Koko calls for investigation LGU’s failure to build ‘Bahay Pag-asa’ centers 5 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Vanne Elaine TerrazolaSenator Aquilino Pimentel III has called for a legislative inquiry on the supposed failure of local government units (LGUs) to build “Bahay Pag-asa” centers and on claims that existing facilities for delinquent children operate under “subhuman conditions.”Pimentel filed Senate Resolution No. 1000 recently as he sought for an investigation on the lack of Bahay Pag-asa centers in the country, which floated amid moves in Congress to lower the minimum age of criminal liability (MACR). The law, he added, appropriated P400 million for the construction of Bahay Pag-asa centers with high incidence of CICL, which the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council would identify. The law also authorized the national government to allot P5 million per rehabilitation center as well as the concerned LGU.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 31, 2019 14:15 UTC