• The IACAT warmly accepted the offer of support by the Kingdom of Netherlands, a member of the European Union bloc (EU), construct the Victim Processing Center (VPC) Pilot Project and improvement of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Database Enhancement Project.
  • Welcome dinner with delegates to the ASEAN Experts Working Group Meeting on the ASEAN Convention on Trafficking In Persons & Regional Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking for the SOMTC
  • Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Manila to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent "regional plan of action" to enable ASEAN to act in unison
  • Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Manila to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent "regional plan of action" to enable ASEAN to act in unison
  • Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Manila to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent "regional plan of action" to enable ASEAN to act in unison
  • DOJ Sec. Leila De Lima and DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman

    co-chairs of IACAT during the visit of Amb. CdeBaca

  • IACAT AND PPA DECLARES WAR vs HUMAN TRAFFICKING

    PPA General Manager Atty. Juan C. Sta. Ana and PPA Assistant GM for Operations Raul T. Santos

  • Amb Luis CdeBaca and the Members of IACAT
  • Turnover of the Manual for Asset Forfeiture Proceedings in Human Trafficking

    with representatives from IACAT, USAID and the American Bar Association

  • IACAT AND PPA DECLARES WAR vs HUMAN TRAFFICKING
  • Formal Turnover of Manual for Asset Forfeiture Proceedings in Human Trafficking to IACAT

    with representatives from Member Agencies.

  • GPH-IACAT Delegation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

    seen with Bureau Head Maarten Abelman & his team in front of the Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings in The Hague. Undersecretary-in-Charge of the IACAT, Dept of Justice Undersecretary Jose Vicente B. Salazar led the GPH team as Head of Mission.

  • United Nations Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi and Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima, IACAT chair

    United Nations Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi met with the top level officials of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to culminate her 5-day visit to the Philippines after examining the situation of trafficked persons and the impact of anti-trafficking measures in the country. Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima, IACAT chair joined in the debriefing held at the Department of Justice.

  • IACAT 2012

By PDDAD payday loans

You are here: Home Broadcast Industry Supports Government’s Fight Against Human Trafficking

Broadcast Industry Supports Government’s Fight Against Human Trafficking

Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 10:51 | Print | Email

The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) joined force to combat the menace of human trafficking in the country as they signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) which will make KBP a partner in the broadcast industry to help in the awareness and education campaign of the government against this crime against humanity.

 

Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima, chairperson of IACAT, and Herman Z. Basbano, Chairman of the KBP board of directors led the MOA signing during a thanksgiving lunch held at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila yesterday. De Lima stated in her message that in “battling human trafficking, it is precisely what our people don’t know which hurt them and hurt them bad.”

This agreement between IACAT and KBP in line with Section 21 (e) of RA 9208, otherwise known as “Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003” which mandates IACAT to conduct of massive information dissemination and campaign on the existence of the law and the various issues and problems attendant to trafficking through the LGUs, concerned agencies, and NGOs. “When it comes to this evil …the battle we fight is not just against crimes and criminals. We are fighting a war against ignorance,” she added.

The IACAT and KBP held an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Conference for Media Practitioners last month where the KBP made a public declaration to hold a united stand against trafficking in persons pursuant to R.A. 9028 or “Anti-Human Trafficking Act of 2003.” KBP issued Circular No. 012-022, intended to support IACAT in promoting its project entitled “Call Action Line 1343 Anti-Human Trafficking.”

Present in the MOA signing were members of the Board of Directors of KBP and representatives from the Presidential Communications Operations Office, Commission of Filipinos Overseas, and the Department of Interior and Local Government. Also present were the Executive Officers (EOs) of the newly re-organized IACAT Secretariat.

Justice Undersecretary Jose Vicente B. Salazar, in charge of the daily operations of IACAT said “our battle against human trafficking is nothing less than demanding and the help of an esteemed organization like the KBP assures that we shall prevail at day’s end.” 

Get Involved