Cops rescue housemaids from alleged maltreatment

Published by rudy Date posted on December 9, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Three housemaids, two of them minors, were rescued by the police in a raid at their employers’ house in Sta. Ana, Manila Tuesday night.

Chief Inspector Anita Araullo, head of the Women and Children Protection Desk of the Manila Police District, said the maids, Josie Palomo, 19; Marivel Amor, 15; and Pinky Arabening, 17; were allegedly being physically abused and detained by their employers identified as Christie Regina de Leon, 54, and her daughter Anne Kristine Songhen-Nuestro.

Araullo said the abuses were reported to her by Rescue 117 based on the report of a concerned neighbor of the maids.

Acting on the report, the Manila policemen, crew of GMA-7 and barangay officials rescued the maids and invited for questioning their employers.

In a face-to-face confrontation, the maids averred that they were beaten up by their employers for every mistake committed. They were also locked up inside the house when their employers were away and were able to eat lunch at 4 p.m. and their dinner at 1 a.m.

Araullo said the alleged maltreatment happened last month. After filing their complaints, the maids were allowed to return to their province in Iloilo.

Charges of violation of the anti-child abuse law and physical injuries were filed against the employers. –Nestor Etolle (The Philippine Star)

April 2025

World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

Monthly Observances:

March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth

Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week

Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Trade Union Solidarity Campaigns

No to Trafficking

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Categories