‘Middlemen’ caught selling 5-day-old boy for P70,000

MANILA, Philippines — A couple was arrested by the police for allegedly selling another mother’s five-day-old boy for P70,000 in San Pedro City, Laguna, the Philippine National Police Women and Children Protection Center (PNP WCPC) said on Friday. Operatives monitored the first suspect, a woman, online last Feb. 13 allegedly arranging to sell the child,