation sa [13:14] facebook tumawag kayo kagad sa 9-1-1 yun nangyari sa takloban is nobody's fault except the children's [13:25] except the 14 year old and the 15 year old and the owners and registered operator of the firearms [13:32] wala naman may gusto mangyari yan hindi pwede sisihin ng polis kasi ando doon kami sa labas ang mga [13:39] polis ay nasa labas pero hindi naman nila pwede kapkapin ang bawat pumapasok ng sudyante hindi nila pwede buksan [13:44] ang bag hindi rin pwede sisihin ng teacher dahil kung ang teacher naman ay sa 2,800 na sudyante ay paano [13:53] niya malalaman na may barelo pero I think it should be a collective responsibility ng buong [14:00] skwelahan na kung may bullying ay i-report kagad sa principal again I believe the collective [14:09] responsibility ng buong community yan na kung may bullying i-report kagad sa principal [14:15] yung 14 years old yes wala wala that's right tingin namin gumugusto gumawa ng copycat copycat copycat [14:33] gusto gumawa ng copycat crime ay nandilikado dito eh kasi nga nakikita sa video games na napakadalay bumatay [14:40] ng tao tingin nila ay ginawa doon kayo ko rin to please use 911 kung may makita kayo na kahit [14:49] konti lang signs na may troubled youth kaibigan nyo kamag-anak nyo kapatid nyo anak nyo kung may makita [14:58] kayo any possible language mga posts nila o pag-uusap sa chat group i-report nyo kagad sa 911 911 works within [15:08] five minutes dumating ang first responders sa lahat na nangyayari yan let us be the first responders in [15:15] this call 911 yes hindi kayo mo kasi pwedeng sabihin na hindi siya seryoso eh any threat is considered [15:30] live until it is neutralized so hindi mo pwede si Ben na pagbasa mo ang post ay wala to hindi pwedeng [15:39] ganon basta may makita kayo na kahit konti man nababala na meron mangyayaring karubaldumal [15:46] magsabi kayo kagad tumawag kasi kayo sa 911 sabihin nyo kung ano nakita nyo para ma-investigate [15:52] kagad it will go a long way in stopping uh into a repeat of what happened uh last monday any more [16:03] next from pna mr lloyd caliwan sir uh the the kid was not charged with anything again 14 years old [16:19] sir nasa bahay nila sa bahay nila ah hindi ina dina sa dswd para interview pero she he cannot be charged [16:28] with anything or she cannot be charged the sec pakilinaw lang doon sa liabilities ng gun owner [16:34] so i help police property ginamit ng iba not for the intended use ayun ang deferment ayun [16:46] ang infirmity ng batas walang concommonant responsibility ang gun owner kung gamitin ng iba ang [16:53] baril nila para pumatay ng tao where i believe dapat kung may baril ka naka lock in key at ikaw ang [17:01] sole responsible person basta nakalistensya sa iyong baril din oh okay thank you sir thank you okay yes [17:10] it is the first this is the first this is the first in our recorded history ah wala pa kaming nag-research [17:15] kami wala pa kaming nakikita again extra um it is up to them hindi ko ba confirm kung anong sinabi nila [17:34] i i don't know what information they have but the information i have is that [17:39] avid fans sila ng gore box i think so i think so lahat sila avid fans ng gore box so yung game [17:50] na yan sa mga magulang paano rin yung mga magulang mga anak nyo kasi napaka delikado ng larong [17:56] yan that that is ayun ang infirmity ng batas walang liability ang magulang ayun ang infirmity so [18:12] gagawin namin na lahat re-recommend namin sa prosecution pero nakalagay sa IR tula tinignan ko [18:19] na lahat ng libro toko sa IRR ng gun ownership civil lang ang liability nila oh yes uh mag [18:30] re-recommend kami regarding bullying and all of that okay thank you very much [18:34] sec sec wait lang sec clarify lang sec clarify lang po may um may batas po ba para kasuhan yung [18:40] mga may ari po ng baril again para meron po bang batas para kasuhan yung mga may ari po [18:45] ng baril ayun nga siya sabi ko siya there is an infirmity in the law nawala po nawala so far [18:50] wala pa kami nakikita so it will be a new civil lang so far nakita namin sa IRR pero pwede nyo pang [18:59] i-research yan at korektyan ko kung mali ang nakita nyo police woman sir civil liability lang hindi [19:07] siya meron siyang liability dahil ano siya um kasama siya sa armed forces lang sa service may [19:14] admin case siya hindi ko pa alam it is up to the judge to again nakikiramay po kami sa mga nasawihan [19:26] ng buhay na anak um lahat po tayo dito may mga anak rin and yung mga nangyari niyan tragic as it may [19:36] seem can be preventable if we pass the right laws and amend amend the charter of the gun ownership [19:46] okay um i am a gun owner because the nature of my job kailangan ko may baril ako but i keep [19:54] everything under lock and key lahat kayo kasaba dun sa shoot fest na ginawa natin diba so everyone here [20:03] should know their responsibility and my heart my heart na dumudugo ang puso ko para dun sa namatayan ng anak [20:10] nung dinala lang sa skwelahan pakalungan linggo pala napasok it could have been prevented had we been [20:19] more careful kung meron talagang nakalagay na responsibility nila um you can feel safer kasi on top of the [20:37] situation naman kami ang panawagan ko lang talaga kung may makita kayo mag report kayo sa 911 [20:44] pangalawa dinideploy na namin sa di LG yung mga tanod na tumulong sa peacekeeping sa mga skwelahan okay [20:54] pangatlo we recommend na kung may bullying sa skwelahan i-report kagad sa principal para ma-resolve ang kaso [21:02] okay sir thank you last na okay sir gumawa po ng task force si manila mayor isko um nire-recommend [21:11] po ba natin to sa ating LGUs na gumawa ng similar task force po um mayor isko is a very proactive [21:17] mayor magaling na mayor yan so gumagawa siya ngayon ng hakbang niya pero sa depende yan sa mga mayor pero kami [21:24] nag-recommend kami na yung mga barangay tanod will be actively participating now in uh in uh in [21:32] enforcing any peacekeeping sa mga campuses natin perimeter okay thank you very much thank you very [21:40] much sir and that concludes our press briefing this morning with our secretary of the department of [21:44] local and government juanito victor siremul