17-year-old mom in QC arrested for selling baby for P55,000

Jason Sigales 01/08/2026

MANILA, Philippines — A mom in her teens was arrested for allegedly selling her baby, a month old, for P55,000, according to a report from the Philippine National Police Women and Children Protection Center (PNP-WCPC) on Thursday.…

Regional rehab center for girls now operational in Cebu — DSWD-7

Airam Limatog 12/05/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The country’s first rehabilitation facility for female children in conflict with the law has began its full operations on November 2025, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region VII has announced.…

Cebu City police rescue escaped minors in separate operations

Lyle Andales 09/05/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Cebu City carried out two separate operations that led to the rescue of 13 minors who escaped from the Cebu City Operation Second Chance Center in Barangay Kalunasan on Wednesday morning,…

Bohol Youth Home now ready to accommodate CICLs

07/23/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Boholano children, who are in conflict with the law, now have a place to stay while they undergo rehabilitation. The Bohol Youth Home that was launched on July 22 will start to accept…

DSWD explains handling cases of children in conflict with law

Zaldy De Layola - Philippine News Agency 12/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines—An official of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC), an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday explained the proper procedures for handling cases involving children in conflict with…

Operation Second Chance empowers CICLs thru livelihood programs

Kim Ablaña 02/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Operation Second Chance Center (CCOSCC) in Barangay Kalunasan is empowering its young wards with innovative livelihood programs in a bid to transform their lives. Portia Basmayor, the executive director of CCOSCC,…

3 ‘girl bullies’ surrender; turned over to home for children in conflict with the law

Futch Anthony Inso 07/04/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The three minors, who bullied and mauled a 15-year-old teenager in Sitio Kabatuan 2 in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City on July 2, and their teenager-videographer were now turned over to the Home Care…

Minors now account for most theft and robbery incidents in Carcar City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/18/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The rise in juvenile criminality in Carcar City is a concern that needs to be addressed and focused on, the city’s top police official said. Police Lieutenant Colonel Ardioleto Cabagnot, chief of…

Five CICLs remain at large after escaping Cebu City juvenile facility

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five children in conflict with the law (CICL) who were among the 20 who escaped a juvenile facility in Barangay Kalunasan here on Saturday night, April 9, 2022, remain at large. Police Lieutenant…

CICLs join in making PPEs for Cebu frontliners

Immae Lachica 04/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—  The Magone Home Aftercare Program in Liloan town, Cebu, is one with the frontliners in fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This as the facility which houses children in conflict with the law (CICL)…

Operation Second Chance head: 6 minors who escaped facility wanted to spend Christmas with family

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The six Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) who escaped from the Operation Second Chance in Barangay Kalunsasan, Cebu City, on Sunday night, December 22, 2019, wanted to spend their Christmas outside…

3 escaped minors have still to return to Cebu City’s Operation Second Chance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/26/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three of the 11 children in conflict with the law (CICL) who escaped from Operation Second Chance (OSC) have yet to be returned to the facility 15 days after Cebu City Mayor …

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