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KKS-SINE MOBILE PROJECT SET TO LAUNCH IN TANDAG CITY
Monday 20th of May 2013
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 20 (PIA) – To intensify the fight against sex trafficking of children and women, the Karl Kubel Stiftung (KKS) Sine Mobile Project will be launched on May 22 in Tandag City. The will be held at Villa Maria Luisa Hotel.
The project has four Local Government Units (LGUs) beneficiaries coming from Surigao del Sur, the City of Tandag & Bislig, Municipality of Barobo and Cantilan, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer May Navidad Salinas said.
Salinas said that the KKS-Sine Mobile – entitled “Fight Against Sex Trafficking of Children & Women thru Awareness Racing” was supported by the Justic...
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23Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 23 (PIA) – Some 400 bikers took to the road last Saturday to raise awareness on the evils of human trafficking, even as they called for a more bike-friendly city. The “Freedom Ride 2013” was organized by Dakila, a group of students, artists, writers to promote the 1343 Actionline, a 24-hour hotline established by the Commission on Filipino Overseas to help human trafficking victims. The Iloilo Folding Bike Riders said they noted the participation of children and senior...
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19Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- A bike ride, dubbed “Freedom Ride” will kick off in Iloilo City, April 20, to promote the 1343 Actionline, a hotline to help victims of human trafficking. The 24-hour hotline was established by the Commission on Filipino Overseas in 2011, and the Freedom Ride organizers would like this to be widely known. The Ride was organized by the Dakila Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, composed of organizations of artists, students, and young professionals wor...
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06Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) has conducted leadership training to 20 victim-survivors of trafficking from Cebu province to organize peer groups to serve as support system of other beneficiaries. DSWD’s focal person on Family and Women Welfare Program Rosemarie Salazar said, since the implemented the program two years ago, they saw the need to organize peer groups among the beneficiaries of the program. Members of the group are identi...
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20Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 20 (PIA) -- Patuloy na itinataguyod ngayon ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato ang kanilang kampanya upang matigil ang problema sa child trafficking at child labor. Kaugnay nito, walang puknat ang pagbibigay ng ahensya ng mga symposium at seminar patungkol sa mga problemang nabanggit. Ayon kay DOLE North Cotabato Field Office Head Edna Sales, mahalaga ito upang mapalakas ang kampanya laban sa pang-aabuso sa mg...
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14Feb2013SURIGAO CITY, Peb. 14 (PIA) – Gipirmahan ni Presidente Aquino ang gipalapdan nga Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act nga maoy mopuno sa kulang sa kasamtangang balaodnon aron mahimong epektibo ang pagsumpo sa maong kalasapan, matud ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda kagahapon. Sumala ni Lacierda, sa mi-aging tuig, gitangtang na sa US State Department ang Pilipinas gikan sa Tier 2 nga kategorya sa ilang tinuig nga taho mahitungod sa Trafficking in Person apan ang nasod nagpabilin pa gihapon s...
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14Feb2013MANILA, Peb. 14 (PIA6) -- Si President Benigno S. Aquino III nagpirma na sang ginpasangkad nga Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act nga nagasabat sang mga depektibo nga mga probisyon sa subong nga laye agud mangin epektibo nga ma-away ining krimen, suno sa Palasyo. Si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda nagsiling nga ang pagpirma sang ginpasangkad nga Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act magahimo sang away sang gobyerno batok sa human trafficking nga mangin mas epektibo. Sang isa ka tuig, ang US Sta...
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31Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 31 ( PIA) -- Some 100 members of different tricycle operators and drivers associations in nearby Tacurong city are undergoing a symposium that would educate them on anti-trafficking law and related issues. The anti-trafficking symposium, being held at Jims Place II in Tacurong was sponsored by the city government, Task Force Sagip Anghel, and Philippines Against Children Trafficking (PACT). Discussions centered on the RA 9208 or the An...
