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BY RESEL JOY TIANERO
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
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ILOILO City – The curfew on minors is teaching parents discipline, according to a social welfare official.
Parents are compelled to make sure their children are already inside the house by 10 p.m., Merlyn Hison, focal person for children of the City Social Welfare and Development Office, said in a radio interview.
“Ang mga ginikanan nahibalu-an man nila ang ila nga mga kinamatarong kag ila mga responsibilidad,” Hison said.
Hison is thankful to barangay tanods (watchmen) for helping carry out the curfew ordinance.
That some children are used in crimes prompted the city government to tap the police’s Women and Children Protection Desks and the Task Force on Moral and Values Formation in implementing the local law, she said.
One of the duties of parents is to supervise their children’s activities, including their recreation, Hison said, citing the Child and Youth Welfare Code.
“Makita naton nga dako gid ang bulig [sang curfew ordinance] kay malikawan ang pag-involve sa mga menor de edad sa mga kinagamo,” she said.
Grace, a resident of Molo district, told Panay News she is happy with the curfew.
“Manami gid ini nga tikang, kag nalipay ako kay nahadlok na ang akon nga mga kabataan maglakat sa kagab-ihon kag ma-secure ko na sila,” she said.
Grace, who refused to disclose her full name, has three children aged 11, 12 and 13 years old.
Another mother, Jane Marie of City Proper, said the curfew urges her children — aged 10 and 12 years old — to go home before 8 p.m.
“Maayo gani ina a kay makapuli sila temprano kag indi na sila maglakat-lakat kon diin nga disco-han,” she said./PN
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