A report just published has found that more women are coming forward to report incidents of domestic abuse, rape and incest. The government department set up for the protection of women has received on average 1,116 complaints a month this year, compared with 1,047 last year. This, however, does not necessarily represent an increase in the incidence of violence against women. NGOs working on the issue attribute the 6.6% rise to an increase in information, which has made victims more willing to come forward and speak up about what has long been a taboo subject. In the last four days alone, ten people have been murdered in episodes of domestic violence. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez has called upon all sectors of society for more preventive action against intra-familiar violence, citing factors such as psychological problems, poverty and lack of communication as chief factors.