WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to take action on gun violence plaguing the country, calling for a ban on assault weapons such as those used in recent massacres in Texas and New York state. Biden made the 17-minute address -- his latest appeal for...
CEBU CITY – Fewer cases of violence against women and children have been noted in Central Visayas from January to June this year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) reported that in the first half of this year, cases of violence against women and children in the region dropped by...
(PIXABAY) The Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), in partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and National Network in Ending Violence Against Children (NNEVAC), led the conduct of a coaching, mentoring, and feedbacking session on the Localization...
The first bill that incoming Senator Raffy Tulfo will file in the 19th Congress will be about domestic violence. ‘’In my anti-domestic violence bill whoever the victims are, they will be helped. Victims need places where they can go to for immediate help, where they can seek safe refuge, find...
The recently held 2022 national and local elections have been generally peaceful despite some incidents of strafing, explosions, and ballot-snatching, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Tuesday, May 10. Comelec acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco speaks in a press briefing at the...
Four individuals were confirmed killed while 11 others were injured in at least 15 election-related violent incidents that were monitored by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) nationwide. Col. Ramon Zagala, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), interacts with the media...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Monday, May 9, that it has launched an investigation into the reported violent incidents and inconsistencies that surfaced in social media and were being linked to the 2022 national and local elections. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia speaks...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is undertaking close coordination to strengthen the Barangay Councils for the Protection of Children (BCPC) in the face of the reported increasing incidence of child abuse and violence against women. At the same time, the Baguio...
In his visit to Abra province, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson publicly addressed the issue of political violence that could ruin everybody’s hopes for a peaceful conduct of honest and orderly elections on May 9, 2022. Lacson acknowledged that peace and order has always been...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao will pursue a federal form of government if he wins in the upcoming elections. Senator Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao bared this on Thursday at the sidelines of his campaign rally in Bohol, where he said he made the pronouncement when he recently met with the...
President Duterte has assured the public of the safe conduct of the May 2022 elections and warned that those who will initiate violence will be fighting against the government. Duterte said the reason why he chose not to endorse his presidential candidate "was simply to show the people" that he is...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) warned against any form of violence against women (VAW) amid the election period. (Unsplash) “Election season or not, women should not be targets of misogynistic, malicious, or sexist maneuvers. The PCW reminds everyone that violence against women, in all...
