A 26-year-old man wanted for multiple counts of child abuse involving his 15-year-old niece was arrested in Bauang, La Union on Tuesday, June 16. The suspect faces five counts of violating Republic Act 7610, the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act,...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Three foreign nationals were arrested in Angeles City, Pampanga after authorities uncovered an unauthorized online gaming operation involving two minors. Police said the operation was conducted early Tuesday following a request for assistance from the mothers of two...
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure seeking to strengthen the country’s fight against online child sexual abuse and exploitation. Passed via voice vote (ayes vs. nayes) during the marathon plenary session on Tuesday, May 27 was House Bill (HB) No. 9461, or the...
BACOLOD CITY – A six-year-old girl seen in a viral video being repeatedly struck with a stick on the head and other parts of her body by her father at the public plaza here was rescued by authorities. Mayor Greg Gasataya saw the video circulating online and ordered the immediate rescue of the...
The mother of a three-year-old boy who was assaulted in Taguig revealed that she also suffered violence from her live-in partner, as police confirmed the suspect 's arrest after a viral video showed her kicking and stomping on the child. The suspect, identified as alias Carla, 28, was...
The mother of the three-year-old boy seen in a viral video being assaulted by a woman in Taguig has apologized to her child. “Sorry Sayo. Mali Yung taong pinagiwan KO Sayo (I 'm sorry. The person I left you with was the wrong one),” she posted on social media along with the photo of her...
Police arrested a woman seen in a viral video assaulting a three‑year‑old boy in Taguig, enraging netizens. Taguig police identified the suspect as alias Carla, 28, a resident of Barangay Western Bicutan. A video circulating on social media showed the woman repeatedly striking the...
A 45-year-old housewife was arrested for child abuse on Thursday, April 23, in Balayan, Batangas. Police identified the suspect as May. May, a provincial most wanted person, was apprehended on a warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 9, Balayan, Batangas, for four counts of violating...
A Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) has convicted a mother of child abuse for selling her baby online. In a three-page judgment issued last April 14, RTC Judge Roslyn M. Rabara-Tria convicted the mother of child abuse under Section 10(a) of Republic Act No. 7610, the law on Special Protection...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a man accused of a near fatal beating of his four-year-old stepson inside their residence here on Thursday, April 2. The suspect, Jay-Ar Habibon, was arrested after being pinpointed by neighbors as the only person who was with the victim that day. Neighbors...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended assistance to a child from the Redeemer Homeless Mission in Camarines Sur who wrote directly to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. seeking urgent help over alleged abuses in their community. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with...
Police arrested a female teacher in Dagupan City for alleged child abuse. The suspect was apprehended on Tuesday on a warrant issued by a court on Monday. Police said the arrest of the suspect was recorded using body-worn cameras. Dagupan police chief Police Col. Arnold P. Solomon said that the...
