Manila, June 23 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is open to proposals restricting or banning violent online games amid concerns over their possible influence on minors, Malacanang said Tuesday following the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the issue was discussed after reports emerged that one of the minors involved in Monday's shooting at San Jose National High School was an avid player of a violent online game.

"Napag-usapan po na 'yung mga ganoong klaseng app ay dapat na ma-ban sa Pilipinas. So maganda pong mungkahi iyan at sana makagawa agad ng batas at open ang Pangulo sa ganyang mga panukala (It has been discussed that those kinds of apps should be banned in the Philippines. So ...