Aired (September 14, 2024): Si 'Rona,' tinangkang pagsamantalahan sa San Miguel, Bulacan. Nagtamo siya ng sugat matapos manlaban sa suspek na agad nakatakas. Si 'Ella,' 21, ay binugbog at inabuso ng kanyang dating kinakasama sa loob ng mahigit dalawang taon. Nang siya'y naglakas loob humingi ng tulong sa awtoridad, pinagpasa-pasahan daw siya ng mga ito. Sa kabila ng mga polisiya para protektahan ang kababaihan, bakit patuloy pa rin na tumataaas ang mga kaso ng pang-aabuso?
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00:00A woman was hit by a man and stabbed.
00:10And a man humiliated a woman inside their rented house in Rizal.
00:17The man tried to seduce the woman after she was hurt.
00:22But the man was able to threaten the woman.
00:31I'm playing.
00:37Later on, the woman was hurt again.
00:42The woman couldn't do anything but cry and struggle with the pain.
00:48He was pulling her.
00:49He held her head and punched her face.
00:53The bruises on my old back.
00:57Did he punch it?
00:58Yes, he punched it.
01:00When he pushed me, I couldn't walk anymore.
01:04Of course, when I go to work, I have bruises on my back.
01:10How can a victim escape when a man abuses her?
01:15What was the worst thing he did to you?
01:18I couldn't walk anymore.
01:20The second is that I have a bruise here.
01:24The bruise turned violet.
01:28Stop it. Stop it.
01:32The bruises on her neck.
01:34A broken lip.
01:36The two eyes couldn't be opened.
01:39A woman was attacked in San Miguel, Bulacan.
01:42The woman was forced to fight after a man stabbed her.
01:48He really caught me.
01:50Ma'am, I don't deserve this.
01:53He should have just imprisoned me.
01:59When I saw that his body was that bad, I let him go.
02:04I told him not to be afraid.
02:06I said, I will help you.
02:08It's good that the child joined me.
02:10According to the government, the number of cases of abuse against women is increasing.
02:16Are the government's programs enough to help the victims
02:21and to answer the people involved here?
02:23So as a victim, what did you feel when you were told that you are already a victim of abuse?
02:31I was angry.
02:33I was frustrated because I lost hope.
02:54In this cell phone video taken on April 25, 2024,
02:59you can see the bruises on her face,
03:02broken lips, and closed eyes of the victim whom we will hide under the name of Rona,
03:0819 years old, while asking for help.
03:14The woman was found in the video.
03:17According to Rona, she went out of her house at 10 p.m. to buy food at the store.
03:23I usually buy food at night.
03:29But as she was walking to the store, a man suddenly approached her.
03:35His eyes were red. He seemed to be very angry.
03:39He really wanted to hurt me.
03:42He just said that he will ask me something.
03:44A few moments later, the man's leaves suddenly came out and he smelled it.
03:50This is where she started to faint and lose consciousness.
03:56According to Rona and her parents, we brought her back to the place where she was brought.
04:04According to her, from Barangay Tigpala, San Miguel, Bulacan,
04:07she was forced to get on the motorcycle of the suspect and brought to Barangay San Juan, San Miguel, Bulacan.
04:13There, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there.
04:20Because I was coming straight here and running.
04:24He hit me on the head.
04:26When they arrived at a dangerous place,
04:30she was already beaten and stabbed by a man.
04:33The suspect also tried to rape her.
04:37He hit me on the chest, like you saw, there.
04:40She brought me there and the taxi drove me there.
04:45I saw a light, ma'am, that the people might still be awake.
04:49The door was still open, ma'am, that someone might still help me.
04:56Despite Rona's insistence, she insisted on screaming and asking for help.
05:02It's good that the resident heard Rona's request for help.
05:07I woke up and someone was screaming and asking for help.
05:09I thought it was my nephew who was asking for help.
05:12When he heard the scream, he saw the victim's naked body.
05:20When I saw his naked body, I let him go.
05:24I told him, don't be afraid, I'll help you.
05:28It's good that the child came with me.
05:30Ray also saw the man bumping into Rona, but the suspect was able to escape quickly.
05:37When I saw the man, he ran away.
05:39He ran away that night.
05:41When I brought him here, I brought him there.
05:46Ray immediately reported the incident to the barangay.
05:49Because this is a dark place, ma'am, and this is in the middle of the field.
05:52We don't know if the suspect is still there.
05:55That's why, ma'am, we did our best.
