Tag: child abuse

The House of Representatives passed on second reading a bill that will amend the law on the protection of children against abuse

Human trafficking never really ceased and years later it began to make a comeback as tourism was promoted

The Philippines has been lauded for becoming a "model" on how to combat and end the online sex exploitation of children

More resources have to be devoted to detecting and apprehending child abusers and increasing the penalties for crimes against children

We can speculate that manipulative forces in society welcome and promote collective silence, docility, moral decay, and social ignorance

A bill seeking to raise the age of consent and determination of statutory rape was approved at the committee level in the Senate on October 1

More than 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls are abducted, forced into marriage, and raped each year

On July 2, a 15-year old girl was shot dead in Ilocos Sur province after filing a complaint against two police officers who arrested her

As the world marks the World Day Against Child Labor, "boys and girls who were forced to work were deprived of their childhoods"

The Church needs to work closely with law enforcement and concerned citizens to bring to justice those engaged in child exploitation