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15Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 14 (PIA) – Authorities in Basilan are bent on addressing incidence of Basileños being rescued as victims of human trafficking in recent operations of the Sea-Based Anti-Trafficking Task Force (SBATTF). In a meeting last January 3, the Basilan Peace and Development Coordinating Committee also known as Team Basilan resolved to intensify its information campaign against human trafficking in the province. The resolution was in response to Vice President and Chairman E...
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13Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- Families and communities were urged to actively take part in the efforts of combating human trafficking as the nation observed yesterday the International Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Malou Bermudo, chief of the Davao City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO), emphasized the crucial role of families and communities including the barangay councils to help prevent residents from falling prey to traffickers. Bermudo said families and the communitie...
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07Dec2012DAVAO CITY Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The anti-trafficking desk at the Davao International Airport is doing its role in checking trafficked persons particularly minors. Teresita Pioncio Focal Person of Trafficking in Persons, Children’s Concern Division of the City Social Services Division Office (CSSDO ) Davao City said that ever since its reactivation in April of this year, it has offloaded many minors traveling alone or those accompanied by individuals not their parents or legal guardians. Pioncio ...
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15Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov 15 (PIA) -- The Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee approved last Monday the reconciled version of Senate Bill 2625 and House Bill 6339 which expands the Anti Trafficking Bill of 2003. Chair of the Sub-Committee on Anti-Trafficking and sponsor of Senate Bill No. 2625 Senator Loren Legarda said, “This time, there is no reason for human trafficking to triumph against our collective crusade against this modern day slavery.” “We acknowledge that the problem of hu...
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14Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob. 14 (PIA) -- Ilang mga tauhan ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang mag-iikot sa mga piling paaralan sa rehiyon para sa kanilang kampanya hinggil sa anti-illegal recruitment at trafficking in person. Gagawin ang seminar sa Notre Dame University sa Cotabato City 10 n.u hanggang 12 ng tanghali at sa Notre Dame of Tacurong alas 2 n.h. hanggang alas 4 n.h. sa Huwebes. Gaganapin din ito sa Notre Dame of Dadiangas University sa Gens...
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14Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- A labor official here underscored the need for partnership in the fight against illegal recruitment. “Working together can contribute to our aim of strengthening our fight against illegal recruitment,” Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 regional director Chona Mantilla said. The problem in illegal recruitment, she said, is one of the dilemmas that Soccsksargen region is facing, thus DOLE 12 in coordination with the Philippine Ove...
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09Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob. 9 (PIA) --Pormal nang inilunsad ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao o ARMM ang Council Against Trafficking o ACAT sa paglalayong malutas ang tumataas na bilang ng mga biktima ng human trafficking sa rehiyon. Ayon sa mga ulat, ginagamit ng mga human traffickers ang mga probinsya ng Sulu at Tawi-Tawi bilang backdoor papuntang Malaysia, Indonesia at iba pang bansa sa Asya. Kasama ang mga kinatawan ng United Nations o UN at United Nations Children’s...
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08Nov2012ILOILO CITY, Nov. 8 (PIA6) - - The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 urged local government units in the region to create an inter-agency body to address problems and further strengthen their campaign against trafficking of persons and violence against women and children. DSWD 6 Specialist for the Protection of Women and Children Delia Bagolcol said the Regional Inter-Agency Council on Anti-Trafficking (RIACAT) and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) in Western Visayas is v...
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19Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has further strengthened its fight against trafficking of persons, illegal recruitment, and child labor through a Trainers’ Training on October 4 and 5 at the Apple Tree Resort in Opol, Misamis Oriental. The training, facilitated by the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), was participated by 33 focal persons coming from Regions 9, 10, 11, and 13. The legal bases reviewed during the two-day training include Rep...
