Facebook Page Illegally Selling Filipino Babies

While child trafficking for sex is a problem in the Philippines this case is a little different.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1031368/nbi-nabs-baby-seller-nurse-for-child-trafficking

The baby seller, identified as April Rose Ramirez, was reportedly selling the child of a married woman with another man. The nurse, Catherine Lagustan, wanted to buy a child to prove to her boyfriend that he got her pregnant. 

Lagustan took to social media to search for a baby. She found the Facebook page Babies home.ph and closed the deal with Ramirez. 

She reportedly shouldered Ramirez’ and child’s airfare from Cagayan De Oro to Manila. The agreement was the child will be bought for P30,000 and Ramirez will get a fee of P3,500. 

However,  when they arrived at the  Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sept.1o, Lagustan found out that the baby has a cleft palate. Though still willing to pay the agreed amount, she refused to take the child. As the child was crying incessantly, a certain Rose Antiquina volunteered to help calm the baby. 

Lagustan and Ramirez left the baby to Antiquina while they bought a return ticket to Cagayan de Oro. Lagustan also gave Ramirez P26,000. Lagustan later went back to the place where they left Antiquina and the child. But when Ramirez did not return, Antiquina and Lagustan went to the Airport Police Department (APD) for assistance. 

It turned out that Ramirez was also looking for them and they all met at the APD. 

The airport police became suspicious that this incident involves child trafficking and decided to report the matter to the NBI.

From another source:

Initial reports said Lagustan and Ramirez managed to contact each other through the Facebook page Babies Home.ph which is found to be engaged in the illegal activity of selling babies.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1047783

A Facebook page engaged in selling babies?  That's right.

https://www.facebook.com/Babieswelcomehome2017/

Here is this page's justification for their activities:

Hello there , maybe some of us already watched the ted failon bullshits , 

And this is my point of view , this is for all those ignorant people out there . Listen? And listen closely .  

1. Ted failon's news is a hoax , so as abscbn  

2. Television will brainwash you  

3. Adoption is illegal tru online ? Come on? Why? Did I post pictures of the said baby? Nope I didn't .  

4. If this is illegal then why there's a lot of pulis officers lawyers and successful people here in this page at this moment , always leavinga msg , indicating to help them complete their family?  

5. Yes it's illegal! If you didn't sign papers between u and the birthmom !  

6. Yes it's illegal to ask money from the adoptors ! Here me out birthmoms the only legal by law is , 5,000 minimum . Mamatay na kayong mga may 50,000 ang demand !  

7. You want it legal? Damn find a lawyer ! Easy!  

8. If this is illegal why we already helped almost 20 families , and 10 LGBT , 3 individuals ?  

9 .you cannot adopt at dswd if you are not : 

- married 

- not LGBT 

- doesn't have a stable job 

- right age with bank statement 

- doesn't own a house 

And especially , 

- if you don't have 200,000 pesos!  

10. Why people , couples , gay choose private adoption and group pages? Because they have a fair fight when it comes to adoption .  

AND THATS THE TRUTH!  

Truth slaps . 

Here is the government's response to illegal adoptions:

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Cagayan Valley Region warned the public particularly those who engaged in illegal adoptions facilitated through social media networks or other means. 

Lucia S. Alan, DSWD OIC-regional director, said that only DSWD is mandated by the government to process legal adoption. 

“No other entities are authorized or have the capacity to process such,” Alan said, adding that illegal adoptions were tantamount to child trafficking.   

https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1008084

How awful is it that this is happening right on Facebook? Where is Mark Zuckerberg? And how awful it is for these helpless children who are caught up in this mess? A nurse wanting to entrap her boyfriend pays big money for a baby only to reject it, but still pay the money, because it has a cleft pallet! It's heartbreaking and sad beyond belief.

And then the owner of this page posts a diatribe basically admitting that what they are doing is illegal. 

It appears most of this is originating in Mindanao. What a sick place that province is. Islamic terrorism and child trafficking. A cesspool of iniquity if ever there was one.