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The pre-colonial society offered women the greatest opportunities in relation to their social positions. Filipino women were allowed to hold high positions in their communities (as healers and priestesses). It was also common for women to take leadership roles in the barangays (See Barangay) and to fight as warriors. During the pre-colonial ...
Illegal drug trade is a major concern in the Philippines. Meth ("shabu") and marijuana, are the most common drugs accounting most drug-related arrests. Most of the illegal drug trade involved members of large Chinese triad groups operating in the Philippines, owing to its location on drug smuggling routes. [4]
Jennifer Laude was born on November 4, 1987. At the time of her death at the age of 26, she was engaged to a German national. While having a drink with her friend Barbie Gelviro at the Ambyanz Disco in Olongapo, on October 11, 2014, she met an American military foreigner and agreed to go with him to a "short time" hotel called the Celzone Lodge.
The Philippines Government first outlawed bride agencies in 1990 after being alarmed at reports of widespread abuse of Philippine women in other countries. [ 65 ] There have been 5,000 Filipina mail order brides entering the United States every year since 1986, a total of 55,000 as of 1997. [ 66 ]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) earlier said that at least three persons could have committed the murder. [12] However, the allegations against the suspect were baseless according to the suspect's relative, who claimed that he was playing basketball with his friends and doing household chores on the day of her murder. [12]
Rape in the Philippines is considered a criminal offense. In Philippine jurisprudence, it is a heinous crime punishable by reclusión perpetua when committed against women. Rape of males is also legally recognized as rape by sexual assault, which is penalized by imprisonment of six to twelve years. [1] [2]
The capital crimes after the Philippines regained full sovereignty in July 1946 were murder and treason. However, no executions took place until April 25, 1950, [25] when Julio Gullien was executed for attempting to assassinate President Manuel Roxas. [26] Rape would later be listed as a capital crime in 1960. [27] [28]
Rape in Philippine jurisprudence is considered a criminal offense punishable by life imprisonment. The Anti-Rape Law of 1997, which amended the previous definition of rape as defined in the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines of 1930, defines the crime of rape as follows: Article 266-A. Rape: When And How Committed. - Rape is committed: