arents and guardians of minors who run afoul of the law can no longer say dont blame meat

least in Mandaluyong City.

Under a recently passed city ordinance, they can now be fined or sent to jail for being remiss in
their duty to discipline children or teenagers who are apprehended for various offenses.
Considered a landmark law by its author, 1st District Councilor Charisse Abalos, the measure
approved by the council on Feb. 7 maintains that a minors deviant behavior could be largely due
to the absence or lack of parental supervision.
Charisse, 28, is a daughter of incumbent city mayor, Benhur Abalos.
She said parents and guardians face up to a one-year imprisonment or fines of up to P5,000 if
found guilty by a court, which can cite the ordinance if their children have been booked for the
following offenses: possession of deadly weapons, smoking and alcohol consumption, use of
illegal drugs, gambling, and violation of the citys 10 p.m. curfew.
The measure also lists driving without a license, riding a motorcycle without a helmet on or
riding an overloaded motorcycle or tricycle.
In an interview on Saturday, Councilor Abalos noted that Mandaluyong had been consistently
hailed as among the most child-friendly in the country because of its local government programs
and policies.
But ironically, we still see cases of out-of school youths doing this and that. The way we see it,
with the situation now reaching this level, its already (about) the negligent parents, she said.
The curfew ordinance, for example, is supposed to shield impressionable youngsters from the
influence of street gangs, drug pushers and other criminal groups, but violators as young as 12
had been repeatedly caught, the councilor added.
You return them to their homes and talk to their parents about itand yet you see the same kids
doing it again as if nothing happened, she explained.
The rationale behind the ordinance is that the first people who should be taking care of these
minors and preventing them from becoming law offenders are the parents themselves, she said.

MANILA Seven minors and their parents were invited by the Anti Vice Squad of the
Mandaluyong police after the youngsters were seen roaming the streets after curfew early
Thursday.
The police went around the city to implement a new ordinance on the Code of Parental
Responsibility for the Protection of Children's Rights. The ordinance states among others the
curfew of minors from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m.
Under the ordinance which started implementation last Monday, parents of the minors, and the
minors themselves who violate the curfew, will be invited to the station, police said.
At the station, the youth and their parents admitted to being unaware of the new ordinance.
There, police explained to them the citys new Ordinance no. 538, s. 2014, or the Ordinance
enacting the Mandaluyong City Code of Parental Responsibility for the Protection of Children's
Rights.
The ordinance, apart from imposing curfew, states that criminal liability shall be imposed on any
parent who improperly exploits the child by using him, directly or indirectly, such as for
begging; permits the child to possess, handle or carry a deadly weapon, regardless of its
ownership; permits the child to possess or use narcotics drugs and engage in gambling and other
vices; allows or requires the child to drive without a license or with a license which the parents
knows to have been illegally procured.

"Responsibilidad ng mga magulang ang kanilang mga anak kaya dapat sila ang mananagot,"
Jimmy Isidro, public information officer of Mandaluyong City, said.

Those found violating the ordinance will be given sanctions, including:

a) First Offense - a fine of P1,000 or three months imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the
court
b) Second Offense - a fine of P 3,000 or 6 months imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the
court
c) Third Offense - maximum penalty of P5000 or one year imprisonment, or both, at the
discretion of the court)

Mandaluyong City Council passes an ordinance that punishes negligent parents of children
in conflict with the law
MANDALUYONG CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA)--The Mandaluyong City Council has passed an
Ordinance that punishes parents and guardians of minors who are in conflict with the law.
The measure approved by the City Council on Feb. 7 maintains that a minors deviant behavior
could be largely due to the absence or lack of parental supervision.
Under the city ordinance, parents and guardians can now be fined or sent to jail for being remiss
in their duty to discipline children or teenagers who are apprehended for various offenses.
It also penalize parents and guardians to one-year imprisonment or fines of up to P5,000 if found
guilty by a court, which can cite the ordinance if their children have been booked for the
following offenses: possession of deadly weapons, smoking and alcohol consumption, use of
illegal drugs, gambling, and violation of the citys 10 p.m. curfew.
Councilor Charisse Abalos, author of the Ordinance, in a statement said the rationale behind the
ordinance is that the first people who should be taking care of minors and preventing them from
becoming law offenders are the parents themselves.

She said it pains her seeing youngsters as young as 12 had been repeatedly caught violating laws
and being used by street gangs, drug pushers and other criminal groups.
You return them to their homes and talk to their parents about itand yet you see the same kids
doing it again as if nothing happened, she explained. (Mandaluyong PIO/RJB/SDL/PIA-NCR)

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) advised parents of minors that the
police are to be stricter in implementing curfew hours.
They cautioned parents to guide their children so they can make sure the minors are already in
their respective houses especially at night.
According to NCPRO Spokesperson Chief Inspector Kimberly Molitas, the parents are to be held
responsible once their children are caught violating the curfew.
Molitas clarified that the successive operations in Manila regarding the strict implementation of
the curfew is not to show off to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. She said that NCPRO has been
enforcing curfew ordinance of local government through these operations.

Meanwhile, 80 minors were brought to the Pasay City Police Station because of violating the
curfew ordinance of the city.
In the precinct, representatives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
talked and explained what happened to the parents of the minors. The parents were asked to
present the childrens birth certificates and allowed to go home thereafter.
Under the Pasay City ordinance, the first violation would mean a record in the blotter list of
authorities. The second violation is for them to undergo community service. The third violation
would be a fine of Php. 500.
Yesterday, there were separate operations done in Quezon City, Taguig, and Mandaluyong for
minors and parents violating their respective curfew ordinance.
Earlier, Davao City Mayor Duterte promises to jail parents of minors found at the streets after the
planned curfew at 10:00 p.m.
The mayor, once he sits as president, is to enforce the nationwide 10 p.m. curfew of minors who
are unescorted.
My order is not to arrest the child, the mayor told the media.
He added that once the child is in the custody of appropriate government agency, his order is that
the police would then imprison the parents, who have the authority over the child.