ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have foiled a human trafficking attempt as they rescued 13 victims and arrested two “facilitators” in law enforcement operations in Tawi-Tawi, police said Saturday. Police Lt. Col. Jeseryl dela Cruz, chief of the 1st Special Operations Unit-Maritime Group, said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities rescued 17 adults and five minors during an anti-human trafficking operation in Tawi-Tawi province on Thursday, Aug. 28. The Tawi-Tawi Maritime Police Station conducted a verification and profiling operation on passengers aboard the passenger vessel MV Trisha Kerstin...
The National Bureau of Investigation-Southeastern Mindanao Regional Office rescued three suspected human trafficking victims bound for Singapore at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City. The NBI-SEMRO, in coordination with the Bureau of Immigration and the Inter-Agency Council...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The sea-based Anti-Trafficking Task Force, in collaboration with 14 other government agencies, rescued 38 victims of human trafficking during a maritime operation here on Friday, Aug. 8. The 38 individuals, including four minors, were on board the vessel ML J- Sayang docked in a...
Senator Pia Cayetano has called on the Senate to investigate the rising number of cases of babies being sold on social media platforms following police reports of syndicates exploiting vulnerable families online. “I am filing a Senate resolution to investigate not only the possible involvement of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, June 30 that her legal team will be filing criminal complaints against the persons behind the video of a man who claimed that he was coerced to testify against detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy. Hontiveros is referring to the...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 29, welcomed the ruling of the Manila court affirming that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is a Chinese national. This after the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 24 granted the Office of the Solicitor General’s instant petition for quo warranto...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 31-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly selling her baby to a couple in this city. Police said the baby’s mother approached a 49-year-old midwife of a clinic and asked her if she could help her sell her child. The midwife found a couple willing to purchase the baby...
A suspected human trafficking victim died when a motorboat carrying 11 individuals en route to Malaysia capsized off Palawan, crushing her dreams of finding work abroad. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Tuesday, June 10, that MBCA (motorbanca) Kumpit was transporting nine passengers, all...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed three language training centers allegedly involved in illegal recruitment and human trafficking during simultaneous operations in Bulacan and Cebu on Friday, May 16. Ordered closed were the IWA Language Learning Center in Malolos, Bulacan; Aseanway...
Social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 3-Central Luzon responded swiftly to assist eight individuals who were rescued in an anti-human trafficking entrapment operation led by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday in a bar in East...
There is now a compelling reason for former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque to return to the Philippines now that arrest orders have been issued against him, Cassandra Li Ong, and other personalities involved in the Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) hub in Porac, Pampanga. Sen....
