The Juvenile Justice Bill passed in the House of Representatives on 21 Feb 2006 with a vote of 164-0.
It has passed the Senate, so now the legislators will prepare for a Bicameral Conference, to finalize the bill before passing it into a law.
will post its salient features here.
Thanks to Atty. Damcelle Torres of […]
Lucid Interval
First posted 02:49am (Mla time) Feb 21, 2006
By Rowena Guanzon
INQ7.net
Following is my presentation at the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on Developing a Protective Framework for Children: The Role of Parliaments. The seminar was held Feb. 15-17 in Hanoi, sponsored by UNICEF and the Inter-Parliamentarians Union. Thirteen countries sent 55 parliamentarians and their staff, including […]
Hello there!
Sorry I have been out for a while (it feels like a year). I have been busy with my cases, and two book projects. The good news is, finally, Engendering the Philippine Judiciary will be launched on March 15 (barring last minute hitches). The bad news is, my hypertension has been at […]
Visayan Daily Star
Perspective
Rowena V. Guanzon
Feb. 21, 2006
Poverty and our “wowowee economy”
If the Wowowee stampede that killed 74 people including small children, all but two of them women, cannot move me from hibernation, I don’t know what can. It was heartbreaking, seeing all those people dead on television, and all because more than 30,000 […]
