Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the government to thoroughly investigate Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials, saying the Chinese mafia involved in human trafficking of Filipinos may have more connections working within the agency. Hontiveros, at the same time, called for an overhaul of the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco vowed to show no mercy" to employees involved in human trafficking racket. During the Senate hearing of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender headed by Senator Risa Hontiveros, Tansingco bared that he relieved the...
Senators on Wednesday, January 25 said they see an emerging humanitarian crisis if the recruitment of Filipinos for cryptoscamming operations continue to persist. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, pointed this out...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, January 24 sought for a stricter regulation of internet-based recruitment firms as the number of Filipinos falling victim to human trafficking have seemingly increased in the last few months. Hontiveros noted that many Filipinos are getting enticed to accept jobs...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday said that Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials, this time, at the Clark International Airport are allegedly involved in the outbound human trafficking of Filipinos to Cambodia. Hontiveros said the information came from one of the Filipinos trafficked to Cambodia to...
Similar to the human trafficking cases in Myanmar, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 18 said that some Filipinos are also being illegally recruited to work as crypto-scammers in Cambodia. Hontiveros disclosed that Filipinos are being illegally recruited to work in Cambodia and forced to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) gave the Quezon City government perfect scores in its implementation of measures against human trafficking and violence against women and children (VAWC). In a letter, DILG-NCR Regional Director Maria Lourdes...
Border control and intelligence operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested a suspected human trafficker at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the bureau announced on Friday, Dec. 30. NAIA (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the 62-year-old...
A 16-year-old-girl, who was allegedly forced to serve as a sex worker, and two other victims of human trafficking were rescued by police during an entrapment operation that also led to the arrest of a Chinese man in Pasay City on Sunday, Dec. 4. Col. Byron Tabernilla, city police chief, said the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, December 2 welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to investigate the reported trafficking of Filipinos for a cryptocurrency scam in Myanmar. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, December 1 called on the government to implement a stricter border control in the Philippines to prevent human trafficking syndicates from pursuing their activities in the country. At the same time, the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and...
The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality is keen on inviting members of the Philippines’ Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM) to shed light on the human trafficking of Filipinos into Myanmar. The matter of inviting members of the AVSECOM to the Senate’s probe...
