Determining Statutory Rape News Today

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill defining the crime of statutory rape and raising the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 years old.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed support to the Senate bill which raises the he age for determining statutory rape from 12 years old to 16 years old. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said once signed into law, Senate Bill No. 2332 or An Act Increasing the Age for Determin