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11 youth offenders tumakas sa reformation house sa Cebu

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Posted at Oct 05 01:40 PM

Tumakas umano ang 11 youth offenders sa isang reformation center sa Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. Read more »

Pangilinan hopeful Senate peers will reject lower criminal liability age

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Updated as of Jan 29 11:14 AM

MANILA - (UPDATED) Opposition Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday expressed hope that his Senate colleagues would reject a bill bringing down the age of criminal liability to 12. Read more »

Senior citizens bat for pension fund, slam lower criminal liability age

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 04:37 PM

A coalition of senior citizens on Monday urged lawmakers to prioritize the passage of a law that will create a universal social pension fund instead of tinkering with the country’s minimum age of criminal responsibility. Read more »

PNP favors lowering criminal age, cites 'surge' in child offenders at age 12

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 05:14 PM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday it was inclined to support the proposal of the House of Representatives to lower the age of criminal liability to 12 years old, citing a spike in criminal involvement of minors at such age.  Read more »

Children don't belong in prison, says Gordon

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Updated as of Jan 25 05:51 PM

The Constitution, the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, the Child and Youth Welfare Code are just some of the laws protecting the rights of children, Gordon said. Read more »

Hontiveros: Lowering age of criminal liability 'immoral, unnecessary, ineffective'

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Posted at Jan 25 05:09 AM

MANILA - Lowering the age of criminal responsibility, whether 9 or 12, is immoral, unnecessary, and ineffective, Senator Risa Hontiveros said Thursday. Read more »

CHR: House tweak on criminal liability age 'not an act of compassion'

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Posted at Jan 24 06:54 PM

The House of Representatives' act to adjust its proposal of bringing down the minimum age of criminal responsibility is "not an act of compassion", the Commission on Human Rights said Thursday.  Read more »

Rehab centers may bow under additional child custody - juvenile council

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Updated as of Jan 24 02:32 PM

A center housing 50 children would also need to spend a daily average of P7,500 in urbanized cities and P6,000 in non-urban areas for the care and food alone of their wards. Read more »

PNP chief backs lower criminal age, but wants good rehab programs

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Updated as of Jan 24 10:53 AM

The chief of the Philippine National Police said Thursday that he supports a bill to lower the criminal age, but there should be a program to reform youth offenders. Read more »

'Ilang Bahay Pag-asa center, mas masahol pa sa kulungan'

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Posted at Jan 24 02:25 AM

Nangangamba naman ang ilang social workers na dumami pa ang mga batang nasa Bahay Pag-asa center na ang ilan ay over capacity na. Read more »

3 Navotas cops sacked over underage druggies

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Posted at Jan 23 12:41 PM

The Philippine National Police on Wednesday sacked 3 officers in Navotas due to the alleged involvement of minors in the narcotics trade at the Navotas fish port.  Read more »

National gov't should fund juvenile rehab centers - Lacson

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Updated as of Jan 23 12:51 PM

The government should take charge of funding rehabilitation centers for juvenile offenders, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday, as the House of Representatives moved to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 9 from 15.   Read more »

Netizens react to measure lowering age of criminal liability

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Posted at Jan 22 09:21 AM

Netizens have weighed in on a proposal in Congress to lower the age of criminal liability to age 9. Read more »

Lowering age of criminal liability imperils youth offenders' future, expert says

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 01:37 AM

MANILA - Lowering the age of criminal responsibility does more harm than good, a developmental psychologist warned Monday, as the House justice committee approved a measure that institutionalizes children as young as 9. Read more »

12 bata, 16 iba huli sa mga drug den sa Navotas Fish Port

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Updated as of Jan 17 02:12 PM

Inaresto ang 28 indibidwal, kabilang ang 12 menor de edad, sa 3 drug den sa Navotas Fish Port ngayong Miyerkoles.  Read more »

Should youth offenders do community service instead?

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 01:25 AM

The Senate Committee on Justice on Wednesday invited stakeholders to discuss several bills proposing community service as a form of penalty for youth offenders with minor offenses.  Read more »

Pagbabalik ng death penalty, tatalakayin sa Senado

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Updated as of Nov 27 11:11 AM

Tatalakayin din ang pagpapababa sa edad ng mga batang pwedeng ikulong at kasuhan. Read more »