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As of 2021, there were 8,399 reported cases of physical violence, 1,791 on rape, and 1,505 on acts of lasciviousness. It is alarming that despite addressing the concern, VAW persists. VAW is deemed to be closely linked with the unequal power relation between women and men, otherwise known as “gender-based violence.”.
JAM STA ROSA. More than 13 years after the murder of Philippine journalist Gerry Ortega, the man accused of ordering the hit, former provincial governor Joel Reyes, is in hiding. JAM STA ROSA. Ortega was shot in the back of the head at a second-hand clothes shop along a busy road in the Palawan capital of Puerto Princesa. JAM STA ROSA.
The accused was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of child rape and justly sentenced by the judge to a lengthy prison sentence. That was the eighth conviction of abusers by Preda Children for 2024. These brave children win an average of 20 cases every year against abusers and human traffickers; most are sentenced to life in prison.
Image Credit: AFP. Puerto Princesa, Philippines: When Philippine environmental activist and radio host Gerry Ortega was shot dead on the tropical island of Palawan, his family and friends believed ...
Another theory or syndrome that the Supreme Court recently recognized is the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS) — a syndrome proposed by Roland C. Summit in 1983 to describe how sexually abused children respond to ongoing sexual abuse. In a recent Supreme Court decision (People v. XXX, G.R. 263227) promulgated on 2 August 2023 ...
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Police have taken into custody a man charged with 10 rape and statutory rape cases in Bukidnon. Radio reports quoted Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding, Zamboanga ...
cases involving family members. 5. Rape by Ascendant: Penalties are higher when the perpetrator is a parent or exercises moral ascendancy over the victim. Historical Background: This case reflects the rigorous standards the Philippine judicial system applies in evaluating evidence in rape cases, particularly involving minors and authority figures.
