Manila Republic: Domestic abuse tops VAWC-related calls to 911; victims assured of safe, confidential reporting

Posted in NGA911PH, NGA911PH-Events on Mar 26, 2026

Domestic abuse continues daily in Philippine households, alongside wife battery, maltreatment, and rape, while children face online sexual abuse and exploitation, violent discipline, incest, bullying, neglect, psychological abuse, and economic exploitation.

Data from the Emergency 911 National Office from January 2025 to February 2026 shows domestic trouble as the most reported case, with 2,533 calls involving physical, sexual, psychological, or economic abuse. Wife battery, maltreatment, and rape cases followed at 214,209 and 106 incidents, while 173 calls involved child abuse.