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25Sep2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Sept 25 (PIA) -- Fifty-one Malaysians aboard two boats in the waters of Balabac in Southern Palawan have been apprehended yesterday morning by a composite team of the Philippine Navy and the Special Boat Unit of the Philippine National Police-Maritime based in Balabac. . The Malaysians had no travel documents and are now under the custody of the Western Command (Wescom). In a telephone interview, Lt. Col. Neil Anthony Estrella, Wescom spokesman and public info...
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25Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept 25 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region’s Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has strengthened the capabilities of local government units in managing the database of trafficked person. In line with the agency’s Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons (RRPTP), social workers, LGU focal persons on anti-trafficking program, and some members of the Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking in Region 12 underwent ...
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25Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept 25 (PIA) -- The Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Riacat) in Northern Mindanao is pushing for the creation of a task force as part of its intensified effort to fight human trafficking in the region. The task force to be called the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force Against Trafficking, will undertake measures to prevent and suppress trafficking in persons (TIP), especially women and children, and to ensure their recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegratio...
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13Sep2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Sept 13 (PIA) -- The governor of Quezon has strengthened and renamed the provincial inter-agency committee against trafficking in persons and violence against women and children (PIACAT-VAWC) to provincial committee on anti-trafficking and violence against women and their children (PCAT-VAWC). Ofelia Palayan, provincial gender and development (PGAD) office head, said Governor David Suarez issued Executive Order 18 to ensure that PCAT-VAWC will institute policies and program...
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11Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept. 11 (PIA) -- The Philippines Against Child Trafficking (PACT) in partnership with European Union and Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines recently conducted a Community Educators Training on Strengthening Child Protection Mechanisms in Iligan City. Some 48 participants from the different government and non-government organizations in Regions 10 and 12 attended the training. Lawyer Chemene Nacua of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Regional...
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15Aug2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- A German national was arrsted August 12 for qualified trafficking here. The suspect was caught with two minors inside a bedroom, according to Tandag City Social Welfare and Development Officer Tessie Buniel. Chief of Police Greggie Pimentel said their office received information from a civilian informant that there was a suspicious foreigner going in and out with some minor girls at a cock house every Saturday and Sunday. The PNP immediately cond...
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14Aug2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Aug 14 (PIA) -- The Tagum City local government is now officially part of a network of government agencies and non-government organizations to check human trafficking. Tagum City Mayor Rey T. Uy yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Regional Prosecutor Antonio Arellano, binding the commitment of the city government to the Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Riacat)-Regional Integrated Action Network (Riaction). In his message, Uy r...
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09Aug2012DAVAO CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) -- The member-agencies of the Davao City Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (DCIACAT) are set to converge on August 31 this year for a strategic planning to strengthen programs and policies to fight human trafficking. DCIACAT Vice-Chair and City Councilor Leah Librado-Yap said the Council is expected to identify major programs, projects and activities including budgetary allocations covering calendar year 2012-2013. Alongside with this is the identification of...
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04Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, August 4 (PIA) -- Authorities in Mabinay town intercepted the illegal recruitment of 15 adults in Brgy. Samac after a legal recruiter tipped off police and local officials of the presence of an illegal recruiter in the area. Romualdo Señeres of the Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc. (VF), said Mabinay police were able to foil the departure of 15 recruits, mostly males and none of whom were minors, who were bound for Davao and Bukidnon to work in a Sacada farm. Señeres said the ...
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02Aug2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug 2 (PIA) -- The municipalities of Manticao, Lugait and Naawan have partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the campaign against trafficking in persons (TIP), illegal recruitment and child labor. The partnership of DOLE and the three municipalities, known as the ManLuNa cluster in Misamis Oriental province, was formalized through the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the local chief executives of the three municipalities...
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24Jul2012DAVAO CITY July 24 (PIA) -- An anti-trafficking in persons desk was finally opened last July 20 at the Davao International Airport. The desk is initiated by the Regional Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking-Integrated Action Network (RIACTION). According to Regional State Prosecutor Antonio Arrellano, concurrent Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking chair, the establishment of an airport desk is critical with Davao City becoming more accessible to air travel being the primary ...
