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The office of the National Bureau of Investigation in Ilocos region is urging the municipal government of Agoo in La Union to shut down a videoke bar allegedly engaged in prostitution.

By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested a man and two women for alleged human trafficking and rescued five female victims in two separate entrapment operations in the city on Saturday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 2. The operations were conducted by joint force

National Bureau of Investigation (2) Two women allegedly engaged in online sexual exploitation of children have been arrested in Taguig City where five minors were also rescued, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The NBI identified those arrested as Elisa M

Cuts made to the budget for combatting human trafficking and online sexual abuse or exploitation of children could lead to the downgrading of the country’s current Tier 1 status in fighting the scourge, senators have warned.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has vowed to push for additional funds to augment the government’s crackdown on all forms of human trafficking, including the online sexual abuse or exploitation of children (OSAEC). Gatchalian earlier flagged the almost 35 percent cut on the proposed 2023 budget of

By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) rescued five female victims of human trafficking, including a 16-year-old girl, and arrested the woman who traded them for sex in Barangay Payatas on Friday, Sept. 23. Police identified the arrested suspect as Joahanna Ericka

National Bureau of Investigation (2) Two persons allegedly engaged in "sex trafficking" were arrested and eight women, five of them minors, were rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Antipolo City. The NBI identified those arrested last Sept. 14 as Ronneth M. Tolentino and

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Authorities arrest Edelyn Pendon and Ana M. Agustin (seated, left, and second from left) during an entrapment operation by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office on Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2022). The two will be facing charges for violation of Republic Act (RA) 9208 or Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 and RA 7610 or the Child Abuse Law.(PNA photo courtesy of CIDG) ILOILO CITY - Investigation on the reported ...

Displaced Several hundred "displaced persons," or "DPs," from WWII were sponsored by churches and individuals to be resettled in Springfield under the U.S. Displaced Persons Act of 1948. This is their story, as told by former child refugees from Lithuania. Followed by a brief Q-and-A. Co-sponsored by the Lithuanian-American Club of Central Illinois.