Pedophiles and Internet perverts be warned.
In 2009, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed into law the Anti-Hentai Bill Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, a law that penalizes offenders with a one-month imprisonment to a life sentence, along with a fine of 300,000 to 5 million Philippine pesos. In short, this law will penalize persons in possession of any representation of a child engaged or involved in a real or simulated explicit sexual activity. Owning child porn pics and child porn videos, or even browsing a child porn website in a Philippine Internet cafe will get you imprisoned in the Philippines. And together with Republic Act 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, the Philippines is now a safe haven for children.
Theoretically.
In March, 2011, Cagayan De Oro City, Southern Philippines, charges were filed against a former Police officer. The minors claimed that they were forced by the policeman to participate in group sex. The Policeman faced one count of rape and 11 counts of child abuse, but he denied the accusations and fled. Consequently, the local government offered a Php 100,000.00 reward for any information regarding his arrest.
In December 2011, a Swedish court sentenced a man to five years prison for raping a five year old girl. According to court documents, upon his arrest, the man had already purchased a ticket to the Philippines and planned to sexually assault more children during his trip.
To date, the Philippines is the fourth country with the most number of prostituted children, and authorities have identified an increase in child molesters travelling to the Philippines. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates 60,000 to 100,000 Filipino children are involved in prostitution. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates about 100,000 children are involved in prostitution. There are estimated to be 375,000.00 women and girl prostitutes in the Philippines, mostly between the ages of 15 and 20. Some are even as young as 11.
That's not all. The Philippines National police estimates that one Filipino child is raped every 2 hours.
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http://www.unescap.org/esid/hds/sexual/philippines.pdf 
To date, the Philippines is the fourth country with the most number of prostituted children, and authorities have identified an increase in child molesters travelling to the Philippines. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates 60,000 to 100,000 Filipino children are involved in prostitution. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates about 100,000 children are involved in prostitution. There are estimated to be 375,000.00 women and girl prostitutes in the Philippines, mostly between the ages of 15 and 20. Some are even as young as 11.
That's not all. The Philippines National police estimates that one Filipino child is raped every 2 hours.
Yet the cases of child abuse and sexual exploitation in the Philippines still tend to be under-reported for many reasons.
Filipino children are often threatened against reporting the crime by the persons who committed the crime. In many cases, the victims believe that the sex crime is their fault because their families, media and society tend to blame victims of sexual abuse and exploitation for the crime. Consequently, these children feel ashamed and guilty and would rather not report these crimes against them to Filipino authorities. Poverty also often contributes to this problem, as many Filipino children allow themselves to become prostitutes in brothels who offer them a way to earn money. Prostitution is one of many types of sexual exploitation Filipino children face. The number of local road side brothels have blossomed in the Philippines in the recent years because of the Government's lack of political will to ban these establishments and to enforce the laws they made to protect the rights of Filipino children.
Parents, be warned!
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