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‘Implement Juvenile Justice Act’

Amid the failure of the 17th Congress to pass a bill to lower the minimum age for criminal responsibility, child advocates on Thursday expressed...

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 that drew thousands of...

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 Republic Act 10630 had...

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 to consider the results...

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’ survey showed Tuesday. READ: Criminal age...

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 minimum age of criminal...

Suffer the little children

A boy attends a protest against the lowering of the minimum age of criminal responsibility in front of the Senate building in Manila on...

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 on Thursday as the...

‘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 to 12. Oriental Mindoro Rep....
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