Tag: children in conflict with the law

LOWER AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY TO 12 – GO

Post author By Cassandra Ching
Post date February 11, 2019
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Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go called on parents and legal guardians to exercise responsibility when it comes to children under their care, in light of the approval of the House justice panel to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old to 12 years old. “Ako naman po […]

Tags age of criminal liability, Bahay Pag-asa, Bong Go, children in conflict with the law, rehabilitation

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FUND MORE BAHAY PAG-ASA CENTERS FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS – GATCHALIAN

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date January 25, 2019
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Senator Win Gatchalian urged the members of the bicameral conference committee for the 2019 General Appropriations Act to allot funding for the construction of 56 additional Bahay Pag-asa (BPA) centers nationwide. Gatchalian made the call after the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) revealed that there are only 58 operational BPAs in the country. The […]

Tags Bahay Pagasa, children in conflict with the law, criminality, juvenile justice and welfare council, minimum age of criminal responsibility, Senator Gatchalian