By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confirmed on Sunday, Nov. 20, the arrest of a couple for murder and direct assault after they allegedly beat their eight-year-old nephew to death last Nov. 8. Police identified the suspects as Rodney Lucas Manaligod, 30, a transgender, and...
By Diann Calucin The Valenzuela City local government held a "Drug Awareness Poster-Making Contest" in celebration of Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (DAPC) week at Disiplina Village Bignay National High School (DVBNHS) covered court on Friday, Nov. 18. The poster-making contest was coordinated...
The conviction of Peter Gerard Scully, an Australian sex offender, along with his cohorts, is a victory for the many child victims and victim-survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation, Senator Risa Hontiveros said. “We also laud our brave law enforcers who first captured Scully and his...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Tuesday, Aug. 23, to intensify the campaign against child exploitation in the country. DILG Sec. Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. explained that poverty worsened by the global Covid-19 pandemic is one of the major reasons why there...
BAGUIO CITY – Dog is said to be man’s best friend, but not for these three people who were caught by authorities in the act of slaughtering a dog on Thursday, August 11, in Purok 5, Bontoc Village Camp 8 in this city. According to Station 8 of the Baguio City Police Office, Atty. Amadeo Degay...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) called on appropriate agencies to investigate “erring” content creators that promote sexual harassment, child abuse, and exploitation. (Unsplash) “Recently a concerned citizen brought to our attention a social media page and video streaming platform...
“As a mother and as a legislator, my commitment is to ensure online safety for all our children.” Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez (FILE PHOTO) Thus, said Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez said, as she called for the urgent implementation of the recently-lapsed-into-law Anti-Online...
Facebook's Meta and Philippine law enforcers on Wednesday, July 27, agreed to fight against online abuse and exploitation of children by immediately taking down exploitative online content. This came after Meta, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) met...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist filed a resolution seeking House probe on alleged sexual, verbal, and emotional abuse in the government-run Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) in Los Baños, Laguna. (Image courtesy of Philippine High School for the Arts) “The recent revelations about...
CEBU CITY — Seven children, including a one-year-old baby, were rescued from an alleged cybersex den in Barangay Luz, Cebu City Wednesday afternoon, July 13. Operatives of the Women and Children Protection Center-Visayas Field Unit (WCPC-Visayas) arrested the alleged mastermind of the...
Following the controversies that hound the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), a progressive youth group urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to take the lead in crafting and implementing a comprehensive mechanism that will cover all schools and protect all students from campus...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 11, disclosed the it sought the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the reports of emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse allegations in the Philippine High School for Arts (PHSA) in Los Baños, Laguna. (DepEd...
