Senators on Wednesday, January 25 said they see an emerging humanitarian crisis if the recruitment of Filipinos for cryptoscamming operations continue to persist. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, pointed this out...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, January 24 sought for a stricter regulation of internet-based recruitment firms as the number of Filipinos falling victim to human trafficking have seemingly increased in the last few months. Hontiveros noted that many Filipinos are getting enticed to accept jobs...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Monday, Jan. 23 that it will be offering more than 70 leadership, foundation, and human resource management (HRM) through the Civil Service Institute (CSI) this year. (CSC / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, CSC stated that these courses include topics...
Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have intercepted six cryptocurrency trafficking victims who were supposed to go to Cambodia through the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Pampanga. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the incident has triggered a an investigation as four of its...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday said that Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials, this time, at the Clark International Airport are allegedly involved in the outbound human trafficking of Filipinos to Cambodia. Hontiveros said the information came from one of the Filipinos trafficked to Cambodia to...
Similar to the human trafficking cases in Myanmar, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 18 said that some Filipinos are also being illegally recruited to work as crypto-scammers in Cambodia. Hontiveros disclosed that Filipinos are being illegally recruited to work in Cambodia and forced to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) gave the Quezon City government perfect scores in its implementation of measures against human trafficking and violence against women and children (VAWC). In a letter, DILG-NCR Regional Director Maria Lourdes...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country's past, including a violent anti-communist purge in the 1960s and the disappearance of student protesters in the late 1990s. More than half a million...
The Makabayan bloc in Congress on Monday, January 9 expressed hope that the perjury charges filed against 10 human rights defenders would be dismissed. In a statement, the group reiterated their belief that the filing of perjury cases against the human rights defenders is a clear act of retaliation...
The Department of Education Central Office (DepEd CO) received the Bronze Award in the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for its continued outstanding practice in human resource management. DepEd...
Border control and intelligence operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested a suspected human trafficker at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the bureau announced on Friday, Dec. 30. NAIA (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the 62-year-old...
Given suboptimal performance and persisting inequitable access, the Philippine education system needs swift action to address the current education crisis, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) emphasized. A study “Philippine Education: Situationer, Challenges, and...
