Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:23:33 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Eleven-year-old Jerry’s crime was breaking curfew laws after fleeing violence at home. His punishment? Being sent to a youth detention center, where he says he endured sexual abuse.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 21:57:29 +0000
Jayson was roused from sleep one early morning at Bahay Pag-asa, a local government child care center in this town in Rizal province. “Your brother’s here,” he was told.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:19:01 +0000
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) needs P2.5 billion from the proposed 2019 national budget for the establishment and maintenance of Bahay Pag-asa Centers for youth offenders nationwide, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:03:18 +0000
Small, scrawny and looking younger than his 14 years, Janmark (not his real name) is one of several children in conflict with the law staying at the two-room Bahay Pag-asa in Mandaluyong City. He ended up there after he was busted for using marijuana earlier this month. Already, Janmark has a couple of bruises to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:33:36 +0000
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday made the commitment to direct local government officials to construct Bahay Pag-asa or child-reform centers in their localities for children in conflict with the law.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:32:06 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III believes majority of Senators would be open to supporting moves to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:29:51 +0000
ONLY 55 out of the 114 “homes” for juvenile delinquents nationwide are operational as of June 2018, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Tuesday. These “homes,” called Bahay…READ
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 03:28:09 +0000
Senator Leila de Lima said minors caught in illegal drugs crimes must be sent to reform centers instead of parading them before the media, .
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