Human trafficking cases in the Philippines: A Test of Patience
Sep 01(Formal statement of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center as read by Susan Ople, president, during the first hearing of the Senate committee on foreign affairs, September 1, 2010) Thank you for this opportunity to share our insights as a non-government organization on government’s efforts to fight human trafficking. The Blas F. Ople Policy Center is currently monitoring and assisting trafficked...
New Champions VS Human Trafficking
Jul 22Today we had a national dialogue between civil society and leaders in government on the problem of human trafficking. It was a well-attended event. My fellow convenors for this event were Atty. Gwen Pimentel of the Association of Child Caring Agencies in the Philippines, Amina Rasul-Bernardo of Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy, and Cecile Oebanda-Flores of the Visayan Forum...
Gruesome murder of Filipino maid in Kuwait
Jul 19The Arab Times online edition reported that police detectives in Kuwait found a body of a dead Filipino maid near a horse stable. Upon further investigation, the police obtained a confession from a Kuwaiti couple who employed the household helper. The couple confessed that they maltreated the Filipino woman daily. Fearing that she was dying, the couple decided to bring her to an area near the...
Video against Illegal Recruitment and Human Trafficking
May 13
We had a dinner-forum event last Wednesday, May 12, at Dulcinea in Tomas Morato. We invited several bloggers so that they could meet some of the bus drivers that the Ople Center was able to bring home from Dubai. Bloggers with Bus Drivers, Susan Ople, Carlo Ople, and Former Congressman Willie Villarama Here’s the video that the Blas F. Ople Policy Center produced against Human Trafficking...
Ople Center’s Press Release re Trafficking of Filipino women to Malaysia
Mar 25News Release Blas F. Ople Policy Center March 25, 2009 Ople Center seeks end to trafficking of Filipino women to Malaysia The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization engaged in the fight against human trafficking and illegal recruitment, urged the Philippine government to take serious steps in addressing the illegal recruitment and trafficking of Filipino women to Malaysia where...
