The Philippine Government gave assurances that its agencies are closely monitoring evacuation centers in the central and southern parts of the Philippines in order to prevent alleged incidents of prostitution and human trafficking.
These assurances were made by the Presidential Communications Operations Office Sec., Herinio Coloma Jr. after reports of such incidents of prostitution and trafficking in evacuation centers located in Zamboanga, where a standoff between the Philippine Government and Muslim militia took place last year, and in Tacloban, which was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.
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