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...
As it condemned the alleged “normalization” of bullying and abuse in the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA), a group called for concrete action to protect the learners and make the elimination of sexual violence a top priority. (Photo sourced from Unsplash) The Civil Society Network for...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding outgoing President Duterte to sign into law a bill that will strengthen the protection of children against online abuse and sexual exploitation. (Charles Deluvio/ Unsplash) The House of Representatives and the Senate recently ratified the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said F4iday, June 24, that it has launched a new Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) in Trece Martires, Cavite to assist drug dependents and provide immediate interventions towards rehabilitation. DILG logo Located in 1...
A policeman charged for sexual harassment of a 15 year-old boy was ordered arrested by the city police chief on Tuesday, May 31. Col. Jaime Santos, in a phone interview, said the suspect, a 51-year-old Staff Master Sergeant and assigned to the police Sub-Station I is now detained at the police...