South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. issues a warning after a child is seen begging for alms via QR codes for cashless transactions.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Cashless begging, a concerning trend that has emerged in South Cotabato, has caught the attention of officials and raised suspicions of involvement by crime rings.
He expressed his apprehensions after seeing a social media post that showed a child asking people for alms via QR codes for cashless transactions. Tamayo said the law, made during the first Marcos administration, exists to shield children and even infants from exploitation in terms of mendicancy.
Tamayo said there are still loopholes in efforts to help the marginalized sector that need to be addressed, and local governments play a crucial role, particularly through an extensive community-based monitoring system.
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