Angara proposes inter-agency task force after Cotabato school shooting

Angara proposes inter-agency task force after Cotabato school shooting

MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara has proposed establishing a Joint School Safety Task Force alongside the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct site-specific security audits across public schools nationwide. The proposal comes in response to a directive from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. following a deadly shooting at Banga National High School in South Cotabato, marking the third fatal campus shooting