Sa kabila ng ating batas para labanan ang bullying, lumabas na nangunguna ang Pilipinas sa 70 bansa sa may pinakamaraming kaso ng bullying. Ang ilang insidente nito, sinundan ng ‘Reporter’s Notebook.’ Panoorin ang buong ulat sa video.
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00:00 In the afternoon of February 20, 2024, students were being harassed outside a nearby school in Manila.
00:10 "About 200 meters from where I stand, that's where the students were harassing."
00:17 The students who were being harassed and were captured in the video, we will hide under the name "Jessa" for 13 years.
00:26 Based on the investigation of the Barangay Council for Protection of Children or BCPC of their area.
00:33 The beating and the avoidance of Jessa from the group became a chance for them to fight.
00:41 "Her story is that she did not join her friends who were being harassed."
00:51 The parents were immediately called to fight.
00:56 "My mother said, because they are both minors, she said, 'Go ahead, return my medical expenses to my child.'"
01:07 After a meeting in the barangay, the parents of the sick Jessa paid the fine for her treatment.
01:15 "They agreed to pay a fine of P1,000. That's why they signed here that they are now getting better."
01:23 A few days after the beating, Jessa was still able to enter the school but she was suddenly killed inside the bathroom.
01:31 "She entered and when she came out, she sat on one side."
01:36 She was immediately admitted to the hospital but after five days, Jessa returned to life.
01:45 The victim's body was found in the reporter's notebook.
01:49 We talked to her mother, Robeline.
01:52 She said that her child was not sick that could be the reason for her death.
01:58 She said that she did not see any other reason but the pain of the students of Jessa.
02:05 "You can see in the video, not only one person was injured. They were hit by a car, they were beaten."
02:14 When Jessa's death certificate came out, this is where Robeline's guilt grew stronger for the cause of her child's death.
02:22 Hemorrhage or blood clotting in the brain was the cause of her death.
02:27 "The problem is, if she bled during the time of accident, those four days were long.
02:36 If you have an injury in the brain, every minute counts."
02:41 "It's hard, ma'am. But I'm trying my best because I have two more children."
02:48 Jessa is the second of three siblings.
02:51 The child dreamed of becoming a teacher one day.
02:54 "She said she can help us because we are just poor.
02:59 But because of that, she was just taken by force. That's why she's sick."
03:05 Two days after Jessa's life was saved by the municipal social welfare and development office, or MSWDO in their area,
03:16 we interviewed Almira. Her name is not her real name.
03:22 She is the woman in blue clothes who was hit in the video while Jessa was injured.
03:27 "We were just worried. When we went there, an old man came out and he chased us.
03:34 He said, 'Oh, you should chase him.' He shouted, 'Wait for me.'
03:41 We were just about to talk to him. Then, he started shouting at us."
03:48 Almira feels a lot of regret because of Jessa's loss.
03:53 "We are so sorry for what she did."
03:56 We interviewed the principal of the school where the children who were injured by Jessa are studying.
04:06 They explained that because there was no chaos inside the school, they cannot punish the students.
04:14 "It happened outside the school campus. There was a formal punishment.
04:20 What they did outside will be a reflection of the school."
04:25 "It can be like that. But for us, it's education. The children are fighting.
04:31 We can say that. But they died. We don't know if they really died."
04:38 The principal added that one of their problems is the lack of a guidance counselor
04:44 who can guide and give advice to students who are having problems.
04:50 "You don't have a guidance counselor. You have a guidance teacher.
04:54 She cannot give counseling because she is not a counselor.
04:59 But she can give advice. She can monitor these children daily."
05:08 "Sit down."
05:10 For now, the students who are involved in the chaos while being monitored by MSWDO are not allowed to enter the school.
05:20 Because they are still minors, the injured students cannot be punished according to the law.
05:27 But they need to go under community service and counseling within six months.
05:33 "This is part of what we are doing to find out what happened.
05:38 If they have anger management, we can talk about it."
05:42 But for the minors, who can be the one to answer?
05:48 "For parents, if it is proven that they are negligent, they may be charged with civil liability.
05:58 Because it is in our family code, parents and other persons exercising parental authority
06:04 shall be severely liable for injuries and damages caused by the acts of the minors."
06:10 For Gessa's family, their son's arrest is unforgivable.
06:15 "It hurts me to lose my son, especially that he is a girl.
06:19 Because when my son studies, they will destroy many dreams in that way."
06:26 [Music]
06:31 The five-year-old student, Tintin, was found with bruises on her face and blood on her nose.
06:38 She is not her real name.
06:40 After she was hit by her classmate in Pasig City.
06:44 "Here in the nose, in the nose, this is the biggest wound.
06:49 Then here in the cheek, here, here, here, here in the eyes.
06:55 Then she has a bruise here, and then her nose.
06:58 And this one, there is a mark on the cheek."
07:02 Because of her mother's fierce anger, she did not complain to the school.
07:08 So she went straight to the barangay to complain to the parents of the child who was hurt.
07:14 "I cannot blame the teacher for what happened.
07:17 Of course, it is not only my son who was there.
07:20 For many children, no one can handle everything."
07:24 We went to the school where Tintin studies and the classmate who was hurt by her.
07:30 They admitted that they do not have enough capacity to focus each student in their studies.
07:37 "For many children, the teacher is alone.
07:40 We are also not enough in the classroom.
07:42 It is a factor that the population in a classroom is too large."
07:49 Because of the trauma that Tintin suffered, she did not go to school and she was temporarily modulated.
07:56 They also assure that the pain that happened to Tintin or any student in their school will not happen again.
08:04 "The parent of the child who was hurt told us that if possible,
08:11 the child who was bullied should be transferred to another section so that the child will not see him again.
08:16 So we gave it to them."
08:18 In the study of the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA,
08:23 one in three students experience bullying every week in the Philippines.
08:29 The Department of Education of DepEd said that it would be a big help if more guidance counselors were added
08:36 so that the students can be guided more.
08:38 But the problem is...
08:40 "We have over 46,000 schools and there is a limited number of guidance counselors available
08:46 primarily because the current salary of guidance counselors is insufficient to attract them.
08:54 That's why in terms of intervening, the Department of Education has begun exploring
08:59 and adding the base of those that can respond."
09:03 On March 10, Jessa was buried.
09:07 "I hope she will not worry. We will do our best to give her justice for what happened to her."
09:13 The second stop is to consider the lessons.
09:17 But in the cases here or around here where violence is happening,
09:22 measures should be taken so that no student will be hurt
09:28 or the most vulnerable will lose their life.
09:31 I am Jun Veneracion and this is Reporters Nasa.
09:35 [Music]
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