Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:07:02 +0000
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged lawmakers to reject a bill proposing to lower the age of criminal liability from 15 years old to 12.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:26:11 +0000
An ecumenical coalition and a group of concerned economists on Tuesday said legislators planning to lower the age of criminal responsibility were missing their purported target in the fight against crime by punishing children.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:31:15 +0000
Voters who favor the move to lower the threshold age of criminal liability from 15 to 12 years old should not elect in the coming midterm elections senatorial candidates who oppose it, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:40:40 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 12 years old instead of 9 as earlier proposed by members of the House of Representatives was acceptable to him.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:32:43 +0000
The country’s main association of pediatricians on Wednesday joined human rights and child welfare groups in opposing the bill that would lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old.
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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: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:23:12 +0000
Members of the House of Representatives and senators have started tackling separate versions of a controversial measure to amend a juvenile law to lower the age of criminal responsibility for children from the current 15 years old before their current terms end in June.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:22:28 +0000
A labor group on Tuesday warned that lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 9 years old may pave the way for a rise in the number of child labor cases in the country.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:21:12 +0000
Malacañang on Tuesday said critics of a bill that would lower the age of criminal responsibility for children from 15 to 9 years old should read the measure and understand its objectives before speaking against it. “What I’m saying is before you open your mouth, you better know your facts,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said […]
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