Guevarra commends fiscal in human trafficking case

Published by rudy Date posted on May 15, 2018

Guevarra commends fiscal in human trafficking case

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra lauded the Office of the City Prosecutor (OCP) of San Fernando, La Union for convicting a human trafficker.

Assistant City Prosecutor Kaythreene Eunice Aquino was recommended for commendation for securing the conviction of Sheryl Lim, who was found “guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Qualified Trafficking in Persons”.

In a 13-page decision, the San Fernando City Regional Trial Court (RTC) in La Union declared that “the prosecution was able to prove the presence of all the elements of crime through the testimonies of the victims themselves.”

The Republic Act (RA) No. 9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003), amended by RA 10364 in 2012, was used in Lim’s prosecution, penalty and sentence.

Lim was sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of PHP2 million and was also ordered to pay PHP500,000 as moral damages and PHP100,000 as exemplary damages for each of the six victims, including four minors.

Victims Cherry Joy Calunod, Jenny Rose Victorama and the four minors testified that in July 2017, they were recruited by Lim in Zamboanga del Sur to work as entertainers in her videoke bar in San Fernando City.

Lim said that they will work as waitresses and promised good salary and have their food and travel expenses covered.

While en route to La Union, the victims learned that they would not be waitresses but entertainers catering to male customers for sex.

In La Union, the victims were forced to have sex with customers who pay bar fines to Lim. A bar fine would cost PHP1,000 to P1,500 for short time, PHP2,500 for overnight.

On Aug. 8, 2017, the victims were rescued by the Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) operatives, arresting and incarcerating Lim.

June 2025

Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”


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 #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos

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

Monthly Observances:

  1 Jun – World Day of Parents

  5 Jun – World Environment Day 

  7 Jun – World Food Safety Day 

  8 Jun – World Oceans Day

12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour

15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 

16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances 

17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

20 Jun – World Refugee Day 

25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer 

27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

 

Daily Observances:

First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines

Categories