{"id":30902,"date":"2018-07-12T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=30902"},"modified":"2018-08-01T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:32:34","slug":"duterte-signs-anti-hazing-act-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/07\/12\/duterte-signs-anti-hazing-act-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte Signs Anti-Hazing Act of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hazing in all forms is now banned in the Philippines\u00a0as President Rodrigo Duterte signs the<strong> Anti-Hazing Act of 2018<\/strong> or\u00a0Republic Act 11053, following the case of Horacio Castillo III in 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30922\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/07\/Untitled-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The newly-signed law\u00a0amends the\u00a0<strong>Anti-Hazing Act of 1995,<\/strong> which prohibits fraternities from implementing initiation rites that are beyond humanitarian welfare. The previous law, however, only gave law enforcers\u00a0the power to stop\u00a0an organization if:<\/p>\n<p>(1) It provides a written notice addressed to the school seven days\u00a0prior to the initiation. The notice shall point out the period of the initiation (which shall only be done in three days or less), the names of the recruits, and the activities that shall not include any physical harm or violence.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The head of the school approves, and he or she\u00a0assigns at least two officials\u00a0who embody the school during the initiation rites.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the existence of this law, accounts of death by hazing still increased in number. In 2017, the name Horacio Castillo III, a 22-year-old law student, surrounded the walls of all media platforms and forums held at the Senate after being beaten and killed by members of\u00a0<em>Aegis Juris Fraternity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On January 24, 2018, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs Sen. Panfilo Lacson proposed the <strong>Anti-Hazing Act of 2018<\/strong>\u2014a\u00a0law that will improve the\u00a0Anti-Hazing Act of 1995, which\u00a0failed to cease the\u00a0continuous growth of hazing casualties\u00a0due to the reservation it grants.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#PingBills: Anti-Hazing Law of 2018, BATAS NA!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiXDxuUgHfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>VIDEO Office of Senator Ping Lacson on YouTube<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Lacson, the act of hazing is &#8216;merely violence and abuse, not brotherhood&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Hazing, according to the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018, is defined as &#8220;any act that results in physical or psychological suffering, harm, or injury inflicted on a recruit, neophyte, applicant, or member as part of an initiation rite or practice made as a prerequisite for admission or requirement for continuing membership in a fraternity, sorority, or organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These acts include, but are not limited to,\u00a0paddling, whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the weather, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or other substance, or any other brutal treatment or forced physical activity which is likely to adversely affect one&#8217;s physical and psychological health. It also includes\u00a0any activity (intentional or otherwise) that tends to humiliate or embarrass, degrade, abuse, or endanger by requiring said recruit, neophyte, applicant, or member to do menial, silly, or foolish tasks.<\/p>\n<p>In the updated law, organizations\u00a0are now required to apply\u00a0and be recognized by school authorities before implementing any activity in and out of the campus, the school,\u00a0on the other hand, shall have sets of guidelines that every organization shall adhere to 60 days after the act has been approved.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations that fail to compromise with the law shall pay a Php 3 million fine and be subjected to\u00a0<em>reclusion perpetua<\/em> (life imprisonment) if the initiation activity results in death, rape, sodomy, or mutilation.<\/p>\n<p>In the Philippines, there are already 12\u00a0media-reported hazing deaths since 2010.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Jove Moya<br \/>\nFeatured photo taken by\u00a0RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazing in all forms is now banned in the Philippines as President Rodrigo Duterte signs the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 or Republic Act 11053 . 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