Binay confident that PH will get Tier 1 rating
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MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay is confident that the Philippines can soon get a Tier 1 rating in the global campaign against human trafficking. In his speech at the 5th Social Watch Global Assembly last Tuesday, Binay said, "The country’s modest achievements allow us to believe that we could achieve Tier 1 status at the soonest possible time." The Philippines had recently been removed from the human trafficking watch list and upgraded to Tier 2 status by the US State Department. "We are committed to upgrade our efficiencies in investigating, prosecuting both labor and sex trafficking offenders, including government officials involved," Binay said. Binay said the government will go beyond protective and responsive measures, and create an environment that would make it impossible for traffickers to ply their trade. The US State Department had lauded the Philippines’ intensified effort to combat human trafficking. "Our small victories against human trafficking probably require repeating. We gave that task the highest priority, and less than one year later, the US State Department upgraded the status of the Philippines in its 2011 global trafficking in persons report," Binay said. Also in India Times http://iplextra.indiatimes.com/article/086q8cH77U31V?q=Phili |