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20Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 20 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested a big-time drug syndicate leader Wednesday afternoon, July 18 at the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. identified the suspect as Mark Tan, alias Ronghao Chen, a Chinese national and considered to be one of the big-time drug traffickers in the country. Operatives of the PDEA Intelligence and Investigation Service (IIS) s...
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05Jul2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, July 5 (PIA) -- The provincial government through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan recently passed an ordinance that will protect the people, especially women and children from threats of violence and exploitation. Governor Jonvic Remulla approved Provincial Ordinance No. 009-S-2012 sponsored by Provincial Board Member Raul Rex D. Mangubat during the 83rd regular session last month (June 11, 2012). It will be known as “Anti-Trafficking in Persons of the Province of C...
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28Jun2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 28 (PIA) -- Creation of the Student Crime Prevention Committee (SCPC) in Misamis Annex Integrated School (MAIS) highlighted the celebration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) in the city last June 26. The activity was part of the intensified information, education, and communication campaign on illegal drug abuse prevention waged by the Ozamiz City Police Station (OCPS), Police Supt. JonasT. Amparo, chief of OCPS,...
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27Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) spearheaded this year’s national commemoration of the globally-held International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) on June 26. In celebration of the observance, the DDB partnered with the Quezon City Anti-Drug Abuse Council and the Inter-Agency Council on Drug Abuse Prevention Education in organizing activities that focus on the relevance of drug abuse prevention and control as well as in keeping a healthy li...
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26Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) joins the campaign to fight the use of illegal drugs as the nation today observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking pursuant to United Nations Declaration dated December 7, 1987, and Presidential Proclamation No. 264 issued on June 1, 1988. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Global Action for Healthy Communities without Drugs.” PNP Chief Nicanor A. Bartolome encouraged all police pe...
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25Jun2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Hunyo 25 (PIA) -- Kasama ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 sa paggunita ng International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking sa Martes, Hunyo 26. Sinabi ni PDEA regional director Roybel Sanchez na “sa taong 2012, mas pinagtutuunan namin ng pansin ang isyu patungkol sa kalusugan kung saan ang opisyal na campaign slogan ay “Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan.” “Ang PDEA ay magsasabit ng mga streamer sa regional offic...
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25Jun2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, June 24 (PIA) --The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) will conduct its annual national Community Education Program (CEP) in Regions 9 and 10 particularly in the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Zamboanga, from June 23 to 29, 2012. With its tag line “Handa ka na bang mag-abroad? Ano ang dapat mong alamin?" the CEP seeks to raise public awareness on various issues concerning migration, intermarriages, and existing government policies and p...
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24Jun2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, June 24 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug and Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 will join the observance of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) this Tuesday, June 26. PDEA Regional Director Roybel Sanchez bared that “for 2012, we are putting emphasis on health where the official campaign slogan is "Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan.” “In support for the said celebration, PDEA will be displaying streamers in our regional off...
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11Jun2012HINGYON, Ifugao, June 11 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) here created its municipal committee on anti-trafficking and violence against women and children (VAWC) to provide more participation among rural communities, people’s organizations, (POs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) in the protection of children and women. The committee is chaired by Mayor Mario Buyuccan with the municipal planning and development coordinator as co-chairman. Members are the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) ...
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28May2012MANILA, May 28 (PIA) -- The Asia-Pacific Women Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (APWRATH), a Church-based network, has set up a new network in Metro Manila to further efforts in abolishing human trafficking particularly in Southeast Asia. According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the recent regional conference in Metro Manila commenced with a battle cry of “Asia-Pacific free of modern-day slavery” and with the network’s commitment for a stronger an...
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27May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 27 (PIA) -- The Palawan military and police personnel intercepted a motor launch carrying six women believed to be victims of human trafficking. Naval Forces West Public Affairs Officer Lt. Karen A. Abulon of the Philippine Navy disclosed that joint elements of Naval Station Del Rosario (NSNDR) and Balabac Philippine National Police (PNP) intercepted a motor launch at Calandorang Bay, Balabac in Palawan carrying six women believed to be victims of human trafficking on...
