Data of rape cases in the country last year by the Philippine National Police: Women and Children Protection Center (PNP: WCPC) indicate that there were 169 reported rape cases in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Take note that this number refers only to reported cases. It doesn't include cases that the agency weren't aware off.
A special report by journalist Agatha Guidaben for GMA 7 plotted national data from the WCPC in a simplified table and infographic which you can see below. As the infographic shows, the Cordillera region is among those with the least reported cases with 169 cases. Region IV has the largest tally with 833 cases.
It can be very misleading if you are to only look at the numbers. It doesn't matter how accurate the numbers and tallies are. I'm trying to make this point because someone on Facebook came up with a comment which basically celebrates his viewpoint that based on the data, Cordillerans have moral ascendancy over other people in the country.
For one, the Cordillera region is among the least populated regions in the country. It would be unfair to compare the data, say of the Cordillera region against the data for NCR basing on the two region's populations alone. The numbers should be analyzed on a regional basis or provincial basis. In fact, rape cases in Benguet has been on the rise on the first half of this year. So there.
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| Infographic by GMA News. |
