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....
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) arrested a Japanese national and his Filipino accomplice at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 for trafficking 13 Filipinos under the pretense of offering factory jobs in Japan. DMW operatives, in coordination with the NAIA Task Force...
Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook Live) ACT Teachers Party-list of the militant Makabayan bloc has advised former presidential spokesperson, lawyer Harry Roque to finally come home so he could face the qualified human trafficking charges...
Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 29 applauded the Department of Justice (DOJ) for filing cases of human trafficking against former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Cassandra “Cassie” Li Ong and 40 others who were allegedly involved in the illegal activities...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Authorities rescued 17 women in two consecutive anti-human trafficking operations in Pampanga province last week. In a news release Thursday, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 3 (Central Luzon) said the operations on April 11 led to the arrest of two female suspects....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concerns over the plight of Filipinos who are being trafficked to Myanmar to work in scam hubs with little or no pay, in dire living conditions, and subjected to sexual abuse. In a statement, the CHR raised the alarm against human trafficking...
BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod has filed qualified trafficking charges against two Malaysians arrested last week for allegedly running a love scam operation here. READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – Two Malaysians were arrested and eight Filipinos were rescued from an alleged love scam operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday, March 27. POLICE apprehend two Malaysians for human trafficking in a raid in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Thursday, March...
Government officials led by DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia and DFA Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega, meet with 30 Filipino human trafficking victims as soon as they arrived at the NAIA Terminal 1 on Tuesday, March 25. (photo: DMW) The Philippine government has repatriated 30 Filipinos who...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs chaiman is calling for a more vigorous collaboration among countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
CEBU CITY – A couple here sold their 22-day-old baby for P30,000 to be able to allegedly buy illegal drugs. THE baby sold by her parents for P100,000 in Cebu City. (Contributed photo) The live-in partners from Barangay Duljo-Fatima here are facing serious charges for the offense which was...