05:58We really didn't see the suspect, ma'am.
06:01Rona's family also witnessed what happened to him.
06:04When I saw his face was broken, I thought it was an accident.
06:11But when he said, follow me, there's a man who will kill me.
06:15That's when I became hysterical, where are you?
06:18In the ongoing search and investigation of the barangay people in the crime scene,
06:23they saw the left motorcycle of the suspect.
06:26Rona also confirmed that this is the motorcycle used by the suspect to bring him to the crime scene.
06:33He left his motorcycle, ma'am.
06:35The motorcycle has a body number.
06:42The only thing we know is that it was stolen.
06:45They also tried to find the possible traces of the suspects
06:48in the closed-circuit television or CCTVs installed in the streets.
06:53This is our house, ma'am.
06:55This is the only place in our barangay, in the center.
06:58Our barangay is owned by them.
07:02It's different.
07:04But unfortunately,
07:05The barangay is owned by homeowners.
07:09That's why, ma'am, we don't let the barangay members in.
07:13In the barangay area, there's no CCTV.
07:17Rona's family immediately went to the police station for a blotter.
07:23San Miguel Municipal Police started their investigation.
07:29The man's name was identified as a person of interest in the motorcycle he left behind.
07:34We will hide him under the name Raymar.
07:38The police searched his house, but he was not found here.
07:44The suspect's house was also searched.
07:48The suspect's house was also searched, but he was not found.
07:54The family was able to get the name of the suspect.
07:59That's why we put the name of the suspect in the report.
08:03We said,
08:04This is for the police.
08:07You should file a case.
08:10March 30, 2024,
08:12The family of Rona fought against the suspect by filing a formal complaint of multiple cases of frustrated rape and frustrated homicide.
08:23She was continuously searched by the authorities.
08:26Because the suspect is still not caught,
08:29Rona's fear is still there.
08:32She really wants to know who he is.
08:36She really wants to know who he is.
08:39Maybe he will come back to me.
08:41You know what I mean.
08:44She still fears for her safety.
08:47I can't imagine that I will see him again.
08:50I really can't imagine that I will see him again.
08:53I will die if I see him again.
08:55I will go back to what he did to me.
09:00According to the barangay,
09:02they will continue to monitor to find the suspect and protect the victim, Rona.
09:08That night, we were watching what happened.
09:11We were on our way,
09:12and the suspect was there.
09:14So that we can help the family,
09:16we can help the police,
09:17on how to catch the suspect.
09:20Because he didn't do it for fun.
09:22The child said,
09:24He almost died.
09:30On July 12, 2024,
09:32the video captured the merciless beating,
09:35Stop it!
09:36Stop it!
09:37and the beating of a man to a woman.
09:40Stop it!
09:42The woman tried to hug the man who was hurting her,
09:45but the man continued to hurt her.
09:48He even forced the woman to finish the beating.
09:53Help me.
09:55Why are you here?
09:57If I were you,
10:03I will play with you.
10:05Get in there.
10:07The woman who is being hurt in the video,
10:0921-year-old Ella,
10:12she doesn't have a real name.
10:16Stop it!
10:18And the man who is hurting her,
10:20she is the former live-in partner that we will hide under the name Val.
10:27A few weeks after the incident,
10:29Ella told the reporter's notebook,
10:31the abuse she experienced,
10:33by the former live-in partner.
10:35I know that he was hurting me before.
10:38Oh my gosh!
10:39That's it?
10:40Yes, that's it.
10:43Stop it!
10:44Stop it!
10:47Why are you approaching him?
10:49To calm him down.
10:51But I can't.
10:53To calm him down.
10:57Stop it!
11:00That's how he was hitting me.
11:02On my head.
11:04And here on my back.
11:05On my back.
11:06With repeated beatings, right?
11:08Yes, ma'am.
11:09It's like physical abuse.
11:12I can't take it anymore.
11:14If I were you,
11:20I will play with you.
11:22Get in there.
11:24In April 2023,
11:25Ella met Val at the BPO company
11:28that they used to work for.
11:30But when the former live-in partner lost his job
11:32in December 2023,
11:34this is where things started to change
11:36when Val approached her.
11:38He lost his job in December 2023.
11:42I continued my work there.
11:45Then he lost his job.
11:47He was depressed.
11:48So when you said he lost his job,
11:50he started beating you up,
11:52what did he do next?
11:55He started beating me up.
11:57He started beating me up.
