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President Aquino’s statement after the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
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Proposed pay hike for public sector to up salary by 45%
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Bottom-up budgeting cited as best practice in fiscal transparency
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Bottom-up budgeting cited as best practice in fiscal transparency November 4, 2015
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During the celebration of Juvenile Justice and Welfare Week, the Department of Education (DepEd) emphasized the need to ensure protection for children-at-risk and children in conflict with the law especially those vulnerable to exploitation.
“Hindi pwedeng mawala ang Department of Educaton sa child protection. Tayo ang tulay sa reintegration ng mga children at risk at mga children in conflict with the law,” Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs Atty. Alberto Muyot said during the workshop on the guidelines and procedures on the management of children-at-risk and children in conflict with the law as detailed in DepEd Order No. 18, s. 2015.
The seminar workshop, which gathered Education Program Supervisors and Regional Guidance Counselors from the National Capital Region, is part of the celebration of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Week.
Usec. Muyot highlighted the need to protect children from early pregnancy, prostitution, drug use, smoking, alcoholism, violence, and suicide. These behaviors have been identified by the University of the Philippines Population Institute, through the Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study in 2013, as risky and exploitive among adolescents.
The said DepEd guidelines are anchored on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and promote non-discrimination, the best interest of the child, the child’s survival and development, and child participation. The guidelines provide detailed procedures on case management of children at risk and children in conflict with the law.
Children-at-risk behave in a way that can be harmful to themselves or to others. They also run the risk of being exploited to come into conflict with the law. Children in conflict with the law are those under the age of 18 who are alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed an offense under Philippine laws.
“We have to understand that adolescents are naturally curious. Everything adults do, they would want to try without thinking of the consequences; that is how they are and that is completely normal. This kind of curiosity—reckless as it may be—is part of their development. We cannot hinder them from their self-discovery, but it is our duty to minimize the risks and to protect them from harm,” Muyot said.
Muyot said that DepEd, as a member of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC), should ensure that children are protected whatever their backgrounds are. “We have no room for discrimination in DepEd, we have reintegration programs for children in conflict with the law,” he added.
Aside from the presentation of the salient features of DO 18, s. 2015, the two-day seminar workshop included comprehensive discussions and exchange of ideas on Alternative Delivery Modes, psycho-social interventions, restorative justice strategies and practices, and incident reporting and monitoring guidelines.
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Statement: Economic Planning Secretary Balisacan at the Yolanda Rehabilitation and Recovery Joint Press Briefing
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PNP CONFERS PGS COMPLIANCE STATUS TO 4th BATCH OF POLICE UNITS; 6 out of 13 receive Silver Eagle Award
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Palace says it respects United Nations Working Group’s opinion on the case former President Arroyo October 8, 2015
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President Aquino’s statement on the withdrawal of Francis Tolentino from the admin Senate slate
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Duterte admits coddling Reds, calls Palparan a bigot
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Duterte admits coddling Reds, calls Palparan a bigot
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Friday admitted that he coddles communist rebels as much as he coddles people of other political colors.
“Yes, I coddle the Reds, they are Filipinos after all,” Duterte said in a statement posted on social media by former North Cotabato governor Manny Piñol.
The statement was in response to allegations of retired general Jovito Palparan that the mayor was coddler of communists.
“I believe in equality and this is the reason why I worked for the passage of a City Ordinance imposing stiff penalties on those who discriminate against Muslims and the LGBTs,” he said.
Duterte said talking to the communists, the rightists, and the various Moro rebels was part of his effort “to find a common ground to bring about peace and unity in this country.”
The feisty mayor, who allowed a hero’s burial for slain New People’s Army leader Leoncio Pitao, alias Parago, has always been open about his friendship with the communists and other rebel groups.
He said there was nothing wrong in it and that he respected the communist ideology or the Moro principle. However, Duterte made it clear in past interviews that he could not agree to the armed struggle the NPA, the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been waging to achieve their goals.
“I also embrace the sick, the oppressed, the weak, the scared and most of all, the children who look for security and protection as they venture into the big world looking for answers to their questions and searching for a place they could call their own,” he said.
Duterte admitted that he was not only coddling communists but fed them as well.
“When Typhoon Pablo ravaged the Davao Region, I brought them food just as I brought medicines, food and shelter to the people of Leyte following Typhoon Yolanda and the people of Bohol when the island was devastated by an earthquake,” he said.
Duterte took a shot at Palparan for the red-coddler tag by saying: “Our greatest misfortune as a people is having leaders and prominent individuals who divide this country into groups represented by colors, ethnicity and religious beliefs.”
“The accusation that I am a ‘Red-coddler’ is a perfect example of the bigotry, which has afflicted our country like a scourge– which breaks down Filipinos into small groups, preventing us from uniting and achieving our dreams as a people under one flag,” he added.
‘Inclusive governance’
Duterte said the inclusive governance that he adopted was the reason why Davao City has deputy mayors representing various tribes in Mindanao.
“The only people I do not deal with are the criminals and the drug dealers because unlike the revolutionaries who are motivated by their principles and ideology, they are consumed by greed and the desire to gain while causing other people pain. I detest them,” he said.
Duterte said unlike Palparan, whom he described as “the pathetic former army general, who sees things red because of his bloodshot eyes,” he has never been accused of murdering bright, young and idealistic Filipino children who had denounced social injustice and the oppression of Filipino people.
He also lamented the use of the Red scare tactic to diminish the people’s support for him even if he has not declared he was running for president.
Duterte said despite his friendship with communist rebels, Davao City never became a communist city.
“Do you see NPA cadres carrying guns parading in the city streets?” he asked.
‘Butcher and bigot’
In reaction to Palparan’s announcement to run as senator, Duterte said: “The country does not need bigots like this pathetic army general who gloats about his image as the Butcher of young and bright college students.”
He then urged Filipinos “not to be divided by ethnicity, colors, shades or hues.”
“We should be like a rainbow, a country of diverse colors but united and bound by the common desire of becoming a beautiful spectacle in the sky,” Duterte said. Allan Nawal, Inquirer Mindanao/CDG
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Speech of President Aquino during the groundbreaking of the new SC complex
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