New law raises sexual consent to age 16
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure raising the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 years. ...
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Senate ratifies law raising age for determining statutory rape
The Senate has ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee’s report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2332 and House Bill ...
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Raise age of sexual consent, fight off child marriage–senator
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to force 2.5 million girls into early marriage, and the Philippines having the 12th highest ...
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