SEN. LOREN LEGARDA HAS FILED A RESOLUTION ASKING THE SENATE TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED GROWING BUSINESS OF ‘SEX TOURISM’ IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.
Loren, chair of the Senate Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations, wants to know whether government is doing enough to address the issue of exploitation and prostitution of minors.
Loren observed that sex tourism has been thriving because of the lax implementation of laws against child trafficking and prostitution.
Sex tourism, the senator said, is an “illegal and immoral business that should be banned by the government before it further corrupts the youth and erodes the nation’s moral fabric.”
The probe comes on the heels of a documentary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News entitled “Confronting Evil” that reported the growing number of teenage prostitutes aged 15-18 years old in the country and the spread of sex tourism.
The documentary revealed that more tourists nowadays choose to visit the Philippines not because of the tourist spots but because of the flesh trade, with more and more Filipinos offering minors and teenagers for prostitution, especially to foreigners.
Sex tourism, while a lucrative trade for its purveyors, is believed to have adverse emotional and psychological effects on the lives of the teenagers who have become victims of prostitution.
The documentary pointed out that most of the cases of prostitution and rape in the country go through a long process which may take a year or more for justice to be served.
Source: http://lorenlegarda.com.ph/news_069_Loren_to_probe_sex%20tourism.php
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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napansin ko din yan e. ang daming sex tourists na dumarating dito sa Pinas. Maglibot kalang sa Makati, sa Sta Mesa o sa may Pedro Gil, naglalakaran yang mga yan may mga kasamang costumers at nakikipag negotiate pa sa mga coffee shops. Dapat talga tignan ng gobyerno ung issue na yan e.. Hindi dapat binabalewala. Kasi ginagawa n talgang lugar tong Pilipinas para sa ganun lang. hindi nakakatuwa diba.
ReplyDeleteYup thats true and obvious that is commonly happen in our country coz of money and teenager also are over exposed of that, they think that is good coz elders do that also..so we yshould advise those people who engage this situation especially if we know them..
ReplyDeletenapak dmi ng nging bktima ng prostitution dito sa pilipinas at sana maawa nmn yung mga taong ngbebenta at ngkakalakal ng mga batang inosente sa mga dayuhan
ReplyDeleteAng dapat nting ipromote yung magagandang tourist spots dito sten hindi yung pgbebenta ng mga kalakal na laman ng tao bkit yung ibang mga politiko di man lmng nila maicip na gumawa ng hakbang laban dto buti pa si sen. loren lge my iniative
ReplyDeleteSpecially now npakadami na ding mga kbattang babae na humnhawak sa patlim at npipiplitang ibenta ang mga musmos nilang katwan para lng mbuhay bkit di n lng i-adopt ng gov't. ang mga batang gnito para di na lng cla mapariwara
ReplyDeleteOo nga we just hope they will be guilty and find another ways how to earn money in this modern world. if we just know wats the ways and means we will not be hungry even without doing bad things that can create bad image to our country.
ReplyDeletekung magkakkaron lng sana ng ibang opportunities pra sa mga batang gnito at walng choice para kundi ibenta n lng ang knilang mga ktawan sana mgkaron n lng ng prog. na pwede clang mkapag hanap buhay ng maayos pra di na nila nid mg engage sa gnito kduming trabaho nkaklungjkot tlga
ReplyDeleteSobrang kaawa-awa tlga yung mga batng ulila na nga pariwara pa kc ng imbes na tulungan eh lalo pang nilulugmok sa hirap at pusali ng buhay parang wala n tlgang mgndang umga clang mkikita kung mgpapatuloy pa din toh sana matpos na toh kawawa nmn kc cla
ReplyDeletei agree with you but most of the hteenager now are very tamad mag work they just want to have money without working too hard. .because they didnt trained also thier parents well coz elders also made to do so..especially those street children.
ReplyDeletekung sbagy kyalangan din nilang tulungan ung mg srili nila pero xmpre nid din nman mg participate ng gov't. ntin tungkol dito kc khirapan din nmn yung isang main reason kung bkit mdming mg kabataan ang naeengaged cla sa gnitong modus operandi
ReplyDeletepanatilihin nten ang mgnda at malinis na imge ng pilipinas kc kilala tayo sa buong mundo na mga conservative na mga tao at yun din ang ipinmna sten ng mga ninuno ntin bkit prng sa isang iglap lng eh srang sra na yung imge na yun sana po matgil na tong gnitong mga business..
ReplyDeleteTulungan ntin ang pmahalaan sa pgsugpo ng gnitong klseng hanap buhay ng ibang mga tao at sana mbgyan din ng mgndang kinbukasan ang lhat ng mga kbtaan dito sa pilipinas dhil kung mawawala cla pano n lng ang ating bayan lalo na at tinuturing na pag-asa ng bayn ang mga kbtaan :(
ReplyDeleteOO nga nmn pano pa nting msasabing ang mga kbtaan ang pagasa ng bayan kung musmos pa lng cla eh napu2nta n sa mling lndas ang knilng mga buhay dhil sa pg tetake advantage ng mga tao at sinxmntala ang pgi2ng mhina nila sana hindi gnun sana mkunsensya na cla
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