Tag: child abuse

"If we are really devotees of the Santi Niño we should be united in fighting the exploitation of children" - Bishop Pabillo of Manila

The proposed legislation will make it a crime for any adult to have sexual contact with a child under 16 years of age

Justice is a powerful healing for victims of sexual abuse and just enlightened judges are an essential part of the healing process

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