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he Philippine House of Representatives appears to have “railroaded” the controversial House Bill (HB) 8858 lowering the age children can be held criminally liable under Philippine law to 12 years of age. In an article in Rappler, Mara Cepeda writes that “House of Representatives approved on 2nd reading the bill that would lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from the current 15 years old ...”      View complete editorial

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