Credit to Author: MARY GLEEFER F. JALEA| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:46 +0000
THE House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading an amended bill, which lowers the minimum age of social responsibility (MASR) to 12 years. Committee on Justice Chairman Salvador…READ
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:02:45 +0000
Even a lawmaker who admitted being drug addict before, opposed the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility to nine years old.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:57:50 +0000
Chelsea Clinton has announced that she and her husband Marc are expecting another child in the summer.
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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: cmolina| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:07:57 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A humanitarian organization has slammed the passage of a bill at the House of Representatives that seeks to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility, saying the move will not discourage adult offenders from abusing children to commit crimes.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 01:41:40 +0000
Criminalizing children as young as nine years old could be “ruinous” to the their future, the Liberal Party (LP) said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:48:48 +0000
THE bill, which seeks to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 9 years old, hurdled the committee level at the House of Representatives. In a hearing on…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:25:09 +0000
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III thinks that majority of senators would agree to lower the age of criminal liability from the current 15 years old.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:58:15 +0000
Senator Bam Aquino on Monday said that the bill seeking to lower the age of criminal responsibility to nine years old would not pass through the Senate even if it was approved by the House of Representatives.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:18:52 +0000
Instead of going after children, the government should “get tough” on big-time drug lords, smugglers and plunderers, Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Monday.
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