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Way overdue, but nevertheless a welcome development. The approval by the Committee of Justice and Human Rights of the measure that will increase the age of sexual consent in our country last Oct. 1, has been a long-awaited piece of legislation to protect our youth.
The Committee considered several bills including the one I filed last July 18, 2019, Senate Bill No. 622. The proposed increase in the age of statutory rape from the present 12 to 16 years old, amending the Revised Penal Code...
...serves as the mantle of protection that the children of this country need – especially at a time when their innocence has become so easily and cheaply pawned both in the real world and the cyber world.
