Taguig, Iligan, and Cagayan de Oro have the most cases of online child sexual abuse and exploitation of children, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday, April 25. (Photo courtesy of Philippine National Police-Public Information Office) Lawyer Margarita Magsaysay, executive...
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...
Following a three-year decline, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported a rise in adolescent pregnancies among Filipino girls in 2022. During a forum on Thursday, Feb. 29, Marizza B. Grande, Assistant National Statistician for Civil Registration Service at the PSA, said that the number...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, February 7 urged the government to exhaust all means to counter the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) in worsening the problem of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). The senator made the call after Council for the...
The Philippines was identified by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Justice Mission (IJM) as the “center” for the production of child sex abuse materials, a fact that global experts find "very alarming." (Photo from Unsplash) The issue was highlighted...
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...
