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Cebu sets guidelines for release of children in conflict with the law
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia says it is important to establish protocols for children in conflict with the law as they are different from adult prisoners
Wanting to be home for Christmas, 6 minors escape Cebu City facility
At least 3 of them are now back at Operation Second Chance, and will be given visitation time with their families on Christmas Eve
More rehab homes for child offenders to be built in 2018
The Juvenile Justice Welfare Council is set to get the biggest budget among the attached agencies of the DSWD to build 4 more Bahay ng Pag Asa
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House subpanel approves bill retaining 15 as criminal responsibility age
The measure proposes stiffer penalties for parents and syndicates using children to commit crimes while focusing on the improved rehabilitation of children in conflict with the law
LIVE: House hearing on minimum age of criminal liability
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House subpanel to ditch proposal lowering criminal responsibility age
After months long consultations Representative Ron Salo says the subpanel on correctional reforms will instead propose amendments strengthening the existing Juvenile Justice Act of 2006
'No conflict' between corporal punishment ban, lowering criminal liability age – lawmakers
While a House panel approved a measure prohibiting the corporal punishment of children another committee is expected to pass a measure lowering the criminal responsibility age for youth offenders
Cabinet told: Attend House hearings on Duterte's pet bills
Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas says critics of President Rodrigo Duterte s priority bills may use the Cabinet officials absence to argue against the passage of the measures
Passage of death penalty, criminal liability age bills eyed in June
House justice panel chair Reynaldo Umali urges the public to continue raising their concerns on the two controversial bills so lawmakers may consider them before they vote on the measures
Gordon protests mention of priest critic in budget debate
Richard Gordon says it s better not to listen to Senator Risa Hontiveros speech on the condition of juvenile centers if she cites Father Shay Cullen of the Olongapo based Preda Foundation
DSWD chief: Lower age of criminal liability 'anti-poor,' won't curb crime
Pro child advocates say the proposal treats children in conflict with the law as criminals not victims
Children in conflict with the law: Cracks in Juvenile Justice Act
Part 3: With calls to lower the age of criminal liability social workers and pro child groups say proper implementation of the law not amendment is needed
When 'Houses of Hope' fail children in conflict with the law
Part 2: With crowded unsanitary and unhealthy environments some youth centers fail to rehabilitate and transform child offenders
Beyond juvenile delinquency: Why children break the law
Part 1: Is there a future for children in conflict with the law? Out of youth centers on the streets with no one else they have nothing
An open letter to Representatives Alvarez and Castro
Why should children be made to pay for the failure of the government and society to raise them to be the responsible citizens we hope them to be? a laywer asks
DSWD to build more ‘houses of hope’ for youth in 2016
A Bahay Pag asa provides short term residential care and caters to children in conflict with the law
What ever happened to that kid on the street?
In anticipation of the International Day for Street Children on April 12 the world asks What would you change about your streets?
DSWD to shut down facility where Frederico was found
Remember Frederico? The center where his infamous photo was taken might soon close says DSWD
Pakistan stops execution of man convicted as teen
Shafqat Hussain 23 was convicted of the 2004 murder of a seven year old boy when he was just 15 years old and was working as a watchman in Karachi Pakistan s sprawling and violent port metropolis
#HungerProject 2014: Untold stories of children
On the first year of Rappler’s HungerProject we learn about the untold stories of children: the abused and abandoned the nomads the unwanted and sadly the ones who could not make it to 2015
On 2nd chances: Children in conflict with the law
Give them a chance they re victims too say child s rights advocates
Lost and found in Valenzuela
What happens when one is forced to choose between an abusive home or a life in the streets? LGUs must step up to intervene Here s what Valenzuela City is doing
Healing comes in full at DSWD's home for girls
At this home girls and young women are given a second chance at life
The Filipino child is not dispensable
The best investment any nation can make to secure a brighter future is to invest in its youth
