Kid/Teens Horsing Around in the middle of EDSA

**ghosthunter** · May 20th, 2011 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by MightOverNight

Kagabi, naka-witness ako edsa northbound, just after ayala underpass... taxi sa harap ko, nakawan ng wallet. eto modus nila... lalapitan ng teens one from inner-lane and one from outer-lane (nasa middle lane kami)... tapos sabay bukas pinto sa right-side ng taxi, tapos ung sa left bubuksan din, tapos kuha na niya agad ung wallet ng taxi. wala ako magawa baka may gawin sila sa sasakyan ko. mga bweset sila sa daan. dami nakakita kaso mukhang wala gusto tumulong =)... sana kahit pulis meron mag abang dyan...

Here's the news report on that:

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/221106/n...kati-motorists

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**vinj** · May 20th, 2011 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by MightOverNight

Kagabi, naka-witness ako edsa northbound, just after ayala underpass... taxi sa harap ko, nakawan ng wallet. eto modus nila... lalapitan ng teens one from inner-lane and one from outer-lane (nasa middle lane kami)... tapos sabay bukas pinto sa right-side ng taxi, tapos ung sa left bubuksan din, tapos kuha na niya agad ung wallet ng taxi. wala ako magawa baka may gawin sila sa sasakyan ko. mga bweset sila sa daan. dami nakakita kaso mukhang wala gusto tumulong =)... sana kahit pulis meron mag abang dyan...

Yan ang dapat makatikim ng bumper ng mga bus.

**Stoner** · May 20th, 2011 02:04 PM

Not really in Edsa but...

...once, at Roxas Blvd while the traffic was slow, saw two 'rugby-smelling'-type teeners harassing an FX with it's window open. One jumped over the hood and laid there while the other put his hand into the vehicle. Not quite sure what they were doing (forced-begging?) but they maintained such positions for quite a while and even when the FX moved with the traffic. The people inside seem to not be doing anything and just trying hard to ignore the new hood and side ornaments. Dunno what happenend afterwards as we sped away from that other vehicle...

**Monseratto** · September 9th, 2011 08:01 AM

I thought nademolish na yung kuta ng mga hamog boys sa Laperal compound? The authorities obviously know that this pest-now-future-hardened-criminals modus operandi, and to think the MMDA HQ is nearby...

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**smarky13** · September 9th, 2011 10:49 AM

alam naman siguro ng MMDA at mga kapulisan ang nang-yayari, ang problema paano nila a-aksyunan at kung may ginagawa nga ba sila???? malas mo na lang talaga kapag ikaw ang nabiktima. good luck na lang sa ating lahat...

**vinj** · September 9th, 2011 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by smarky13

alam naman siguro ng MMDA at mga kapulisan ang nang-yayari, ang problema paano nila a-aksyunan at kung may ginagawa nga ba sila???? malas mo na lang talaga kapag ikaw ang nabiktima. good luck na lang sa ating lahat...

PAg nahuli, most they can do is to turn over to DSWD. PAg-asa nalang is matamaan sila ng MRT or ng siraulong bus driver.

**miked** · September 9th, 2011 05:21 PM

kelangan palitan na ang age classification for minors....say, 10 years old and above candidate for being tagged as a criminal......not a juvenile delinquent.

**absinthe** · September 12th, 2011 03:11 PM

Kasalanan ni Senator Kiko Pangilinan yan!

Diba Mr. Noted? :D

**Monseratto** · September 12th, 2011 07:24 PM

Senate panel to suggest lowering age of criminal liability - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

The Senate committee on justice and human rights will be recommending the suspension of a provision in the law which exempts offenders under 15 years old from criminal liability, its chairman Sen. Francis Escudero said Monday.

Escudero said his committee will come out with a report next week which will recommend the suspension of a provision in Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 which mandates that offenders 15 years old and below be exempted from criminal liability.

He said his panel will also seek to lower the age of criminal liability to nine years old, which was the previous age exemption under the Revised Penal Code until the law was superseded by RA 9344.

“Hindi na maari katulad ngayon na kapag below 15, kahit naong krimen pa ang ginawa ay pakakawalan ng walang kaso man lang,"
he said.

Calls to amend the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act surfaced after some minors were arrested after allegedly victimizing taxi drivers in Guadalupe last week.

Under RA 9344, a child who is 15 years old or below at the time of the commission of the offense shall be exempted from criminal liability but will be subjected to an “intervention program."

But Escudero noted that the intervention program is not being implemented because the local government units do not have the capacity and funding to create such a program.

“Kaya nga suspension lamang ang nais namin, dahil hindi pa lang siguro handa yung infrastructure para dito pero baka dumating ang panahon na handa na tayo eh di doon na lang siguro ipatupad," he said.

At least two other bills seeking to introduce amendments to RA 9344 are pending before the Senate.

But Senator Francis Pangilinan, who authored RA 9344, told GMA News Online in a text message on Monday that the law was not given a chance to be fully implemented.

“When PNoy took over last year, the council tasked to oversee the implementation of the law had only five employees, had no office of its own and had no executive director. It was only last year under the new administration that it was given the needed funding support," Pangilinan said.

“If we are to amend the law we should do so by strengthening the law rather than suspending it. The problem is not with the law but primarily with the failure of the executive (branch)to implement the law," he added. — MRT/RSJ, GMA News