Credit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:21:33 +0000
Miss Universe Catriona Gray may have been “misinformed” and needs to be “educated” about the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility, presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Thursday.
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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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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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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: 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: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:19:40 +0000
From 15 years old, the emerging consensus is to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 13, Senator Cynthia Villar has disclosed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:08:37 +0000
NNegros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. said on Monday that if Catholic children are given their first communion, they can already determine the right from wrong and may be submitted to the justice system.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:20:23 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Several lawmakers on Monday cited the inability of 12 year old children to distinguish between what is legal and illegal as the primary reason behind their dissenting vote on the bill lowering of minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR). On Monday, the House of Representatives voted 146-34 to pass HB 8858 on […]
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:41:51 +0000
The bill seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) to 12 years old has been approved by the House of Representatives on the third and final reading.
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