Classes suspended at Davao City school due to alleged bomb threat

Classes at a school in Barangay Panacan, Davao City were suspended on Friday, July 24, 2026, due to an alleged bomb threat.

Authorities inspected the Vedasto F. Corcuera Elementary School and later declared it clear.

Authorities said a mother who was picking up her child reportedly told the school guard that Vedasto F. Corcuera Elementary School was included in a list of schools with reported bomb threats.

“Tapos niingon siya sa amoa nga uy unsa man diay ning Corcuera nuh, apil daw kuno ni sa list sa bomb threat. Giingnan namo nga kanang og naapil sa bomb threat, asa imong ebidensya, ay na erase naman gud to kay kato pa man gud tong Monday. Ingon ko, sa ato pa, fake news na,” a barangay tanod, Allen Aranas, said.

(Then she told us, ‘What about Corcuera? It was supposedly included in the list of areas with bomb threats.’ We told her, ‘If it was included in the bomb threat list, where is your evidence?’ But the post had already been deleted since it was from Monday. I told her, ‘So, that means it is already fake news.’)

The mother also informed a kagawad, who then alerted the police.

“Nahitabo nga nanawag na og barangay, kaning mga pulis. Tapos ang tao daghan na kaayo sa nga tanan, dili na namo ma-control ang crowd,” Aranas added.

(The police had already coordinated with the barangay, but by then, there were already so many people that we could no longer control the crowd.)

Police learned that the mother had also received the information through a message shown to her by a neighbor on a cellphone.

Authorities are still investigating the incident to determine the source of the bomb threat. —GMA Regional TV News