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Moderator Vijita Patel, left, joins Parkland High School students Lewis Mizen, second left, Suzanna Barna, third left, and Kevin Trejos, right, in a moment of silence at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Student survivors of a Florida high school shooting took their message calling for greater gun safety measures abroad for the first time on Saturday, sharing with educational professionals from around the world their frightening experience. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell/MANILA BULLETIN)

Survivors of school shooting take gun control message abroad

By the Associated Press Student survivors of the worst high school shooting in US history took their message abroad for the first time on Saturday,…

17 Mar 2018 - 6:34 pm
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Aerial view shows a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 15, 2018. (Reuters/MANILA BULLETIN)

Florida foot bridge collapse leaves 6 to 10 people dead

By Reuters A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing six to 10 people, US…

16 Mar 2018 - 8:31 am
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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, Somerville High School students sit on the sidewalk on Highland Avenue during a student walkout at the school in Somerville, Mass. A large-scale, coordinated demonstration is planned for Wednesday, March 14, when organizers have called for a 17-minute school walkout nationwide to protest gun violence. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via AP, File)

Students to put pencils down, walk out in gun protests

By the Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly…

14 Mar 2018 - 4:24 pm
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School staff, teachers and students return to school greeted by police and well wishers in Parkland, Florida. (AFP/File / RHONA WISE/MANILA BULLETIN)

Florida passes law that allows some school staff to be armed

By Agence France-Presse Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed into law a bill backed by relatives of Parkland school shooting victims that restricts access…

10 Mar 2018 - 9:18 am
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Florida passes bill to restrict guns, arm some teachers

By Agence France-Presse The US state of Florida, scene of America's latest school shooting, on Wednesday passed bill that raises the minimum age to buy…

08 Mar 2018 - 3:25 pm
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Hector Romero Asst. Public Defender(L) and Melisa McNeill, Public Defender (R) are seen on screen at the first appearance court for high school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz (C) on February 15, 2018 at Broward County Court House in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Susan STOCKER / MANILA BULLETIN)

Florida school shooter indicted on 17 murder counts

By Agence France-Presse Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz was indicted Wednesday on 17 counts of murder and 17 more of attempted murder, the state attorney's…