(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committees on Accounts and on Welfare of Children have taken a stand to spread awareness on the menace that is child trafficking and spur the public to fight it through the special screening of a film dubbed "Sound of Freedom". ...
(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Six alleged human trafficking victims were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi while en route to Malaysia to work without pertinent documents, the PCG reported on Monday, Sept. 4. The PCG said the victims – four females and...
A resolution seeking a Senate inquiry into the Philippine government’s efforts to strengthen the country’s anti-trafficking in persons program has been filed in the Senate. In filing Senate Resolution No. 762, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said there is a need to also look into...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 28 said she can only foresee the Bureau of Immigration (BI) being unable to carry out its promise to fix the long queues at the country’s airports especially if the government refuses to address concerns regarding its new rules for...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies to intensify their efforts against human trafficking, and maintain the country's Tier 1 ranking by the US State Department, a Justice official said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
Ten individuals who were alleged victims of human trafficking bound for Malaysia were rescued by joint government forces in Zamboanga City, the Philippine Navy (PN) said Saturday, August 26. Photo courtesy of Naval Forces Western Mindanao The victims were rescued at a wharf in Brgy. Baliwasan,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, August 25 appealed to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) not to “bully” Filipino travelers who are going abroad when it starts imposing stricter regulations starting next month. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB Photo) Hontiveros made the appeal after...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has discovered that there are still Filipinos being trafficked to Thailand and other Southeast Asian nations to work as online scammers, among others, despite the many warnings from the Philippine government. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de...
ILOILO CITY – Seventy-one persons were rescued from human trafficking across Western Visayas region by a council under the auspices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2022. “Majority of them were women,” said Xzyrabelle M. Servento, secretariat of the Regional...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) on Wednesday, August 2 assured legislators they are moving to address the gaps in its inspection of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). Sen. Risa Hontiveros, head of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and...
A Filipino who was trafficked to Myanmar and forced to work as a cryptocurrency scammer in a Chinese-led syndicate but was rescued by the government was among the 650 workers authorities found in a suspected “scam hub” in Pasay City. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty of the Inter-Agency...
Senators on Wednesday, August 2, grilled members of the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) over the alleged lapses in the raid they conducted on a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Las Piñas City last June. Senators Raffy Tulfo and Risa Hontiveros grill...
