๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐
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Notre Dame University expresses its strong and unequivocal condemnation of the senseless, heinous, and brutal killing of another teacher in Cotabato City, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ต, which occurred on the evening of July 2, 2026.
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Ma’am Evangeline is dearly held in the NDU community as one of our part-time faculty members at the College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School. Her loss is felt profoundly by her colleagues and students alike.
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NDU stresses, most emphatically, that violence has no place in our society. Until we can guarantee the safety, security, and well-being of our teachers and students, we will continuously be challenged in moving toward a better education for the Bangsamoro.
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The killing of a teacher is an affront to the soul of our society and the sanctity of our formative institutions. Educators ought to be the most respected professionals, for they are the ones who shape our future generation and, in doing so, define our fate as a people.
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We urgently call upon law enforcement authorities to act swiftly, thoroughly, and transparently in their investigation, and to hold the perpetrators to account. We likewise call on both our national and local governments: the escalating pattern of school-related violence in our country can no longer be ignored.
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Our schools need decisive support to implement robust security measures that will safeguard our campuses and make it difficult, if not impossible, for perpetrators to cause harm.
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We need to act now.
We stand in solidarity with all who grieve over the loss of a dear public servant and educator.
We extend our deepest sympathies to the family left behind by Ma’am Evangeline.
We echo your pain, share your grief, and stand with your pursuit of justice and closure.
We are tired of the impunity that instills fear in our institutions of learning.
We are angered by the growing helplessness that creeps into our collective consciousness every time killings like this occur and perpetrators roam free.
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May Ma’am Evangeline not become another name in the list of unresolved killings.
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต.
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