08/10/2026
๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐: ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐
The Department of Justice (DOJ) extends its appreciation to the Senate and the House of Representatives for the swift approval and ratification of the Batang Ligtas Act, a significant milestone in strengthening the protection of Filipino children from online abuse and exploitation.
As Chair of the National Coordination Center Against Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children and Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials (NCC-OSAEC-CSAEM), Secretary of Justice Fredderick A. Vida commended both Houses of Congress for acting with urgency on a measure that responds to the growing and evolving threats faced by children in the digital environment.
โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ข๐ฏโ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ต๐ข๐ด ๐๐ค๐ต, ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฏ: ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ-๐ข๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ต๐ข๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ-๐ข๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ.โ
The measure is among the Administrationโs priority bills under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), reflecting its firm resolve to strengthen child protection and hold offenders and enabling entities accountable.
Building on Congressโs decisive action, the DOJ looks forward to the timely completion of the remaining legislative formalities and the measureโs transmittal to the Office of the President for consideration and signature. Sustaining this momentum will bring the stronger safeguards envisioned by the measure closer to the children and families who need them.
The forthcoming observance of National Childrenโs Month in November provides a meaningful occasion for the measureโs enactment into law. Its enactment during this observance would affirm the governmentโs shared commitment to childrenโs rights and welfare, turning that commitment into stronger safeguards against abuse and exploitation.
The Batang Ligtas Act will strengthen the national response to OSAEC and CSAEM through clearer responsibilities, stronger accountability, and coordinated prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution. Its timely enactment will support efforts to address online threats with the urgency that childrenโs protection requires.
The DOJ, through the NCC-OSAEC-CSAEM, looks forward to working closely with relevant government agencies, technology platforms, financial service providers, civil society, children, and victim-survivors to ensure that the measure, once enacted, translates into effective and lasting protection for every Filipino child.
