A total of 1,548 rape cases were reported from January 1 to June 30 this year, translating to an average of eight to nine incidents daily or one every three hours.
Citing police reports, lone Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago said incidence of rape in the first semester went up by six percent compared to the 1,459 cases reported in the same period last year.
Santiago said this only proves that the death penalty failed to discourage violent ***ual assaults on women and other reprehensible felonies.
A total of 2,918 rape cases were listed in 2004. In 2003, a total of 3,084 incidents were reported.
Santiago urged the appropriate congressional committees to look into reports that the death penalty has merely emboldened an increasing number of rapists to try to cover up their crime by killing their hapless victims.
Southern Tagalog had the most number of rape cases listed in the first semester at 245, followed by Western Visayas, 174, Metro Manila, 154, Bicol, 138, Central Visayas, 129, Central Luzon, 96, and Eastern Visayas, 90.
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for sure madami pa din diyan ang hindi naka blotter or na i report


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