In line with its efforts to ensure the well-being of Filipino learners, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Tuesday, July 9, that it has addressed almost 3,000 concerns and calls for action since establishing its hotline. (Photo from Unsplash) "Ensuring your well-being has been and...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Monday, June 17, denounced a video circulating online that shows a child undergoing circumcision. Photo from Unsplash “The privacy and dignity of our children must be safeguarded at all costs,” said the NPC in a statement after it came to their attention...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a 23-year-old woman from San Roque town in Northern Samar on Saturday, June 1, for allegedly attempting to sell her two-month-old baby online for P60,000 or about $1,000. A WOMAN was arrested for allegedly selling her baby online for P60,000. (Photo via Marie...
Officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) have assured that the Central Office is currently monitoring the developments regarding the investigation involving a teacher in Lubao, Pampanga, who allegedly hit three students inside a classroom. (DepEd / Manila Bulletin) “A fact-finding...
President Marcos condemned "in the strongest of terms" the crimes of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines, and ordered agencies to "show no mercy" to offenders. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos on Thursday, April 25,...
Sachzna Laparan bravely opened up relating her experience being molested as a five-year-old. The culprit? A distant relative. She told "Toni Talks," "Ang lola ko, sobrang bait. Inampon niya, pinag-aral niya. Yung lalaki parang 17 years old nun that time. Ako naman, five years old ako. E, wala akong...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will look into the veracity of a video showing a female “teacher” lashing at her presumed students via TikTok Live. Screenshot of the alleged teacher on the viral TikTok video “We are verifying the report from the field,” DepEd Deputy Spokesperson...
Vice President Sara Duterte should have paid more attention to the state of the country’s education sector instead of harping about the Senate’s investigation into the alleged abuses Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder and leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy committed against students and...
Pastor Apollo Quiboloy (left), Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) For Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas, the filing of criminal against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) Church leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy is good...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 4 lauded the Department of Justice (DOJ) for finally pushing through with the filing of qualified trafficking and child abuses cases against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. This, after the DOJ ordered the filing of...
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...
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...
