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Photo shows Grandmaster Darwin Laylo of Pasig City (Photo credit: Grandmaster Darwin Laylo Facebook)
The congressional bicameral conference committee on Wednesday (Nov. 24, 2021) approves a measure raising the age of statutory rape from the current 12 years old to 16 years old to protect young people from sexual exploitation and abuse. Zambales Rep. Cheryl Deloso-Montalla (left) presided over the meeting as head of the House contingent. (Photo courtesy of House Press and Public Affairs Bureau via PNA)