Sale of babies has reached alarming level – PNP

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SIX babies have been rescued since last January after they were offered to be sold, the PNP said on Monday, adding that these cases have already reached an alarming level.

PNP Women and Children Protection Center director Brig. Gen. Maria Sheila Portento said the number is lower by only three compared to the nine babies rescued for the entire 2025.

In 2024, Portento said they also rescued six babies, all through entrapment operations.

“To say the least, (it’s) alarming for 2016 because we just entered the month of February and we already rescued six babies,” Portento told a press briefing at Camp Crame.

Three of the victims were rescued in January and the remaining three were rescued this month.

One of the victims is a two-day-old baby boy that WCPC operatives rescued during an entrapment operation in Angeles City in Pampanga on Wednesday last week.

Portento said the baby’s mother, who was arrested during the operation, claimed she sold her baby because she had no job and she had a sick child.

Also last Wednesday, WCPC operatives rescued a three-month-old baby girl in Baliuag City in Bulacan. The sellers — the baby’s mother, aunt, and grandmother — were arrested.

Portento said the suspects claimed they sold the baby for P130,000 because the baby’s father and grandfather needed money for bail and medical treatment, respectively. (Malaya News )