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26May2012CALASIAO, Pangasinan, May 26 (PIA)-- The ordeal of victims of human trafficking does not end with their return to their families. This is essentially the issue that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was trying to address in the three-day Training on the Psychosocial Recovery, Social and Economic Reintegration for Trafficked Persons held at the Regency Hotel this town from May 23 to 25. Participants to the training included social workers, health workers, police and legal ...
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25May2012SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, Mayo 25 (PIA) -- Lalahok ang lungsod ng San Pablo sa nakatakdang “Anti-Illegal Recruitment/Anti-Trafficking in Persons (AIR/ATIP)” seminar na gaganapin sa Cultural Center of Laguna sa Santa Cruz sa darating na Mayo 29-31 bilang pampapasigla sa kampanya laban sa mga nasabing tao. Ang seminar na itataguyod ni Gobernador Jorge Ejercito Estregan, bilang pakikiisa at pakikipagtulungan sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ay naglalayong masugpo ang ...
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18May2012BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 18 (PIA) -- In order to get more positive results in the drive against trafficking of children, PLAN Philippines, an internationally-funded non-government organization operating in the province, has opted to enhance their programs and projects in the three pilot areas. This followed yesterday’s project evaluation, in the pilot areas of Oras, Llorente, and Maydolong towns, so as to find-out how these local government units (LGUs) had been executing their pro...
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16May2012KALIBO, Aklan, May 16 (PIA6) -- Victims of human trafficking in Aklan could get P10,000 each livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). According to Delia Bacolcol, Social Welfare Officer of DSWD 6, the financial assistance is not a loan but a grant that the victims could use in their livelihood activities. Bacolcol was in Aklan yesterday, May 15, to attend the Department of Justice National Inter-Agency Task Force Against (NIATFAT) Trafficking meeti...
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14May2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 14 (PIA) -- Members of the Regional Task Force (RTF) on human trafficking converged to discuss issues and updates at Patio Victoria, Baluarte, San Jose, Tacloban City last May 11. Traffic Management Group Police Senior Inspector Emmanuel Arteche, who represented Samar, said that it was the monthly meeting of RTF on human trafficking to discuss the refiling of some cases. “We also discussed the procedures required in admitting and releasing of victims, complaina...
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10May2012KALIBO, Aklan, May 10 (PIA6) -- Aklan children will be better protected, particularly the abused and the disadvantaged, with the launching here recently of the Child Protection Unit (CPU-Aklan) at the Aklan Comprehensive Center for Women (ACCW). The launching, which was one of the major activities of the 56th anniversary of Aklan April 25, was attended by Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid, Executive Officer of the Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc. and Mrs. Sally Ujano, National Coordinator of ...
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09May2012PANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, May 9 (PIA) -- Community folks should be made aware of the menace of trafficking in persons (TIP) for them to get involved in foiling it, Social Welfare Regional Director Esther A. Versoza said. Versoza recently made the call as the Regional Interagency Council against Trafficking Integrated Action Network (RIACTION) XI pushed the alliance to the barangay level to widen links of agencies tasked to curb human trafficking. In a seminar in Panabo City, Versoza sai...
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08May2012ILOILO CITY, May 8 (PIA) -– About P230,000 livelihood assistance was released for 23 out of 38 victims of human trafficking in Western Visayas. The amount, according to the report of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-6), was under the recovery and reintegration program of the agency. The same report also showed that P12,700 was released for the skills training of two trafficked persons, one from Bingawan, Iloilo and the other from Victorias City, Negros Occidental....
