By Leonard D. Postrado
Published: May 23, 2013
A tip from a foreign, Non-Government Organization (NGO), which handles cases of human trafficking, has led to the rescue of at least four girls, including a minor, from sex den in the province of Pampanga, and the arrest of their alleged pimp, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) reported yesterday.
NBI operatives raided Princess Refreshment bar at Basa Airbase, Florida Blanca, Pampanga last Monday and rescued four girls, two of whom were sisters who asked the International Justice Mission (IJM) for help, according to NBI director Nonnatus Caesar Rojas.
Members of the NBI Central Luzon Regional Office also arrested the supposed pimp of the four girls whom Rojas identified as Herminigilda Hermosa Manalac, 49, of Habilan, Floridablanca, Pampanga.
Investigation by the NBI CELRO headed by Acting Regional Director Atty. Jose Justo S. Yap disclosed that on May 21, 2013, the NBI received an intervention request in Cebu from IJM, a non-government organization handling cases involving human trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children about the case of two women who were enticed to work in Pampanga but ended up in a bar as GROs.











