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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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:55:12 +0000
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday appealed to lawmakers to do some “serious rethinking” on the controversial proposal to reduce the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 08:46:23 +0000
Despite the Senate panel’s recommendation to lower age of criminal liability to 12, Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri asserted that it should be set to 13 years old.
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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:45:04 +0000
A Human Chain was held along Baywalk at Roxas Boulevard to protest against issues under the Duterte administration.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:49:38 +0000
It would be foolish to hold children to the same standards as adults, Ateneo de Manila University president Father Jose Ramon Villarin said Friday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:49:38 +0000
It would be foolish to hold children to the same standards as adults, Ateneo de Manila University president Father Jose Ramon Villarin said Friday.
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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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