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Personnel from the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently conducted a joint spot inspection at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC), Domestic Road in Pasay City to ensure that parcels are not being used for drug trafficking. In a release, the inspection team was led by PhilPost’s Inspection Service Division Director Noel R. Acuña and PDEA’s Special Enforcement Service Director Jeoffrey C. Tacio. Using...
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23Apr2012KALIBO, Aklan, April 23 (PIA6) -- The Provincial Government of Aklan will be establishing a Child Protection Unit (CPU) at the Aklan Comprehensive Center for Women in order to strengthen child protection mechanisms in the province. Aklan Governor Carlito S. Marquez said the project is a joint undertaking of the province, the Child Protection Network Foundation (CPU-Net), the Philippines Against Child Trafficking (PACT) and the European Union. The launching will be held on April 25 at the ACC...
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12Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- Security personnel at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) here rescued five minors from illegal recruitment at the Dumaguete City port on March 29, 2012. The minors aged 14 to 16 years old were about to board the Manila-bound Superferry vessel when they were intercepted by guards from Lockheed Security group, a security agency contracted by the PPA. The port police stopped the minors, one of whom is a deaf-mute, from boarding the ship after they noticed tha...
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06Apr2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, April 6 (PIA) -- During its 1st quarter meeting of the Regional Development Council (RDC-7) in Central Visayas various government units and private sector reps in Central Visayas inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Anti-Human Trafficking. This after both the Regional Anti-Trafficking Task Force (RATF) and Regional Sub-Committee on Gender, Anti-Trafficking and Violence (RSC-GATV) reported an increasing number of trafficking and cyber pornography cases and activities in Cent...
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28Mar2012MANILA, Mar. 28 (PIA) -– Mipadayag sa kabalaka ang Philippine Consulate General sa Guangzhou sa padayon nga pagka-aresto sa mga Filipinos tungod sa drug-smuggling sa Hong Kong ug Macau SAR taliwala sa pagkabitay sa upat ka mga Filipino didto sa mainland China niadtong Marso ug Disyembre 2011. Ang konsulado sa miingon nga ang upat ka mga Filipino nga naaresto sa Hong Kong gikan sa Hulyo ngadto sa Nobyembre 2011 paingon sa Guangzhou ug Guangxi diin kamatayon ang penalidad sa kasong drug-smugg...
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28Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 28 (PIA) -- In the aftermath of the two natural disasters that hit Negros Oriental last year and early this year, local anti-human trafficking groups are strengthening linkages in the neighboring Negros Occidental province in expectation of increased illegal recruitment activities. The Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF), a non-government organization, is beefing up its network in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental closely monitor possible illegal recruitment victims coming fr...
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07Mar2012BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and in coordination with the Eastern Visayas Child Labor Committee (EV-CLC), is conducting a two-day Capacity Building Training on Child Labor and Trafficking in Persons. The training is held today until tomorrow at the Provincial Governor’s Office, Conference Hall, Capitol Building, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. Some 50 ...
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07Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 7 -- PCSupt. Jufel C. Adriatico, Regional Director, Police Regional Office (PRO) in Northern Mindanao ordered police officers in the region to conduct relentless operations against bar establishments that operate with young women and men performing indecent shows in front of their customers. Republic Act 9203, or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, classifies indecent shows as pornography, whereby maintaining or hiring a person to engage in such kind ...
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05Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- To intensify the country’s drive against anti-trafficking, the Sangguniang Panlungsod recently approved the creation of the Butuan City Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee through the passage of SP Ordinance 3842-2012. The measure is in line with City Government’s thrust of valuing the dignity of every human person and guarantee the respect for individual rights. The committee will be chaired by the city mayor and co-chaired by t...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 (PIA) --The US Embassy has called on the Ilonggos to participate in the campaign against human trafficking with an Anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) presentation on March 3 at 3:00 p.m. at The Atrium, SM City Iloilo. In a press statement from US Embassy, the event will feature a screening of a TIP documentary as well as a special appearance by Filipino celebrity Jericho Rosales who will share his advocacy on human trafficking. The US govern...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) led a rescue mission that saved 22 women including several minors bound for the Middle East during an operation against human trafficking Monday. In a news release, Vice President Jejomay Binay also the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFW) Concerns and concurrent Chairman Emeritus of the IACAT said two of those rescued were due to fly tomorrow from Manila to Cebu t...