11:59Then when he started beating me up,
12:01he grabbed my head.
12:03Then he hit me.
12:04Then when he grabbed my head,
12:07he hit me in the face.
12:09Then, of course,
12:11when I got to work,
12:13I had bruises on my face.
12:15I had bruises.
12:16So what I did was,
12:17I started doing face masks.
12:19According to Ella,
12:20she can't count how many times
12:22Val hurt and beat her up.
12:25And as time went by,
12:27the pain and violence of the man
12:29increased.
12:31He started pushing me.
12:32He pushed me,
12:33then he hit me hard.
12:36Where?
12:37On my back.
12:38While you were lying down?
12:39Yes.
12:40Like that.
12:41To make you fall off the bed?
12:42Yes.
12:43So he was hitting me
12:45and dragging me.
12:46You know,
12:47he was pushing me
12:48so hard.
12:52That's how he was.
12:53Did he hurt you every day?
12:55Yes.
12:56Then,
12:57for example,
12:58he hurt me.
12:59Then,
13:00he realized he was wrong.
13:02He apologized.
13:04Like that.
13:06There were also times
13:08when Ella thought
13:09she was done.
13:10What was the worst thing she did?
13:13The fact that I couldn't walk.
13:15The second was
13:17that I had a bruise here.
13:19It was so violet.
13:21She couldn't count
13:23the bruises she had
13:25on different parts of her body.
13:27There was blood here.
13:29Then,
13:30there was a wound.
13:31Then,
13:32I had black eyes.
13:34I had bruises
13:36on my back.
13:38Did he kick you?
13:39He kicked me.
13:41Then,
13:42when he pushed me,
13:44of course,
13:45I couldn't stand up.
13:46When he pushed me,
13:48he kicked me several times.
13:50Then,
13:51he punched me.
13:52Then,
13:53I couldn't stand up.
13:55That's why
13:56I always have bruises
13:57on my sides.
13:59Because of the fear
14:00that something bad
14:01might happen to the person
14:02she was with,
14:03Ella didn't make a complaint
14:05to the authorities,
14:06even to her family.
14:07You know,
14:08it's like you're in jail.
14:10I couldn't reach out
14:12to my parents
14:13because he always
14:14watches me
14:15whenever I move.
14:16He watches my phone.
14:17Why are you talking
14:18to your mom again?
14:19She's like that.
14:20That's why
14:21I couldn't reach out to her.
14:23Until this July 12,
14:25she had another bruise
14:26on her back.
14:28This is where she thought
14:29of making a video
14:30about the last time
14:31she had a bruise on her back.
14:35Stop it!
14:39Stop it?
14:40Stop it?
14:43The next day,
14:44July 13,
14:45this is where
14:46Ella decided
14:47to make a complaint
14:48to the authorities.
14:49But it wasn't easy
14:50for her to reach out
14:51to the authorities.
14:52I went to the medical
14:53hospital
14:54but they didn't let me in.
14:55Then,
14:56I went to the police station.
14:59They didn't let me in either.
15:00As a victim,
15:01how did you feel
15:02when you were being
15:03harassed?
15:04You were already a victim
15:05of making a complaint.
15:07I was actually angry.
15:09At that time?
15:10Yes, at that time.
15:11I felt like I was
15:12losing hope.
15:16Just last week,
15:17we brought Ella's case
15:18to the Philippine National Police
15:20Women and Children Protection
15:22or PNP-WCPC.
15:24They explained
15:25that the police station
15:26could be responsible
15:27for the first assault
15:28on Ella's case.
15:29We have a policy
15:31for failure
15:33to do their mandate.
15:35And they know
15:36that the highest level here
15:38is to dismiss them
15:39from the service.
15:40Once there's a complaint
15:41against them,
15:42we have a process
15:44and we have different
15:46disciplining bodies
15:48that can give them
15:50the right punishment.
15:53We also tried to get
15:54a statement from
15:55Ella's ex-partner, Val,
15:57but she didn't answer
15:58our calls and messages.
16:01Val may face
16:02a case of violation
16:03of the Republic Act 9262
16:05or Anti-Violence Against
16:07Women and Their Children Act.
16:12Ella!
16:19According to the Philippine
16:20National Police
16:21Women and Children
16:22Protection Center,
16:23the number of cases
16:25of violence against
16:26women and children is increasing.
16:28From 11,307 in 2022,
16:31it increased to 13,213
16:34in 2023.
