January, 2014
Police rescue 21 girls from two Angeles bars
January 25, 2014 ·
January 16, 2014 6:50 pm AT least 21 women, most of them minors, forced to become sex workers have been rescued in a human-trafficking crackdown by police in Angeles City. Chief Supt. Reuben Theodore Sindac, Philippine National Police (PNP) Public spokesman, said police teams swooped on two restaurant-bars in Balibago, Angeles City. Sindac said the […]
Read More...US national arraigned on child abuse and trafficking charges.
January 23, 2014 ·
The arraignment of American national Arthur Benjamin (49) and Filipina Lucy Dela Vega Victoria (57) took place in Olongapo City Regional trial Court December 6 before assisting Judge Jose L. Baustia. Benjamin arrived in style in a new Toyota Hi-Ace air-conditioned van and dressed in civilian clothes without handcuffs and walked without guards into the […]
Read More...PREDA launches anti-trafficking awareness building seminars and therapy for survivors.
January 22, 2014 ·
The human trafficking of persons in the Yolanda(Haiyan) hit areas is a growing concern as Philippine and world media attention has turned away to other events. Recruiters and traffickers are reported likely to be prowling the evacuation areas and offering jobs to young people that frequently lead to a life of sexual exploitation and abuse. […]
Read More...Typhoon sparks Philippine ‘child trafficking fears’
January 21, 2014 ·
January 12, 2014 MANILA: A UK-based children’s charity has asked the Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, an aid official said on Saturday. Plan International said it was concerned about five high school girls who were recruited after the Nov.8 typhoon […]
Read More...Poe: Child porn underscores importance of cybercrime law
January 21, 2014 ·
By TJ Burgonio Philippine Daily Inquirer 5:58 am | Monday, January 20th, 2014 MANILA, Philippines—The operation of a cyberpornography ring in the country has underlined the urgency of enforcing the cybercrime law, Sen. Grace Poe said on Sunday. For the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 to be declared constitutional and enforced once and for all, […]
Read More...Editorial A social evil
January 21, 2014 ·
Philippine Daily Inquirer 9:15 pm | Sunday, January 19th, 2014 Online child pornography in the Philippines is a perverse twist on globalization: Consumption patterns in the developed world (say, in the United Kingdom or Australia) drive demand for live online “shows,” recorded video or still photographs featuring the sexual abuse of children; to supply the […]
Read More...Vatican defrocks 400 pedophile priests
January 19, 2014 ·
January 18, 2014 10:21 pm VATICAN CITY: The Vatican revealed Saturday that nearly 400 priests were defrocked during the pontificate of now pope emeritus Benedict XVI, following an explosion in claims of child sex abuse by clergymen. “In 2012 there were around 100, while in 2011 there were around 300,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said. […]
Read More...THE INTERNET AND ORPHANAGE – SCENES OF CHILD ABUSE
January 19, 2014 ·
THE INTERNET AND ORPHANAGE – SCENES OF CHILD ABUSE Fr. Shay Cullen Two major child abuse stories broke last week. The exposé of the deviant criminal behavior of paedophiles in the UK, America, and Australia and the Philippines who are sexually exploiting Filipino children through the internet, has been revealed in a BBC report which […]
Read More...It’s war against ‘kiddie’ porn
January 19, 2014 ·
By Michael Lim Ubac, Nikko Dizon Philippine Daily Inquirer 2:19 am | Sunday, January 19th, 2014 Malacañang on Saturday swore to crack down on online child abuse in the Philippines, now one of the top 10 countries in the world where child cybersex is rampant. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the Aquino administration would intensify […]
Read More...THE INTERNET AND ORPHANAGE – SCENES OF CHILD ABUSE
January 18, 2014 ·
Fr. Shay Cullen Two major child abuse stories broke last week. The expose of the deviant criminal behavior of paedophiles in the UK ,America and Australia and the Philippines who are sexually exploiting Filipino children through the internet has been revealed in a BBC report which staff of the Preda Foundation in Olongapo city help […]
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