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26Feb2012KAWIT, Cavite, Feb. 26 (PIA) --The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the local government here recently for the strengthening of the campaign against illegal recruitment and trafficking in persons. Earlier, an orientation was held focusing on Republic Act 9208, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 and Republic Act 10022, an Act Amending Republic Act No. 8042 otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipi...
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23Feb2012BACOLOD CITY, February 23 (PIA6) -- The Anti-Trafficking Legal Advocates Society Inc., (ATLAS) launched the private prosecutor fund and training that will operate from February 21, 2012 to January 2013. Organizations can avail of free legal services for trafficked victims from a pool of lawyers of ATLAS. Partner organizations can avail of free legal consultation, refer clients, and get socialized legal services for them, a press release from ATLAS said. ...
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20Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb.20 (PIA) -- The Sorsogon Police Provincial Office (SPPO) has organized a two-day seminar for first responders of gender-based violence and trafficking-in-person (TIP) cases on February 16 to 17 at the Philippine National Police (PNP) conference room. The seminar is in line with the commitment of the PNP to strengthen the promotion and advocacy of the rights of women and children. Thirty policewomen from Sorsogon City and 14 municipalities, assigned as Women a...
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10Feb2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Feb 10 (PIA) -- The provincial gender and development (PGAD) office together with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and National Census Office (NSO) will conduct a re-echo seminar on campaign on anti-human trafficking to members of provincial/municipal inter-agency committee on anti-trafficking (P/MIACIAT) on February 16 in this city. Ofelia Palayan, PGAD provincial head, said it is timely to intensify the campaign on anti-human trafficking in Quezon in...
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09Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- To prevent human trafficking and illegal recruitment, the Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (RIACAT) in Central Luzon is also adopting the departure guidelines for international bound passengers in all airports and seaports in the country. The guidelines were set by the IACAT and were based on existing legislation such as RA 9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003) and RA 8042 (Migrant Workers and Overseas Filip...
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08Feb2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The provincial social welfare and development office in coordination with the Philippine Anti-Child Trafficking (PACT) completed today the 3-day (February 6 to 8) community educators training on anti-child trafficking held at the ceremonial hall of the provincial capitol. The objective of the training seminar is to educate the public and generate interest on the issue of child trafficking and mobilize various sectors in the prevention a...
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07Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, FEB 7(PIA)--- The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) has scored anew in its campaign against human trafficking in the country. This, after the joint elements of IACAT, Tawi-Tawi Police Provincial Office and Tawi-Tawi Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office have rescued 18 individuals (7 women and 11 men) on board M/V Trisha 2 who were about to be brought to Malaysia. The rescued victims are now in the custody of the DSWD fo...
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01Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- A former domestic helper and migrant worker advocate here has urged Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are working in safe environments to unite in a fight against human trafficking through the social media. Myrna Padilla said that OFWs who are in the position to help should connect with each other via social media to provide a network capable of assisting the most vulnerable among the OFW communities. Padilla developed the recently-launched social...
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17Jan2012SIQUIJOR, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Giduso sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa Siquijor ang paghimo ug Provincial Committee on Anti-Trafficking and Violence Against Women and their Children (PCAT-VAWC) sigon sa hiniusang Memorandum Circular sa DILG, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ug Department of Justice (DOJ). Gi-isyu ang Memo Circular aron epektibong mapatuman ang Republic Act No. 9208 kon “Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003” ug ...
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11Jul2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- Amid reports of the presence of numerous legal and unauthorized ports operating in the various coastal barangays that are often used for illegal activities such as human trafficking and as entry and exit points of contraband items like black corals, city mayor Celso Lobregat called on proper authorities to conduct Port Management summit. In a letter to Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Administrator Emerson Lorenzo, Mayor Lobregat asked the Maritime...
