The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday reminded Japanese officials to be careful in commenting about “comfort women” as the issue of wartime sexual abuse continues to rankle in the Philippines.
SAN FRANCISCO—Filipino women struck a strong presence among more than a thousand Valentine’s Day crowd of mostly women and girls of various ethnicities, who danced “flash-mob” style in front of City Hall to demand an end to violence against women. The event held in 190 places around the world called for a billion women [...]
Thousands danced in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds chanted in South Africa, carrying signs and candles. The Philippines held a 24-hour dance party. Scores of students in India gathered for a candlelight vigil.
Police have arrested a resort cook for the alleged rape of a British tourist in Boracay recently.
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The Filipino envoy who has been accused of sexual harassment has returned to the country and is facing a preliminary investigation by a fact-finding committee, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
Two US servicemen were indicted Tuesday on charges of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa, news reports said, in a case that has fanned the flames of anti-Americanism on the island.
A 50-year-old New Zealand citizen was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping two girls, police said.
Two Koreans have been placed behind bars to face charges for allegedly raping two Japanese women in Lapu-Lapu City on Saturday.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Saturday bristled at photos showing a Panamanian kissing a Filipino woman in the elevator before his alleged rape of her took place.
Panamanian national Erick Bairnals Shcks, who has been accused raping a Filipina, finally broke his silence Friday, claiming that he and his supposed victim engaged in “consensual sex”.
The 19-year-old Filipino woman who has accused a Panamanian national of rape showed up Thursday at the Senate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and the eventual release of the suspect.
