Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:17:23 +0000
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said he will oppose the bill seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to 12 years old if it reaches the Senate floor.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:11:12 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has become a “veritable chamber of regressive legislation” after it reduced the minimum age of criminal responsibility from the present 15 to 12 years old and restored the death penalty for drug-related offenses, Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman lamented on Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:56:34 +0000
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said he favors the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility, adding that criminal syndicates tend to use minors to commit crimes.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:55:16 +0000
Detained Senator Leila de Lima tagged as ‘heartless monsters’ those who are in favor of lowering the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 years old to nine.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:15:36 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Children Basic Sector has expressed opposition to the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to nine years old.
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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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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:37:48 +0000
SENATORS on Tuesday expressed opposition to an approved measure at the House of Representatives to lower the age of criminal liability for minors, saying that a nine-year old offender is…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:13:31 +0000
PHYSICAL injury is the most committed crime by minors as the number of juvenile delinquents in the Philippines went up in 2018, the Philippine National Police-Women and Children Protection Center…READ
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:06:17 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Former Caloocan City 2nd District Representative Mary Cajayon-Uy the other day said that children are the ‘most marginalized sector’ because they do not have a direct effect during election season — because they cannot vote. She added that because of this, lawmakers disregarded children’s rights when they pushed for a lower minimum […]
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:11:39 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Various child rights advocates denounced on Tuesday moves to pass a law that would lower the age of criminal responsibility to 9 years old.
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