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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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, 07 Feb 2019 09:50:40 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — TV host and producer Daphne Oseña-Paez said the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) should remain at 15 years old because the law still needs to be fully implemented. “I think, in keeping with what UNICEF is advocating, a restorative justice system for young people and keeping the current law at […]
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:02:22 +0000
European civil society groups have joined calls against the passage of a bill that seeks to hold minors as young as 12 years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:33:06 +0000
Different child rights groups have staged a protest outside the Senate complex on Monday to oppose the proposed law that would lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) for minors.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:31:50 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Members of the Kabataan party-list and the youth wing of Gabriela party-list on Monday protested the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal liability (MACR) and to revive the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:47:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A weak justice system would put children in conflict with the law (CICL), especially those coming from poor families at a disadvantage if the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) is lowered, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:16:53 +0000
The results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing that majority of Filipinos agree that the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) is 15 years old should be considered, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday as the Senate tackles bills seeking to lower the MACR to 12 years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:10:22 +0000
Sen. Risa Hontiveros is happy about the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, which shows that majority of Filipinos agree that the minimum age for criminal responsiblity (MACR) should be 15 years old.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:38:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Gabriela Women’s party-list has expressed dismay over the approval by the House of Representatives’ of the lowered minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to 12 years old, saying it would harm children’s rights.
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