Twenty-eight out-of-school youths in barangay Colon, Naga City, Cebu now have better employment opportunities after completing the Pipe-Fitting Fabrication course sponsored by Kepco SPC power company.
Never too young for “rehab.” Authorities may soon keep repeat or serious offenders aged 12 to 15 years old off the streets and in the custody of social workers, according to draft amendments to the law on juvenile delinquents, which are up for approval by both chambers of Congress next week.
The congressional bicameral conference committee has approved in principle a measure that will allow “involuntary commitment” at a government facility of juvenile offenders who have repeatedly committed serious crimes.
US teen births have dropped to a record low, but the country still has one of the highest rates among developed nations, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas is currently training 10 youths in the region for its government internship program, which is expected to end first week of June.
A Cebu-based non-government organization (NGO) hailed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for coming up with a database that identifies the poor in the country.
The women and the youth are taking over the Senate.
Young members of the San Pedro Calungsod Parish Church in Toledo City reported for election duties for C-Cimpel in the last elections.
Nehemiah is a 15-year-old boy who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His track record shows that he has never been in conflict with the law. He is not a juvenile delinquent nor had he any history of trouble. Investigators say that his home did not have any emergency calls recently. Practically, he lived with loving, caring parents in a wholesome family environment.
A total of 23 youth offenders escaped from a Caloocan City rehabilitation center Thursday night by sawing off the steel bars and matting of a toilet window, police said.
President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday morning signed into law the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, mandating kindergarten and adding two years to secondary education to place the country’s curriculum on par with international standards.
CEBUANO youth were urged to follow justice Sotero Cabahug’s commitment to education by finishing school with or without honors during the annual observance of his 122th birth anniversary in Mandaue City yesterday.
Saying enough talk about climate change and environmental destruction, a group of young people backed by environmental lawyers served notice to the Philippine government to take concrete actions.
