
Senate eyes juvenile law amendments
A Senate panel will begin reviewing the Juvenile Justice Act (RA 9344) following widespread clamor to amend the two-decade-old law because of growing cases of…
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A Senate panel will begin reviewing the Juvenile Justice Act (RA 9344) following widespread clamor to amend the two-decade-old law because of growing cases of…
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the two teenagers implicated in the fatal school shooting in Tacloban City are now under the…
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Data collected by the PNP show that children in conflict with the law account for only 1.72 percent of offenses committed in the country and that most of these…
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The law was crafted with compassion, recognizing that children are not yet fully formed.
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DoH has tapped the Philippine National Police to crack down on retail stores and online merchants selling to minors.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday conducted a simulation exercise to test the readiness of the automated election system (AES) ahead of the…
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A sea of rainbow flags, colorful attire and calls for equality filled the University of the Philippines Diliman on Saturday as members of the LGBTQIA+…
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She stressed that the remaining families will persist with the prosecution.
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An employee’s absence from work is not enough to prove job abandonment or justify immediate dismissal, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled.
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Lowering the age of criminal responsibility may satisfy a public desire for a stronger response, but it does little to address the conditions that allowed the…
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Over 9,000 policemen will secure the planned “White Ribbon March” at the EDSA People Power Monument tomorrow, 28 June, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief…
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The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) welcomed Atty. Ricardo R. Blancaflor as the new chairperson of its Board of Trustees on 10 June 2026, succeeding…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday received the referral from the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seeking a…
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Former lawmaker Mike Defensor has filed a rejoinder before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to the cyber libel complaint filed against him by former…
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‘Unless reforms are undertaken, the partylist system risks losing public legitimacy altogether.’
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The country should reform its electricity subsidy programs by improving beneficiary targeting and integrating existing social protection and regulatory systems…
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Efforts to modernize customs operations and reduce trade bottlenecks have earned Customs commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno recognition as Asia’s Most Outstanding…
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Dr. Anthony C. Leachon, a prominent independent health reform advocate and past president of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), has petitioned a local…
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