The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles said it is now closely monitoring the alleged sex trafficking charges against Apollo Carreon Quiboloy as it vowed to extend consular assistance to both the accused and victims. Quiboloy, self-proclaimed "Owner of the Universe" and "Appointed Son of...
Malacañang was evasive Friday, Nov. 18, in answering questions regarding the status of the relationship between President Duterte and Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Pastor Apollo Quiboloy (Photos from Malacañang, MANILA BULLETIN) This developed after international...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has welcomed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s move to withdraw the bill he filed which seeks to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes. De Lima urged the Senate to instead give more push to the bill she filed which seeks to mete qualified reclusion perpetua to...
Austria continues to stand with the Philippines against human trafficking by launching a year-long campaign to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation starting this month. (Photo courtesy of the Austrian Embassy Manila) The Austrian Embassy in Manila will launch the "We Stand As One:...
A jury at a Federal trial of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn found singer R. Kelly guilty on all counts of racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, and kidnapping last Monday, Rolling Stone reports. According to a Department of Justice statement, the verdict can land Kelly “a mandatory...
A total of 367 distressed and undocumented Filipinos from the Middle East have finally made it home to the Philippines via a sweeper flight mounted by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) over the weekend. Filipino repatriates from Lebanon, Syria, and Bahrain undergo health protocol upon their...
A proposal that seeks to amend the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Act has been approved by the House of Representatives' Committee on the Welfare of Children on Wednesday, August 25. (PIXABAY) The committee consolidated House Bills 5609, 5651, 5684, 8295, 8534, and 1239 that all proposed to...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers halted six alleged human trafficking victims from boarding a plane to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City, reports reaching the Manila Bulletin said Sunday, August 8. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Two recent studies on online child pornography in the Philippines have confirmed online dangers facing Filipino children today, thus the studies recommended the formulation of a “National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related development framework to serve as guideposts for the...
The Blas Ople Policy Center (Ople Center) believes that the Duterte administration will be appreciated retrospectively for its efforts against modern slavery, particularly on how it has affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President...
Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) rights defender and advocate Susan "Toots" Ople raised concern Wednesday, July 28 over human traffickers' potential preying on stranded Filipino workers abroad. Susan Ople speaks during a July 28, 2021 virtual press briefing (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) In a virtual...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) hailed the Philippines' retention of its "Tier 1" classification in the United States (US) government’s trafficking in persons (TIP) index. (Photo by Kevin Lanceplaine/ Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the bureau fully appreciated the 2021 TIP report of...
