The Antipolo City government continues to give assistance to victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation as part of its Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons (RRPTP). Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares said under the program, individuals who fell victims to human trafficking...
Families can have some fun playing in The Lolliday Arcade this weekend (Image from Chupa Chups/ Sandro Paredes and Kyla Olives Laurel) Families will have a reason to go out and have fun this weekend as Chupa Chups celebrates Lolliday with The Lolliday Arcade located at the Trinoma Activity Center....
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco has urgently requested police and other law enforcement agencies to bolster security measures at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in a bid to combat human trafficking. Tansingco's plea comes in the wake of an alarming discovery...
CEBU CITY – The pain is unbearable. This was how Rochie Tocmo Poblacion described what she and her family are going through after her younger sister Rhea Mae Tocmo was brutally killed by still unknown perpetrators. RHEA Mae Tocmo (FB) Rochie broke down several times when she arrived at a funeral...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) “condemned to the highest degree” the brutal killing of a 19-year-old woman from Panabo City, Davao del Norte. TOCMO (FB) Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, said...
CEBU CITY – Police on Tuesday, July 18, identified the woman whose body was stuffed in a box and dumped by the road in Barangay Tisa here on Monday, July 17. Police Major Angelito Valleser, chief of the Labangon Police Station, said the victim was identified as 19-year-old Rhea Mae Tocmo, a native...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 14 reiterated the importance of providing socialized and affordable housing, as well as keeping the agricultural value chain running, in line with the expansion of the country’s railway system. ...
As the Philippines seeks the renewal of its inclusion in the European Union’s (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual on Wednesday, July 12, said that the regional bloc is “happy” with the recent human rights developments in the country. Trade...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) labeled as a “welcome development” the issuance of a cease-and-desist order against a Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) hub in Las Piñas City which was raided last week due to alleged human trafficking-related activities. Workers employed by ...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) headed by Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua was cited as the Best Regional Police Human Rights Desk of the Year during the 16th founding anniversary of the Philippine National Police-Human Rights Affairs Office (PNP-HRAO) in Camp Crame,...
High-profile detainee Jose Adrian “Jad” Dera on Wednesday, July 5, admitted to senators that he was able to leave his detention cell at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) several times. Dera is facing charges of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and has been...
The Senate justice and human rights committee has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to try to regain people’s trust and respect since it is the prime investigation agency of the country. The call was made by Senator Francis Tolentino when he presided his committee hearing on the...
