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                    [ArticleID] => 1956407
                    [Title] => 200 Filipino nurses in NYC win human trafficking suit
                    [Summary] => A United States federal judge has ruled that the owners of the Sentosa group of nursing homes violated the country’s anti-trafficking law by using threats of serious harm against more than 200 nurses from the Philippines.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1291954
                    [AuthorName] => Edmund Silvestre
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/09/30/gen14-nurse-patient-jaydirectoafp_2019-09-30_22-44-54_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 956795
                    [Title] => ‘Phl status in US trafficking report a feat for DOJ’
                    [Summary] => 

The US State Department’s retention of the Philippines in Tier 2 status in its latest trafficking in persons report is a feat for the Department of Justice (DOJ).

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 956903 [Title] => Phl to strengthen action against human trafficking [Summary] =>

The government vowed today to exert more efforts in addressing the problem of human trafficking after the United States has retained the country under Tier 2 status.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-21 23:15:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 956239 [Title] => US report: Rampant corruption in Philippines enables human traffickers [Summary] =>

"Rampant corruption" in all government levels weakened efforts against human trafficking in the Philippines, which remains non-compliant to international anti-trafficking standards, a United States report recently said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-20 17:05:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img809/713/met1newu.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 820453 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Tier 2 [Summary] =>

The Philippines did not slide down to the watch list category, and the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report cited some progress in the country’s efforts to fight human trafficking.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img204/553/startoonthumbq.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 659960 [Title] => SC to courts: Resolve human trafficking cases quickly [Summary] =>

Chief Justice Renato Corona said yesterday he wants the courts to speed up the resolution of human trafficking cases to prevent the country from being downgraded to Tier 3 category among countries failing to meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 630758 [Title] => IBP to give free legal aid to human trafficking victims [Summary] =>

Citing the need to improve on the low level of prosecution and convictions involving cases of human trafficking, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has offered to extend free legal aid to victims of trafficking.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 597311 [Title] => RP to lose US financial support against human trafficking [Summary] =>

The government is running the risk of losing the US government's financial support worth $250 million to sustain the battle against human trafficking, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima disclosed today.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-28 22:02:34 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496484 [Title] => Organized crime charges in human trafficking case [Summary] => KANSAS CITY (AP) -- From a nondescript brick building a few blocks from the bright lights of Kansas City's oldest entertainment district, Giant Labor Solutions lured hundreds of foreigners to the city with promises of good jobs and a chance to live the American dream. [DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 09:59:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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