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May 10, 2021
De Lima alarmed over recent incidents of cybersex trafficking involving youths; renews call to investigate child cybersex abuse in PH
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has renewed her call for a Senate review into the status of implementation of existing laws on protecting children from abuses as she expressed alarm over continued incidents of cybersex trafficking involving Filipino youth amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
De Lima, a staunch anti-human trafficking advocate, lamented how suspects are taking advantage of the community quarantine and the current health crisis to exploit children. Dahil sa lumulubha pang kahirapan na dala ng pandemya, maraming pamilyang Pilipino ang nahuhulog sa patibong ng pag-abuso sa internet para kumita. Sa kasawiang palad, ang mga inosenteng bata ang nabibiktima ng sekswal na pang-aabusong ito ng sarili pa nilang mga kapamilya, lalo pa t nasa bahay lang ang mga kabataan at mas maraming oras ang mga mapagsamantala sa panah
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De Lima seeks probe into data breach of court documents from OSG
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima is alarmed over reports of serious data breach of sensitive court documents from the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) which has the dangerous potential of causing severe consequences to ongoing judicial proceedings involving key government agencies.
De Lima filed Senate Resolution No. 713 urging the appropriate Senate Committee to investigate the recent data breach and the continuous proliferation and alarming trend of cyber-attacks against the government and private firms in the country to end the abuse and misuse of pertinent information of the public.
Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao on Friday, April 30, said he wrote to China about the presence of Chinese fishing vessels at the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao during the Senate's plenary session on March 3, 2021. (Senate PRIB/Albert Calv
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State of calamity on ASF just waiting for President s approval
OVER a month since the Senate passed resolution urging the declaration of a state of calamity due to the African swine fever (ASF) which is needed to free up funds to address the disease, government officials say that a resolution has already been cleared for approval of the President.
The Senate Committee of the Whole convened for the third time on Tuesday to discuss the ASF outbreak, of which estimates show over P60 billion worth of damages has already been incurred by the local hog industry. Our concern precisely is that the bureaucracy hopefully can act faster because the Senate Committee on Agriculture already endorsed this March 9, and it s already April 17. If it s a state of calamity declaration, one would like to think we should act swiftly, Pangilinan said.
Hontiveros signs Senate resolution condemning China s illegal activities in the WPS
Senator Risa Hontiveros has signed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 708 along with Senators Frank Drilon, Leila de Lima, Ralph Recto, Nancy Binay, Richard Gordon, Kiko Pangilinan, Lito Lapid, Grace Poe, Bong Revilla, and Joel Villanueva that condemns the illegal activities of the People s Republic of China in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. I am one with my colleagues in the Senate in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, China s incessant activities in the WPS. We are united in our call for China to uphold the rule of law and to respect our country s sovereignty. Ang resolusyong ito ay magbibigay ng malakas na senyales sa mamamayang Pilipino na katuwang niyo kami sa paglaban sa panghihimasok ng Tsina, Hontiveros said.