Browsing by Subject "human trafficking"

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    • 2 Indonesian fishermen snatched off Sabah 

      Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, September 13, 2018, on page 11)
      The military has alerted government troopers in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu over the reported kidnapping of two Indonesian fishermen in the waters off Sabah on Tuesday. “We have alerted our forces at the border,” Lt. Col. Gerry ...

    • BI to hire personnel to guard seaports 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 27, 2017, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Immigration will hire new personnel to man rebel-infested seaports and stations in Mindanao to help thwart the entry of illegal aliens, including foreign terrorists, via the backdoor. Immigration Commissioner ...

    • Fish canneries owe workers P53M -- DoLE 

      RSS (BusinessWorld, June 24, 2013, on page S1/2)
      Several fish processing companies in Mindanao found to have violated labor standards were ordered to pay their workers benefits amounting to P52.9 million. Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz said in a statement released ...

    • Fishermen enslaved in Palawan rescued 

      Mayol, Ador Vincent S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2015, on page A13)
      A fish trader and his recruiter are facing charges of human trafficking after they allegedly forced 78 fishermen from Bohol and Cebu to work without pay. Ramil Noval and Yulo “Boy” Plecerda, both from Lapu-Lapu City, were ...

    • Media tapped to raise awareness on forced labor and human trafficking in fishing 

      (DailyGuardian, November 20, 2020, on page 3)
      Plan International Philippines, through its Safeguarding Against and Addressing Fishers’ Exploitation at Sea (SAFE Seas) project, hosted an online media forum to raise issues on forced labor and human trafficking on fishing ...

    • Muro ami fishermen rescued in Palawan 

      Mosqueda, Mars W. Jr. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2015, on page 13)
      Twenty-six Cebuano fishermen, claiming that they were illegally recruited and physically abused by the trader – a fellow-Cebuano — who owns their fishing vessel, were rescued by authorities in Palawan. The fishermen claimed ...

    • Rising in trafficked fishermen alarms Tawi-Tawi authorities 

      Soriano, Jake (Malaya, April 21, 2014, on page B1-B6)
      Tawi-Tawi authorities are alarmed at the growing number of fishermen from the Visayas who end up here after being recruited by human trafficking syndicates to engage in dangerous compressor diving. The latest case involves ...

    • Seized Indonesian fishermen released 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, April 29, 2022, on page A9)
      Three Indonesian fishermen who were reported kidnapped off Sabah near the southern Philippine border province of Tawi-Tawi have been freed, reports said on Thursday. The trio was reportedly taken by gunmen on April 24 off ...

    • Strong case seen vs Chinese, Taiwanese fish farm bosses 

      Gabieta, Joey A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A9)
      A social welfare officer here said the two Chinese nationals and a Taiwanese, who owned a fish farm where human trafficking victims were rescued in a recent raid, were not off the hook as evidence against the foreigners ...

    • Sual trafficking victims: Where’s justice for us? 

      Gabieta, Joey (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2018, on page A12)
      There were no easy answers to the questions asked by Eli, 20, a resident of a village here called Barangay 96, when told that the human trafficking case against their tormentors had been dismissed. Eli was among 27 men and ...

    • Taiwanese fishermen protest crackdown 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, November 7, 2018, on page B6)
      Fishermen and their families took to the streets in Taiwan Tuesday against what they said was an unfair crackdown on the industry which has been accused of illegal practices and human rights abuses. The rally by coastal ...

    • Thai government says seafood exports not hit by slavery reports 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, December 22, 2015, on page SI/9)
      Thailand has come under fire from rights groups over allegations of trafficking, abuse and exploitation on its fishing boats, following investigations by media and campaign groups. “Australia’s seafood importers told us ...

    • Thailand cracks down on illegal fishing as fears grow over possible EU export ban 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, July 2, 2015, on page S1/5)
      A belated Thai clampdown on illegal fishing is forcing unlicensed vessels ashore, threatening to paralyze a key industry as the kingdom desperately tries to avoid a European Union ban on exports worth $1 billion a year. ...

    • WWF: endangered species poached in protected areas 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, April 19, 2017, on page B8)
      Illegal poaching, logging and fishing of sometimes critically endangered species is taking place in nearly half of the world’s most protected natural sites, environmental campaigners WWF warned Tuesday. Species listed by ...