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The Senate on Thursday approved on second reading a bill seeking to strengthen the countryâs law against sexual abuse of children online.Â
The Senate approved Senate Bill 2209, which will repeal the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 and amend the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009.Â
The committees on women, science and technology and finance approved the measure on Tuesday.Â
Senator Risa N. Hontiveros-Baraquel, who endorsed the bill to the plenary, said the bill penalizes the use of digital or analog communications to sexually abuse and exploit children.Â
Cases of online child sexual abuse almost quadrupled in the Philippines at the height of a coronavirus pandemic from March to May 2020, according to data from the Department of Justice.Â
What India’s second COVID-19 wave may mean for countries in Africa
(NEW YORK) As India, the second-most populous country in the world, grapples with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections that has pushed its health system to the brink of collapse, officials in Africa, the world’s second-largest continent, are on high alert.
“What’s happening in India must not happen here,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa, said at a virtual press briefing last Thursday. “If we prepare now, we will not pay the price later.”
The more than 414,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in India last Thursday was the highest single-day count by any nation during the pandemic. But the alarming spike is a relatively new phenomenon there. Until late February, India was considered a success story, with experts surmising that declining infections might be due to the South Asian country’s warm climate, young inhabitants and
By Morgan Winsor and Erin Schumaker, ABC News
May 12, 2021 | 7:00 AM
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(NEW YORK) As India, the second-most populous country in the world, grapples with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections that has pushed its health system to the brink of collapse, officials in Africa, the world’s second-largest continent, are on high alert.
“What’s happening in India must not happen here,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa, said at a virtual press briefing last Thursday. “If we prepare now, we will not pay the price later.”
The more than 414,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in India last Thursday was the highest single-day count by any nation during the pandemic. But the alarming spike is a relatively new phenomenon there. Until late February, India was considered a success story, with experts surmising that declining infections might be due to the South Asian country’s warm climat
What India s 2nd COVID-19 wave may mean for countries in Africa
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Grim images from India’s COVID-19 crisis
Authorities are investigating a video obtained by ABC News that showed an ICU in India where 11 people died after a truck delivering oxygen was 10 minutes late. Guerchom Ndebo/Getty Images
As India, the second-most populous country in the world, grapples with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections that has pushed its health system to the brink of collapse, officials in Africa, the world s second-largest continent, are on high alert. What’s happening in India must not happen here, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization s regional director for Africa, said at a virtual press briefing last Thursday. If we prepare now, we will not pay the price later.