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.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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