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PNP chief Gamboa orders intensified drive vs prostitution

(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa has ordered an intensified drive against prostitution. PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac issued the statement after the Palace said it would probe reports of a prostitution ring being patronized mostly by workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations. He said the PNP’s Women and Children Protection Center should be in coordination with regional and local police units. Banac said last year, the WCPC conducted raids in sex dens related to […]

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Palace to probe prostitution rings allegedly patronized by POGO workers

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Jan. 28, said it would probe what is said to be the proliferation of prostitution rings supposedly patronized by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators workers. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality launched a probe into the reports on the same day. During the hearing, Senator Risa Hontiveros, committee chair, showed what she said was a group […]

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Former prostitutes among ex-nuns at Vatican shelter: cardinal

  ROME, Italy (AFP) — Former nuns “abandoned” by the Catholic Church, including some who became prostitutes to survive, have been sheltered at a Vatican residence for more than a year, a Brazilian cardinal said. Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz confirmed the house’s existence at an undisclosed location in Vatican City during an interview for the February issue of the Vatican’s magazine Women Church World. In the wide-ranging interview about women’s roles in the church, […]

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