Sun.Star Baguio
By Maria Elena Catajan
Sunday, August 10, 2014
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Officials ring the alarm after rape cases here have escalated.
Police records reveal that from January to June this year, rape cases totaled 116, with Benguet logging in the highest at 28 cases, followed by Baguio with 21, Mountain Province with 20 cases, Ifugao with 19 and Apayao, Abra and Kalinga with 12 apiece.
Out of the 116 cases, Police Regional Office Cordillera information officer Davy Limmong said rape against children in Benguet reached 24 cases.
For the same period last year, there were a total of 109 cases, with Benguet still topping with 34, followed by Abra and Baguio each with 18, Mountain Province with 14, Kalinga with 10, Apayao with 7, and Ifugao with 6.
Out of the 109 cases, 16 were rape against children from Benguet alone.
Towns in the province are addressing the increase in crimes against women and children since the escalation started.
The Philippine National Police has strengthened the women's desk eyed to make officers more effective in dealing with victims flocking to the police desk.
For the Provincial Government, a summit on child welfare has been convened to address pressing issues on children in the province.
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