Archive for November, 2008

Bar operators get 20-year jail term for trafficking minors

by Carmela Fonbuena
from ABS-CBNNews.com/Newsbreak

Two bar operators in Daraga, Albay were sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for trafficking minors for sexual exploitation. One is the owner and the other is the cashier. They were also made to pay P1 million
each…

Lawmaker warns of child traffickers prowling evacuation centers in South

from The Manila Times

The massive dislocation of families due to the raging armed conflict in Mindanao has spurred the trafficking of children, Rep. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza of Cotabato warned Sunday.

“A growing number of young girls and boys whose families have been…