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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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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TACLOBAN CITY — House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan is calling for tighter restrictions on minors' access to social media…
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Twenty-one-year-old Xiaoling from central China’s Hunan province has attracted 163,000 followers to her Chinese social media account after posting photos and…
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The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and Norway-based digital learning company MINTRA formalized a partnership to modernize maritime education and…
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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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The answer is not to treat children as adults, but for adults to start acting like grownups. Parents must be present. Schools must be accountable. Government…
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Now Congress wants an answer. A social media ban. CCTVs around schools. A violent game ban. And, after all that, Congress still has to face the thing no ban…
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Amid the recent tragedies, including school-related violence around the country, lawmakers said that what children needed was an environment that did not…
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Following the killing of three students at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian has renewed calls to ban…
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The crackdown on unauthorized use of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) game videos on social media — ongoing since last year — has raised an important…
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Rather than viewing troubled youth through a punitive lens, we should consider how we can support them in overcoming their challenges.
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The Eastern Police District (EPD) hosted a media forum at its headquarters to establish closer coordination and improve the dissemination of public safety…
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A national transport association disclosed that the multibillion-peso computer system used by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) remains unable to process…
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Immigration officers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted a 46-year-old Filipino man who had been illegally recruited to work in Russia…
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Family life, the school environment and society do influence a child’s life more than we care to acknowledge.
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The fatal school shooting in Tacloban City on Monday has reignited the debate over Republic Act (RA) 9344, the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, prompting…
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