12/08/2025
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๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ
๐ผ๐ช๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ 12, 2025. The ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ญ๐จ, in the strongest possible terms, denounces the heinous and cowardly shooting of Ms. Arlyn D. Alcebar, 54 years old, School Principal of Agriculture Elementary School, which occurred at the front gate of said school in Midsayap, North Cotabato, on the morning of August 12, 2025.
According to the District Headโs report, the victim was driving a Toyota Rush and was about to enter the school premises when she was shot by two unidentified assailants riding in tandem on a motorcycle.
She is currently confined in a hospital and is in stable condition. Upon receiving the report, the Division Office promptly dispatched personnel to the area to coordinate with school officials, local authorities, and law enforcement agencies.
This brazen attack is a criminal offense and a flagrant assault on the sanctity of schools, which are recognized by law as zones of peace and learning. We call upon the Philippine National Police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and all concerned agencies to immediately investigate, identify, and apprehend the perpetrators, and to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.
The Schools Division of Cotabato stands in full solidarity with the victim, her family, and the school community, and will extend full cooperation to law enforcement in the pursuit of justice, for impunity has no place in a civilized society.
Issued this 12th day of August 2025 at Kidapawan City, Cotabato.
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Schools Division Superintendent
Rommel G. Flores