Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, February 7 urged the government to exhaust all means to counter the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) in worsening the problem of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). The senator made the call after Council for the...
The Philippines was identified by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Justice Mission (IJM) as the “center” for the production of child sex abuse materials, a fact that global experts find "very alarming." (Photo from Unsplash) The issue was highlighted...
While using emojis makes messages more fun and engaging, a children’s rights organization warned that these seemingly harmless and "cute" pictograms are now being used by predators to victimize children online. Screenshot from Bahay Tuluyan Emoji Friends Video “Did you know that there is...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Friday, Jan. 26, expressed an alarming concern over the rising cases of Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) in the Philippines. MANILA BULLETIN FILE In a televised interview via PTV's Bagong Pilipinas segment, CICC...
CAVITE – A 42-year-old man was arrested for stalking and making advances toward a 14-year-old girl in Naic on Sunday, Jan. 21. Naic Municipal Police Station (MPS) chief Lt. Col. Chester Noel R. Borlongan said the suspect, a tricycle driver operating around the victim’s school, reportedly gave a...
Victims who survived their harrowing ordeal under the hands of Apollo Quiboloy’s Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), The Name Above Every Name church are now ready to testify before the Senate, Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros said. One of them, Hontiveros said is 15-year old...
A resolution seeking an investigation into the reported cases of large-scale human trafficking, rape, sexual violence and child abuse happening at the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), the Name Above Every Name church headed by spiritual leader Apollo Quiboloy has been filed in the Senate. ...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The municipal police chief of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental was sacked from his post after he went viral on social media for brandishing his gun to a group of young individuals while allegedly drunk before dawn on Friday, December 8. FACEBOOK user Narabo Costo shares an online...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Nov. 28, revealed the top three incidents of abuse faced by students in schools with verbal abuse having the highest number of complaints. (Photo from Unsplash) Based on the complaints received by the DepEd Learners TeleSafe Contact Center...
By YVES LAURENT CAISIP A TRAGIC TRUTH Amid the rise of Covid-19 cases in 2020, reports of physical and sexual abuse against women also rose (Freepik) The outbreak of Covid-19 has caused restricted movements to a lot of people. Lurking behind it is another pandemic not openly discussed by victims,...
Photo by Khriscielle Yalao / MANILA BULLETIN Mayors and vice mayors of the local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) banded together to support the newly launched expanded "Makabata Helpline 1383" program of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) on Saturday, Oct....
While it does not tolerate any form of abuse by teachers against students, a group on Thursday, Oct. 12, challenged the Department of Education (DepEd) to “safeguard” the rights of teachers to “due In process and equal protection of the law.” In a Quezon City school. one classroom was...
