Children

La Salle’s Institute of Governance’s “Patrolling the Internet: Mapping the Policy Terrain” research project also saw that (the next paragraphs are slightly edited paragraphs from the actual research study): There is an amalgam of proposals housed in the Philippine Congress that encourages the use of Internet monitoring and social control mechanisms in preventing crimes allegedly…

The Anti-Child Pornography law (Republic Act 9775) was passed on October 13 last year and signed on November 17 by President Gloria Arroyo. The law creates an Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography, which is tasked by the law itself with promulgating the implementing rules and regulations of R.A. 9775. The following is the La Salle…

The La Salle researchers praise Republic Act 9775 for its intentions.  But it identifies areas where “sneaking surveillance and filtering” could happen against the moral aims of the law.

La Salle research findings show need to balance morality issues with human rights The newly enacted Republic Act 9775, the Anti-Child Pornography Law, could be misused or even abused to curb Filipinos’ right to use the Internet and deprive them of other civil liberties. This is the carefully weighed warning made by scholars at De…

In many Third World Countries, violence against children and women continues to be a pressing problem. Such violence is often manifested in the form of physical and sexual abuse.

Efren Peñaflorida said he wants to change the system of education in the Philippines, where not having a birth certificate or a mere P20 (about $0.40) could bar  poor children from enroling.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Esperanza Cabral has lauded the Supreme Court (SC) under the stewardship of Chief Justice Reynato Puno for approving the Revised Rules on Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) based on the recommendations of the subcommittee on Rules of Procedures for Family Courts.

CEBU, Philippines – To ensure that every child fully enjoys his/her rights, The Department of Interior and Local Government is urging local government units to include children’s rights as a priority item in their Comprehensive Development Plan.

Filipino kids’ spending power and their apparent fixation with the Internet heightened last year, according to a study conducted by the country’s top TV channel for children. Based on research conducted in 2008 by Cartoon Network, a unit of US-based Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Filipino kids had a total spending power of P42 billion from…

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo signed on Tuesday night Republic Act 9775, otherwise known as the Anti-Child Pornography Law, Tarlac Rep. Monica Teodoro, its principal author in the House, announced yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – One in every five Filipino children aged zero to five years suffers from stunted growth because of poor feeding practices, a report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said.

MANILA, Philippines—While they comprise almost half of the country’s population, children hardly figure in the budget, and allocation for their concerns and needs remain measly every year, according to the report of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child.

MANILA, Philippines–While they comprise almost half of the country’s population, children hardly figure in the budget and allocation for their concerns and needs remain measly every year, according to the report of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Apply the SOS approach, as an initial and interim measure. This is the essence of the reply I got from former Optical Media Board chairman Edu Manzano in reaction to my column of October 17. That piece raised the possibility of an upsurge in the exploitation of women and children — especially the latter —…

CEBU, Philippines – The Free Legal Assistance Volunteers Association yesterday pointed out two areas that need to be improved as far as the role of the barangay is concerned in protecting the welfare and right of children.

Secretary Ronnie Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is calling on local chief executives to undertake “greater responsibility” in implementing intervention programs that would promote the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders or children in conflict with the law (CICL) in their respective communities.

Article 3 of Presidential Decree 603 or the Child and Youth Welfare Code, signed in December 1874 by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, defines the rights of children having no distinction as to the legitimacy or illegitimacy, sex, social status, religion, political antecedents and other factors.

KIDAPAWAN CITY — Four out of 10 children and youth aged three to 25 in Central Mindanao are missing schools due to armed conflict, according to E-Net Philippines, a non-government organization based here.

The National Police Commission (Napolcom) has formally launched its manual for members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to guide them on how to deal with children in conflict with the law (CICL) as spelled out in the the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act.

A NONGOVERNMENT aid agency warned that at least 4.5 million children could die unless world leaders deliver more funds to help developing countries, like the Philippines, fight the growing impact of climate change.

GENEVA – SOME 750,000 sexual predators are constantly prowling the Internet in a bid to gain contact with children, a United Nations report warned on Wednesday.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has helped set up Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPCs) in 24,093 barangays nationwide (covering 54 provinces, 101 cities and 963 towns) as of June 2009, as part of its heightened campaign to uphold the welfare and rights of Filipino minors.

THE EARLIEST years with my kids as a single parent were characterized by sleepless nights, missed meals, reading by candlelight to save electricity…

TWO Fridays ago, four delegates attending the Tenth Global Consultation on Child Welfare Services requested me to accompany them to places where children under the most difficult circumstances are situated. I brought them to multi-awarded Molave Detention Home in Quezon City that provides the best services for children in conflict with the law relative to…

MANILA, Philippines—Amid reports that a large proportion of children around the world experience physical and humiliating or degrading punishment, child rights advocates on Thursday called on parents, guardians, and other authorities to end corporal punishment.

The proverbial thinking that children are the future of the motherland may already sound like a broken record. However, amid the continuing assault against the basic rights of the young generation, its importance cannot be overemphasized.

Optical Media Board (OMB) Chairman Edu Manzano yesterday said the approval by the House of Representatives of a bill that protects minors from sexual abuse and exploitation is a major boost to the campaign against child pornography.

Underscoring the urgency of protecting minors from sexual abuse and exploitation, the House of Representatives spent less than two hours Tuesday night to pass on second reading the anti-child pornography bill and is set to finally dispose of the measure next week for transmission to the Senate.

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A group batting for child-friendly roads wants its advocacy for minors to take a major role in preventing accidents.