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Helping our helpers help themselves

By Rod Nepomuceno | July 15, 2013 - 12:00am

Recently, I was in Hong Kong and read a news article about an upcoming football match between the Philippine team and the...

Lifestyle Business

American client of Manila cybersex den hauled to jail

By Camille Diola | May 31, 2013 - 4:38pm

A 54-year-old American from Washington was sentenced by a US court to 12 years in federal prison on Thursday for coercing...

Headlines

Iconic fighters save kids from sex traffickers

May 14, 2013 - 12:00am

Following a two-year CNN investigation, the two-hour documentary The Fighters chronicles Philippine human rights pioneer Cecilia Flores-Oebanda in her journey to protect children from the sex trade and convince the...

Health And Family

NGO in US fund mess: We were not given due process

By Janvic Mateo | September 15, 2012 - 12:00am

A non-government organization accused of failing to account for P210 million in funds that came from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) cried foul over what they called a “lack of due process...

Metro

Phl upgrade in anti-trafficking rating sought

By Ghio Ong | March 15, 2011 - 12:00am

Anti-human trafficking advocates yesterday expressed optimism the Philippines will be upgraded to at least Tier 2 in the 2011 United States’ Trafficking in Persons Report.

Metro

Exodus!

By Joey Cindy M. Semblante | January 12, 2011 - 12:00am

“We are not for sale!” This was the strong statement of Ma. Cecilia Flores- Oebanda, president and founder of the Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. (VFFI), during the commemoration of the World Anti Trafficking...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Concert marks anti-trafficking day celebration

By Joey Cindy M. Semblante | December 13, 2010 - 12:00am

A night of music marks the celebration of the World Anti-Trafficking Day in Cebu with a concert organized by the Movement of Anti-Trafficking Advocates and the Visayan Forum Foundation Incorporated.

Cebu News

Returning OFW wants to teach

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 13, 2006 - 12:00am

Having had enough of being a domestic helper in war-torn Lebanon, 26-year-old Marilou Mendoza now wants to stay home and pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. "I really want to become a teacher....

Headlines

Returning OFW wants to teach

By Sheila Crisostomo | August 13, 2006 - 12:00am

Having had enough of being a domestic helper in war-torn Lebanon, 26-year-old Marilou Mendoza now wants to stay home and pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. "I really want to become a teacher....

Headlines

Congress urged to pass magna carta for domestic workers

By James Mananghaya | April 30, 2006 - 12:00am

Domestic workers yesterday renewed their call on Congress to pass the law that seeks to protect them from abuses and unsuitable working conditions. In a statement, Visayan Forum Foundation president Ma. Cecilia...

Headlines