SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, according to a report by Stanford University and the Wall Street Journal. "Large networks of accounts that appear to be operated by minors are openly...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Mayor Sol Matugas of General Luna town in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province on Wednesday, April 19, acknowledged the police for arresting four foreign nationals, including a German police officer, involved in a public display of "lewd and obscene acts" on Sunday, April...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis on Saturday extended a 2019 law to fight sexual abuse in the Church by making lay Catholic leaders responsible for acts committed under their watch in Vatican-approved bodies. A letter, directly sent by the pontiff, also said that vulnerable adults can be...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman received two life sentences for sexually abusing minors, including her daughter, in exchange for money from online sex offenders. The Regional Trial Court Branch 10 in the municipality of Abuyog, Leyte found the accused guilty of qualified trafficking, child abuse, and...
Members of the Pasay City Police Warrant and Subpoena Section (WSS) arrested two brothers who are facing rape charges in a follow-up operation on Friday, Feb. 17. Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, identified the suspects Leo,19, and alias Ben, 17, listed as Top 9 and Top 10 wanted persons in the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, February 14 reiterated his call for the government to launch a stronger crackdown on various forms of child trafficking, including the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). Gatchalian made the call as the National Awareness Week on the...
JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN As the country commemorates the National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, the Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the urgent need to protect learners from all possible forms of abuse. “Atin pang mas...
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday, February 7 urged the government to act with dispatch on the rising pregnancies among very young girls and teenagers, noting that majority of the registered adolescent live births involved men who are older than the girls. Citing data from the Philippine Statistics...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- More than 50 countries on Tuesday told the World Health Organization that they wanted perpetrators of sexual abuse within the WHO to be swiftly held to account. Survivors of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) must also be given proper support, the countries told...
WASHINGTON, United States — US justice officials warned Monday that there was an "explosion" of incidents in which children were extorted for money after being persuaded to provide explicit images of themselves. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said US law enforcement received more than...
The Philippines remains as a hotspot of child trafficking for sexual exploitation although the government has already made progress in crafting policies and framework to protect its victims, a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur said. Based on her preliminary investigation on the issues of sale...
Nineteen (19) senators have signed the committee report endorsing the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) Equality Bill which mandates the government to address all forms of discrimination and violence on the basis of SOGIESC. “I am ecstatic that...
