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Leading Woman Marine Laurell Farrington receives a completion certificate from Acting Captain Coral Harbour Captain Shawn Adderley on Friday, February 5, 2021 at HMBS CORAL HARBOUR. (RBDF PHOTO: WOMAN MARINE MYIESHA GIBSON) NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Training Department continues to raise awareness and sensitize its personnel on the effect of illicit activities with a Trafficking in Persons (TIPs) training seminar, which was conducted at the Coral Harbour ...

Published February 8, 2021, 4:44 PM President Duterte is set to issue an Executive Order (EO) that will strengthen cooperation among relevant government agencies, including the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP), in the fight against online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Monday, Feb. 8. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / FILE PHO...

Labor groups seek P100 daily wage hike; DoLE to propose wage subsidy LABOR groups are set to file a petition for a nationwide emergency minimum daily wage hike of P100 despite calls by business operators and government to delay any pay increase as more establishments are affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Monday, Defend Jobs Philippines said an across-the-board wage hike is needed due to the pandemic-triggered recession. “Defend Jobs Philippines along with other labor gro...

Celebrities With Family Members Who Survived The Holocaust Horace Abrahams/Getty Images By Elizabeth Collins/Feb. 8, 2021 11:06 am EDT We use the term "Holocaust" to describe the period in which the Nazis persecuted and murdered the Jewish people along with homosexuals, Roma, and anyone they deemed unfit, including those who were part of the resistance. While there are many stories of famous people who had family members who lived during the Holocaust, there are very few storie...

(PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Mabalacat police said the suspect was arrested through an alias warrant of arrest for violation of Section 4(a), in relation to Section 3(a)(j), Section 6(a)(d), and Section 10 (e) of Republic Act No. 9208, as amended by RA 10364 (the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003) in relation to Section 4(c)(1) of RA 10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012) under Criminal Case No: 26100 issued by Judge Maria Amifaith S. Fider-Reyes of the San Fernando City, Pampanga RT...

Covid-19 fueling rise in human trafficking, UN warns Thursday February 04 2021 Millions of women, children and men worldwide are out of work, out of school and without social support in the continuing Covid-19 crisis, leaving them at greater risk of human trafficking, official says. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary Poverty arising from lost jobs or other economic opportunities has, over the last one year, increased the pool of people most vulnerable to being trafficked. Advertisement The Trafficking...

U.S. Mission to Pakistan: Public Engagement to counter Trafficking in Persons 165SHARES The U.S. Mission to Pakistan has launched a call for proposals for the Public Engagement to counter Trafficking in Persons to strengthen the capacity and cooperation of law enforcement agencies and TIP victims services using American experts. Convene stakeholders working in TIP and train them in victim referral and identification, including victims of bonded labor, thereby increasing referrals and prosecuti...

Translate Gombe still applying Bauchi State laws 25 years after creation, NBA laments On By Ibrahim Ismail MORE than 25 years after its creation from Bauchi State, Gombe State is still using obsolete laws enacted by the Bauchi State Government to run its affairs. To this end, the Nigerian Bar Association has urged Gombe State Government to enact its own separate laws so as to strengthen legal operations in the state. The NBA also advocated for the immediate passage and dome...

Detained Sen. Leila de Lima has called on the Senate to look into the rising number of young Filipino women who are signing up for a controversial dating website allegedly to help finance their needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How statelessness condemned the Shona to poverty Wednesday January 13 2021 Members of the Shona community attending the launch of a report about their community at The Gospel of God Church in Hurlinghum, Nairobi on October 1, 2020. PHOTO | NMG By KEVIN ROTICH Summary Lack of registrations meant that they could not be recognized as Kenyan citizens’ thus locked out from the job market as well as education. This was compounded by the fact that they could not return back to their motherland as th...