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Criminal Liability Bill Hearing: Senator Risa Hontiveros, during the first public hearing on the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal liability Tuesday (January 22), cites government data and testimonies of government officials indicating harmful outcome if the country will adopt such policy. She also added that the Philippines is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, whose monitoring body recommends higher minimum ages of criminal responsibility. (Prib photo by Joseph Vidal / 22 January 2019)