Supplemental Feeding Workers Jaro District

12/02/2025

Look: On-going Validation of Octogenarian, Nonagenarian and Centenarian Benefit Program under the R.A No. 11982

28/01/2025

Re-Rais for Protection!

The CSWDO Jaro I District provided additional support for the Re-Rais for Protection, collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure a safe and well-organized celebration of the Dinagyang Festival 2025.

23/01/2025

23/01/2025

The has affirmed that recruiting children for sexual exploitation is trafficking, even without the use of threats, force, or coercion.

In a Decision written by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, the Court’s Second Division upheld the conviction of Jhona Galeseo Villaria and Lourdes Aralar Maghirang (accused) for 8 counts of qualified trafficking in persons. They were sentenced to life imprisonment, fined PHP 16 million, and ordered to pay each of the victims PHP 600,000 in damages.

The accused were arrested in 2016 by the Philippine National Police during an entrapment operation in a hotel, where they accepted marked money from the undercover police officers as payment for several female minors.

Trafficking occurs when individuals are recruited, transported, or transferred for exploitative purposes, including prostitution, forced labor, slavery, or the removal or sale of organs through threats or use of force, coercion, deception, abuse of power, or by offering money.

The Court clarified that under Section 3(a) of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, as amended, recruiting a child for sexual exploitation is enough to establish trafficking, regardless of whether threats, force, coercion, or deception were used.

In this case, the accused recruited minors and offered them for sexual activities in exchange for money. They took advantage of the victims’ youth and financial struggles to gain their consent.

Read the press release in full at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-threat-force-or-coercion-not-required-in-child-trafficking-cases/

Read the full text of the Decision at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/259133-people-of-the-philippines-vs-jhona-galeseo-villaria-et-al/

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23/01/2025

REMINDER: SUSPENSION OF WORK FOR DINAGYANG 2025

In celebration of the Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2025 and to honor our devotion to Señor Santo Niño, I have signed Executive Order No. 001, declaring the suspension of work in the Iloilo City Government on January 24 and January 27.

This will allow our employees to participate in the festivities and deepen their connection to this cherished tradition. Essential services will remain operational to ensure uninterrupted public service, and government agencies and private establishments are encouraged to consider similar adjustments.

Let us come together to celebrate our culture, faith, and the vibrant spirit of Iloilo!

23/01/2025

PAHANUMDOM

MGA GINADUMILIAN NGA ITEMS SA TION SANG DINAGYANG FESTIVAL