Photo from Pixabay The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday, April 25 urged parents and guardians to apply for travel clearances for minors planning to travel abroad, as the agency faces increased requests during the summer break. In a statement, DSWD Assistant Secretary...
Photo from Pixabay The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has imposed stricter guidelines on the issuance of travel permits to minors through its newly launched Minors Traveling Abroad (MTA) system to help prevent child trafficking and other crimes involving minors. “Doon po sa...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch a new online system that will streamline the process of applying for and issuing travel clearances for minors traveling abroad. DSWD-Program Management Bureau (PMB) Social Welfare Officer (SWO) IV Cheryl Mainar on...
ILOILO CITY — Five minors were arrested for robbing the Public Order and Safety Management Office of the Iloilo city government over the weekend. According to the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), the perpetrators were five boys. The oldest was 15 and his companions were a 13-year-old, an...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has vehemently denounced as "grave violations of human rights" the series of rape cases reported in the country involving minors. But what is more alarming about the cases, the CHR pointed out, is the fact that most of the rape suspects are family members of the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two young boys drowned on Sunday, April 28, in Batangas and Laguna provinces. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the first victim was a seven-year-old boy from Barangay San Pioquinto, Malvar, Batangas. Investigation said the boy and his uncle were swimming on a...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya – Patrolling lawmen and barangay tanods or watchmen caught three minors engaged in a pot session in Upper Purok 3, Barangay Magsaysay Hill here on Monday, February 26. The suspects were identified as Pulet, 17; Facio, 15, and Makol, 15. THREE minors were...
ILIGAN CITY – Two minors died in a fire in Purok 4, Barangay Titunod, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on Sunday night, January 7. RESIDENTS watch as a fire hits a sitio in Barangay Titunod, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on January 7. (Photo courtesy of Ronalie Mie Rubio) Police Capt. Eric...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Barangays here are implementing a curfew for minors based on a city council resolution approved last year by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) Ordinance 636, the ordinance imposing curfew for children in Zamboanga...
BINMALEY, Pangasinan – Two minors drowned while swimming on the Binmaley Beach in Barangay Baybay Lopez here on Sunday, October 8. Police identified the victims as Charisse Pensona Marcillos, 13, and Gladys Abegail Sarol Ballesteros, 16, residents of Barangay Patayac, Santa Barbara,...
CEBU CITY – Police expressed alarm that minors were used by a suspected drug group in its illegal activities in Balamban town, western Cebu. Lawmen discovered this after they arrested four persons following a shootout on Saturday night, August 19. Police Lt. Col. Glenn Hife, chief of the Balamban...
CAVITE - The local government unit (LGU) of Bacoor City will strictly enforce a prevailing ordinance on the imposition of curfew for minors following a ceremonial signing ceremony among stakeholders for a multilateral agreement on the ordinance on Thursday, July 13. The event was led by Mayor Strike...
