by Eva Visperas – The Philippine Star
ALCALA, Pangasinan, Philippines — A woman was arrested in Barangay Poblacion East in this town over the weekend for alleged exploitation of minors online.
Maricel Laceda, 36, was apprehended in an entrapment while a 10-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were rescued, Maj. Zynon Paiking, town police chief, said.
Personnel of the police Women and Children Protection Center and Alcala police and representatives from the local social welfare and development office conducted the entrapment and rescue operations.
In Pampanga, two South Korean citizens and their Filipino cohorts were arrested for alleged cybersex crime in Angeles City yesterday.
The police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group identified the suspects as Chang Woon-lee, his Filipino wife Marian Lee, Nokhang Yeon, Rochelle Niña Ronquillo, Jhoana Mae de Jesus and Jolina Gercin.
The operation was conducted after one of the victims, who managed to escape, sought police assistance. — Ramon Efren Lazaro
It’s women’s month!
“Support women every day of the year!”
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!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and Made-in-the-Philippines
Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 27 — Earth Hour
