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EDITORIAL — Don’t fall for the “bitbit”

April 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Desperate to get their hands on human cattle, some human traffickers are now turning to a new way to smuggle people out of...

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - Young victims

February 25, 2015 - 12:00am

Some foreigners settle in the Philippines to train terrorists.

Opinion

DOJ lauds Phl Tier 2 status on human trafficking

By Edu Punay | June 25, 2014 - 12:00am

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima lauded yesterday the Philippines for landing Tier 2 status in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the fourth year in a row.

Metro

Rights group urges Yemen, Saudi action on migrants

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Aya Batrawy | May 26, 2014 - 4:25am

Human Rights Watch released a new report on yesterday that documents the desperate conditions of people who fled poverty and armed conflict in Africa, only to be abused at the hands of human traffickers who have...

World

Violence breaks out in pacified Rio slum

September 7, 2011 - 10:17am

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro said they've sent in reinforcements after soldiers patrolling a massive slum came under fire.

Kenyan police arrest 63 illegal immigrants

July 20, 2011 - 3:16pm

Kenyan police have arrested 63 illegal immigrants in the eastern port city of Mombasa, Kenya's Immigration Department said Tuesday.

DFA lauds Phl removal on Tier 2 watchlist

By Dennis Carcamo | June 28, 2011 - 2:53pm

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) today said the removal of the Philippines from the Tier 2 watchlist from the 2011 US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is indicative of the significant gains of the Aquino...

Iran hangs 4 drug traffickers

June 1, 2011 - 5:45pm

Iran hanged four drug traffickers in the central city of Kerman, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Wednesday.

EDITORIAL - Another watch list

June 21, 2009 - 12:00am

Incidences of unexplained killings and forced disappearances have gone down, but the Philippines still receives unfavorable assessments of its human rights record.

Opinion

EDITORIAL - No end to trafficking

September 19, 2008 - 12:00am

These were the ones who didn’t get away. Authorities stopped 17 teenage girls from leaving the country earlier this ...

Opinion