‘Implement Juvenile Justice Act’
Amid the failure of the 17th Congress to pass a bill to lower the minimum age for criminal responsibility, child ...
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Confetti rain on Catriona’s parade
The beauty pageant-mad Philippines welcomed home freshly crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray on Thursday with a parade through the capital ...
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Pedia group opposes lower age for crime responsibility
The Philippine Pediatric Society Inc. on Thursday opposed the lowering of the minimum age for criminal responsibility, saying the existing ...
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Senators urged to reconsider stand on MACR
Senators who are objecting to the proposed measures to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) urged their colleagues ...
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Most Pinoys want ‘criminal age’ at 15, survey says
Most Filipinos want to retain the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 15 years old, the latest Social Weather Stations’ ...
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House sets ‘criminal age’ at 12
Voting 146-34-0, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill 8858, which lowered the ...
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Suffer the little children
A boy attends a protest against the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility in front of the Senate ...
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Duterte: No jail for children, yes for parents
President Rodrigo Duterte is in favor of making parents accountable for the criminal acts of their children, the Palace said ...
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‘Criminal age’ set at 12, not 9
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 15 ...
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