16:37From January to July
16:39of this year,
16:40their office received
16:41more than 5,000 complaints.
16:44According to the latest study
16:45of the Philippine Statistics
16:46Authority in 2022,
16:4830 to 39-year-olds
16:50experience the most
16:51physical and sexual abuse.
16:54But according to the
16:55Department of Social
16:56Welfare and Development
16:57or DSWD,
16:58the number of cases
16:59brought to their agency
17:00decreased.
17:01From 2,551 cases in 2022,
17:05it decreased to 1,205
17:07cases in 2023.
17:09The challenges that we see
17:11in the implementation
17:13of Strengthening Barangay Brothers
17:15is first, the resources
17:17of our barangays.
17:18We know that there are
17:20barangays, especially those
17:21situated in our urban areas,
17:23that really don't have
17:25space for their own
17:27barangay offices.
17:32But what is the action
17:33of the authorities
17:34to speed up the response
17:36to cases of abuse
17:38against women?
17:41We are with the local
17:42government,
17:44we are with the different
17:45agencies of the government,
17:48and even the barangays.
17:51We capacitate our barangays
17:53when it comes to violence
17:54against women and children.
17:56This is an interagency,
17:57not just the police.
17:59And if in case something
18:00happens to them,
18:01they know who they will
18:02run to.
18:03If you are at the desk
18:04of Women and Children
18:05Protection, 24 hours duty,
18:07you need to respond
18:10to all kinds of
18:12violations against
18:14women and children.
18:18According to the Center
18:19for Women Resources, or CWR,
18:22it is important to start
18:23at the barangay level
18:24the strengthening of
18:25the Violation Against
18:26Women and Children,
18:27or VAUCI Desk,
18:28so that it will be easier
18:29for the victims to report.
18:31All barangays in the country
18:34should have a
18:35Violence Against Women Desk
18:37to respond to the reports
18:40of abuse against women.
18:46At the moment,
18:47there are 39,000 VAUCI Desks
18:49in the country.
18:51But it is said that
18:52becoming co-terminus
18:53of VAUCI officers
18:54is also a problem.
18:56If the barangay officers
18:57are replaced again,
18:59they will also be replaced,
19:00so the training
19:01for them is not continuous.
19:05The Department of Interior
19:07and Local Government, or DILG,
19:09admitted that not all
19:10barangays in the country
19:11have a sufficient VAUCI officer
19:13who can respond
19:14to the VAUCI cases.
19:16This is one of the challenges
19:18of our work.
19:20We know that
19:21the barangay boards
19:23are appointed
19:24by our barangay board officers
19:25and it depends on the prerogative
19:27of our appointing authority,
19:29which is the barangay,
19:30if they will be retained or not.
19:33In July 2023,
19:35DILG issued
19:36the Memorandum Circular No. 2023-104.
19:40This includes
19:41the call of the agency
19:42to provincial governors,
19:44city and municipal mayors
19:46to place
19:47and strengthen
19:48the VAUCI Desks
19:49in each barangay
19:50they are in charge of
19:51and to provide
19:52technical and financial assistance
19:54so that each case
19:55brought by the victims
19:56can be properly addressed.
20:00These tasks
20:01need to be completed
20:02within 24 hours.
20:06Meanwhile,
20:07Ella decided
20:08to postpone
20:09the filing of complaints
20:11against her ex-partner,
20:12Val.
20:14We have a challenge here
20:15because
20:16after she talked
20:18to her husband
20:20or her partner,
20:21our victim withdrew.
20:23Sometimes, we have a hard time
20:25for the victim
20:26to continue
20:27the case of 9262.
20:34But when PNP-WCPC clarified
20:36that the evidence of abuse
20:37is complete
20:39and it can be proven
20:40that the suspect is guilty
20:41of abusing,
20:43Depending on the case,
20:44the police can stand up
20:46as a complainant.
20:49In the continued increase
20:50of cases of abuse
20:51against women,
20:53it was proven
20:54that the government
20:55is not doing enough
20:56to protect
20:57their rights.
21:00Several programs
21:01and policies
21:02were implemented.
21:04But due to the lack of people
21:05who will respond
21:06to these cases,
21:07there are people like Ella
21:09who have a hard time
21:10to complain
21:11and like Ronna
21:12who still can't
21:13get justice.
21:17Until next Saturday,
21:18I am Jun Veneracion.
21:22I am Mackie Pulido
21:23and this is
21:24The Reporter's Notebook.