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MANILA - Senators on Wednesday said Republic Act 11862 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act signed recently by President Rodrigo Duterte will boost the government campaign against human trafficking. Senator Imee Marcos, principal author of the measure in the Senate, thanked President Duterte for signing the new law, vowing to pass more economic measures in the incoming 19th Congress. "Salamat PRRD sa pagsuporta sa layunin ng batas na ito na mas maproteksyonan ang ating mga kababa...

Senators on Wednesday expressed elation over the signing into law of Republic Act 11862 which amends the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, saying it is an important and much-needed victory for women, children, and all victims of human trafficking. One significant reform under the law is t

President Duterte has signed a law criminalizing the deployment of those below 24 years old to work domestically abroad as part of the government's protection of Filipinos against more ways of human trafficking​. Republic Act (RA) No. 11862, which amended several provisions of RA 9208, now prohibit

President Rodrigo R. Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed a law giving authorities additional tools for pursuing human traffickers, particularly when the violations involve the use of the internet and digital platforms. Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11862 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022 on June 23, but a copy of the document was released to reporters on Tuesday. The law amends RA 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. ...

Victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation (Sex trafficking) in Malawi are being failed by the country’s criminal justice system. Few cases make it to

MANILA-The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the sentence of life imprisonment by an Antipolo court on a floor manager of a girly bar where investigators discovered minors employed as sex workers. In its decision dated June 10, the CA's 13th division affirmed the 2016 decision of the Antipolo City regional trial court (RTC) Branch 73 convicting Joyce Marie Phoebelyn G. Macatangay of the crime of qualified trafficking in persons under RA 9208, otherwise known as the Anti-Trafficking in Perso...

 The Court of Appeal Tuesday ruled that Jamar Dwayne Bynoe, who had previously been sentenced to hang for his role in the 2010 fire at a store that resulted in the deaths of six women, return to the High Court for sentencing. But the Appeal C

Barbados Appeal Court vacates death sentence on man convicted for fire at a store that killed six women in 2019.

SHC orders test to determine her actual age

10-year-old, 4 others rescued in Tacloban massage parlor raid