Children

by Iris Gonzales – The Philippine Star, 6 Oct 2021 Over a year into the pandemic and online schooling has become a tiring and difficult way of learning for many Filipino students.

by Delon Porcalla – The Philippine Star, 7 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives approved yesterday on third and final reading a bill that seeks to ban child marriage amid the rising cases of teenage pregnancies as reported by the Population Commission.

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By CNN Philippines Staff, 20 Mar 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 20) — The decision of the Metro Manila mayors to bar minors outside their homes for two weeks to stem the spread of coronavirus may be considered an infringement of children’s rights,” UNICEF said Friday in a statement.

by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, 3 Mar 2021 If schools all around the world were just one big classroom, 168 million children would be marked “absent” in the class attendance due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

By BusinessMirror, 9 Feb 2021 The Internet can be a risky place, especially for children or minors. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, concerned parents had a tough time keeping their kids off the Internet. When home quarantines were mandated and classes moved online, the challenge of monitoring children’s Internet activities multiplied. From The Associated Press: “Study:…

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by Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com), 12 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — An alarming surge in child sexual exploitation online during the pandemic has caught the attention of Malacañang which has ordered penalizing telco firms supposedly for failing to prevent the proliferation of the illicit activity.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 5 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Suspicious transactions worth P113.1 million related to child pornography were reported in the first half of last year, almost double the P65.8 million booked in 2019 as the government stepped up its campaign against the sexual abuse of children, the Anti-Money Laundering Council…

by Zac Sarao, trainee, INQUIRER.net, 22 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Child Rights Network (CRN) is urging the Quezon City government to review its ordinance banning minors from loitering in public areas, saying confinement of 24 hours a day would harm a child’s mental and physical health.

by Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), 22 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into a multidimensional poverty that is deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition and sanitation, a new United Nations study revealed.

by Pia Lee Brago (The Philippine Star), 17 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the incidence of online sexual abuse and exploitation in the Philippines, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.

by Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 12 Jul 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment has said a child 15 to below 18 years of age may be engaged in public entertainment or information during community quarantine provided that it shall be done in their home.

by Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 6 Jul 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment National Capital Region said all applications for issuance of Working Child Permit (WCP) shall be submitted online.

By Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, 13 Jun 2020 Believing that every child has an inherent and inviolable right to health and survival, a child rights group called for an end to child labor to give children the chance to thrive and develop to their fullest potential.

25 percent of cases perpetrated by family members and close relatives of victims By Manuel Cayon, Businessmirror, 26 May 2020 The Child Rights Network said cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children have jumped three-fold during the lockdown period in the Philippines.

By: Ador Vincent Mayol, Inquirer Visayas, 25 May 2020 CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Cases of internet-based sexual exploitation of children in the Philippines continued to go up, with eight out of every 10 perpetrators related by blood or affinity to the victims, according to a new study.

The justice department receives nearly 280,000 reports from March to May. It blames telecommunications companies for not proactively blocking access to forms of online sexual exploitation of children by Lian Buan, 25 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Reports of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) increased threefold during the coronavirus lockdown, a development that the…

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By CNN Philippines Staff, 23 May 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 23) — Reports of online sexual exploitation of children have increased during the lockdown, and the Justice Department, together with law enforcement agencies, are urging the public to report these online pages.

by Associated Press, 21 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict millions to their homes may be worsening the abuses, a U.S. official said Thursday.

WITHIN 3 YEARS By JAMIL SANTOS, GMA News, 21 May 2020 A recent study revealed that the estimated prevalence rate of internet-based child sexual exploitation in the Philippines more than tripled within three years.

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by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), 19 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Voting 228-0, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading last Monday a bill that provides stiffer penalties for violators of the country’s law on child abuse, exploitation and discrimination.

by Neil Jayson Servallos (The Philippine Star) – 17 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Philippine laws meant to address online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) have failed, the Child Rights Network (CRN) said over the weekend.

There are many things to fear because of the outbreak, but also a few good lessons for our children By: Audrey Tan-Zubiri, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Feb 2020 My 5-year-old has a new word, and it is the same one that is on everyone’s mind these days: “coronavirus.”It seems nobody can ignore the threat of…

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