MANILA (Reuters) - Ironman, Captain America, puppeteers and performers on stilts entertained children at a vaccination centre in the Philippines on Monday, part of a drive to boost its COVID-19 ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict millions to their homes may be worsening the ...

In September 2020, the Supreme Court of the Philippines acquitted a man of child sexual abuse charges after he impregnated a 12-year-old girl. The incident took place in 2012, when the man was 27. He ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Family courts are overburdened and take a very long time to resolve child abuse cases Every time I sit in a Philippine family court with social workers and children who are testifying against their ...

Move to cut minimum age of responsibility from 15 to 12 illustrates the low opinion society has of street children The Philippine Lower House is proposing to pass a law lowering the minimum age of ...