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SAPUL SA CCTV: Menor de edad na magkasintahan, huling nandukot ng pitaka

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 09:24 PM

MAYNILA - Nahuli ng mga pulis ang menor de edad na magkasintahan matapos mandukot ng pitaka sa isang estudyante sa Sampaloc, Maynila. Read more »

2 binata patay sa pamamaril sa loob ng internet shop

Yen Mangompit, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 05:17 PM

TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat - Patay ang dalawang menor de edad matapos pagbabarilin ng hindi pa kilalang salarin sa loob ng internet shop sa lungsod nitong Martes ng gabi.   Read more »

‘Paggamit ng droga, mas malaki ang epekto sa kabataan’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 04:14 AM

Ano nga ba ang pinagdadaanan ng isang nalulong sa droga pero gustong magbagong buhay? Read more »

'Children at risk', paano natutulungan ng gobyerno?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 01:14 AM

Sa mga anti-drug operations, maraming bata ang nare-rescue kapag dawit sa kaso ang kanilang mg magulang. Read more »

SWS: Mga Pinoy pabor sa pagpapakulong ng 15 anyos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 08:09 PM

Pabor ang mga Pinoy na ikulong ang mga menor de edad na sangkot sa krimen sa edad na 15 anyos, ayon sa survey ng Social Weather Stations.  Read more »

Pangilinan hopeful Senate peers will reject lower criminal liability age

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Take kids to school, not jail: Ateneo head opposes lowering age of criminal liability

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 06:33 PM

Ateneo de Manila University president Jose Ramon Villarin opposed anew the proposed measure lowering the age of criminal liability to 12 years old. Read more »

Grupo ng mga doktor tutol sa pagbaba ng edad ng pananagutan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 01:47 AM

Naninindigan ang ilang mga doktor na maging ang batang 12 anyos ay wala pang kakayahang magdesisyon nang tama.  Read more »

Lalaki timbog sa pambubugaw ng mga menor de edad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 01:17 AM

Arestado sa entrapment operation sa Taguig City ang lalaking suspek sa pambubugaw ng ilang menor de edad.  Read more »

Children don't belong in prison, says Gordon

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Groups for, against lower age of criminal liability protest at Senate

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 03:16 PM

MANILA - Groups on opposing ends of the debate to lower the age of criminal liability staged a protest in front of the Senate complex in Pasay City on Friday.  Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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'

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Challenge for solons backing criminal liability law: 'Where were you at age 12?'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 09:13 AM

Lawmakers supporting a bill to incarcerate children as young as 12 years old should reflect on where they were and what they were doing at this age, a sociologist said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte outraged by kids' alleged drug involvement

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 07:55 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he was outraged after learning in the news the rounding up of minors in a recent anti-illegal drug operation. Read more »

Give juveniles a chance, justice council exec tells senators

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 07:53 PM

A juvenile justice council official cites a scientific study which says the brain of a female matures at age 22 while a male's matures at 25 years old.  Read more »

PDEA wants parents of underage druggies jailed

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 09:05 PM

Parents who willfully allow their underage children to dabble with narcotics should be jailed, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday, as Congress revived a proposal to lower of minimum age of criminal liability. Read more »