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04Jul2011VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur, Hulyo 4 (PIA) -- Kumao? Adda nakumao nga ubbing? Agpaypayso aya ti kumao? Dagitoy madamdamag a panagkidnap, panagala, wenno panagkumao a kunatayo, kadagiti ubbing ket adda a nailanad iti Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. Ikkantayo iti importansia dagitoy panagawan dagiti ubbing a madamdamag ta agpayso ken mapaspasamak daytoy kas kuna ti linteg. Ti Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 wenno Republic Act 9208 ket mangted kadagiti polisia ti gob...
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02Jul2011CEBU, July 02 (PIA) -- A consortium of non-government organizations in Cebu that work for the protection and welfare of children welcomes the removal of the Philippines from the human trafficking watch list. According to the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report of the US State Department, the Philippines has been upgraded from “Tier 2 Watch List” to “Tier 2,” which means that the government is doing significant efforts to comply with the minimum standards sta...
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30Jun2011Zamboanga City, June 30 (PIA) - - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headed by Control Officer Daniel Miller visited the city Tuesday to look into possibilities of giving grants for the various programs being undertaken by the city. The 11-man team of the USAID met with City Mayor Celso Lobregat and some city department heads to present and discuss the priority programs implemented by the city concerning health, environment, agriculture, peace and security, so...
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30Mar2011CEBU CITY, Mar 30 (PIA) -- As the country sympathized with the families of the three Filipinos who were executed before 12 noon today in China due to drug trafficking, the public is again reminded on the dangers of falling victims to illegal recruitment which includes the risk of becoming drug mules. Police Regional Office (PRO) - 7 chief gen. Ager Ontog said the fate of our fellow countrymen was unfortunate especially as one of the three victims was reportedly just a victim of illegal ...
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25Mar2011DAVAO CITY, March 25 (PIA) – While three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) await their execution on March 30 for being used as drug mules in China, another three residents from the Davao Region are also locked in other jails abroad pending decision of their illegal drug trafficking case. Regional Director Emerson Rosales of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-11) bared that two OFWs from Davao del Sur are also in a China jail, while another one from Davao City is in another prison...
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22Mar2011Worldwide, trafficking victimizes millions of women and children. It is estimated that 161 countries have either been a source, a transit, or destination country. Like sheep looking for greener pastures, victims are led to the slaughter of slavery and exploitation. 1991. Ella was 14 when her mother's friend promised her a chance to work in Manila. She was told she would be working as a househelp in one of Manila's posh subdivisions. Ella was from Nueva Ecija, in 1st year high school, but her po...
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23Feb2011Cebu, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Senator Chiz Escudero urges the government to work out a prisoner exchange arrangement with countries hosting Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) thru the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) by way of a bilateral treaty. Escudero, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, reiterated this call in the light of the case of Ramon Credo, Sally Villanueva and Elizabeth Batain – Filipinos condemned to die for drug trafficking in China. Their executio...
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18Feb2011ZAMBOANGA CITY,Feb. 18 (PIA) -– Eighteen persons believed to be victims of human trafficking were rescued by operatives of the Zamboanga City Police Office and the operatives of the Sea based Anti-Trafficking Task Force on Monday night at the Zamboanga City Port. City Police Director Sr. Supt. Edwin De Ocampo said the said 18 persons were about to depart for Sabah Malaysia when they were rescued by the police. He said the victims came from the various parts of the country who were illega...
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30Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 30 (PIA) – The fight against the use of dangerous drugs in Northern Mindanao continues. Thus stressed Lt. Col. Edwin F. Layese (Ret.), Regional Director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), region 10, who said various government and non-government agencies (GO/NGO’s) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with them to intensify the drug education, prevention and control in the region. These GO/NGO’s include ...
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