01/07/2026
Supreme Court: Maaari nang makasuhan ang babae ng lalaki ng panghahalay o r**e. (R**e through carnal knowledge can be committed by a woman against a man.)
"R.A. No. 11648, passed into law on March 4, 2022, not only raised the age of consent to 16 years old, but it also revised the wording of Section 266-A to state that r**e may be committed by a person who shall have carnal knowledge of another person. The use of “person” in the law instead of specifying the perpetrator's gender theoretically allows for the commission of r**e even by women."
[Maliclic v. People, G.R. No. 280727, February 4, 2026 ]
