How do we protect our children?
Last month, photos of an innocent-looking young girl splashed the headlines of local newspapers. It turned out to be Liezyl Margallo , 23, who has sixteen (16) pending warrants of arrests and is facing charges on human trafficking , anti-photo and video voyeurism, and the anti-child abuse act. Most of the victims were street children and children from families too large for parents to support. They were promised a better life for their children once adopted. Instead, the children face horrendous acts of violence. More recently, I was shocked to learn about a 4-month baby girl treated for lacerations on her genitals due to rape. This was all over the news that day. A few years back, I remember an international organization from the Netherlands called Terre des Hommes ( TDH ) created a digital ten-year old Filipino girl named Sweetie to entrap pedophiles engaging in webcam child sex tourism. There are also a number of videos on youtube.com whic...