Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:59:54 +0000
More than half of the 2,098 children rescued in drug operations from July 2016 to February 2019 are drug pushers.
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Bayan Muna party-list has rejected bids to lower minimum age of criminal responsibility, saying it’s “anti-poor, anti-child, anti-people.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:26:35 +0000
Child rights advocates has staged a protest outside the Senate complex to oppose efforts to lower the minimum age of criminal liability.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:14:52 +0000
The problem is in the implementation of the law, a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) representatives said.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:14:52 +0000
The problem is in the implementation of the law, a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) representatives said.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:03:36 +0000
The Senate committee on justice being headed by Senator Richard Gordon would recommend lowering age of criminal liability to 12 years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 04:34:23 +0000
Child rights advocates has gathered outside the Senate to register their strong disapproval to lower minimum age of criminal responsibility.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 03:50:47 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson has underscored the need to “treat and reform” children in conflict with the law and give “justice” to their victims.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:15:12 +0000
In an unprecedented move, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill seeking to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 12 years old, and not nine years old as earlier proposed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:37:11 +0000
As debates on lowering the age of criminal liability continue, the public urged Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray. to speak up
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