(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committees on Accounts and on Welfare of Children have taken a stand to spread awareness on the menace that is child trafficking and spur the public to fight it through the special screening of a film dubbed "Sound of Freedom". ...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, February 14 reiterated his call for the government to launch a stronger crackdown on various forms of child trafficking, including the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). Gatchalian made the call as the National Awareness Week on the...
The Philippines remains as a hotspot of child trafficking for sexual exploitation although the government has already made progress in crafting policies and framework to protect its victims, a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur said. Based on her preliminary investigation on the issues of sale...
(PIXABAY) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) renewed its public appeal to report cases of child trafficking, including the facilitation of illegal adoption of children through various social media sites. The process for legal adoption must start through legitimate child caring...
A proposal that seeks to amend the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Act has been approved by the House of Representatives' Committee on the Welfare of Children on Wednesday, August 25. (PIXABAY) The committee consolidated House Bills 5609, 5651, 5684, 8295, 8534, and 1239 that all proposed to...
The four-year partnership between the United States and the Philippines to combat online sexual exploitation and child labor trafficking has resulted in the arrests of 97 perpetrators and successful identification of 312 victims, a joint US and Philippines report said Thursday, April 29. Department...
