(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Jan. 23, said he would have wanted the minimum age of criminal responsibility pegged at nine, but was “comfortable” with it being pegged at 12 nonetheless. According to Duterte, who spoke to reporters in Pasay, if the minimum age of criminal responsibility was pegged at nine years old, the children’s parents would be “conscious of the criminal accountability already.” “Yun ang original law bago pinakiilaman ni (Senator […]
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CHR probing possible liability of policemen in Argoncillo’s death
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights said an investigation into the possible liability of policemen in the death of detainee Genesis Argoncillo is already underway. “Sa pagkakataong may malinaw na paglabag sa batas, pinapaalalahan ng CHR ang kapulisan na kahit ang mga nakabilanggo o persons deprived of liberty ay may mga karapatang kailangan pangalagaan,” CHR spokesperson Jackie de Guia said in a statement. According to De Guia, police negligence that led to a […]





