{"id":121933,"date":"2017-10-06T05:45:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121933"},"modified":"2017-10-06T05:45:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T09:45:31","slug":"house-panel-approves-bill-regulating-practice-of-criminology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/06\/house-panel-approves-bill-regulating-practice-of-criminology\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel approves bill regulating practice of criminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108344\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/filephotohorseal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108344\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/filephotohorseal.png\" alt=\"FILE: He said that while the CHR and the mandate of promoting and protecting human rights should be apolitical, he warned that the CHR would be perceived by the public to be a political tool against the government of President Rodrigo Duterte. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/filephotohorseal.png 225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/filephotohorseal-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House of Representatives\u00a0(PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A measure seeking to regulate the practice of criminology in the country hurdled the committee level at the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation, chaired by Batangas Rep. Mario Vittorio Mari\u00f1o, passed an unnumbered substitute bill consolidating House Bills 1123 and 5049, both of which propose reforms to the criminology profession.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, a Professional Regulatory Board of Criminology shall be created to supervise and regulate the registration, licensure, and practice of criminology.<\/p>\n<p>The said board shall also promulgate and adopt a Code of Ethics and Code of Good Governance for the criminology profession.<\/p>\n<p>Cagayan de Oro Rep. Maximo Rodriguez, principal author of the bill, said the board shall exercise not only executive and rule-making powers but also quasi-judicial powers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This board shall set the standards of practice and service which necessarily be excellent, qualitative, world-class, and globally competitive,&#8221; Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said reforms should also be introduced in the entrance examination to the criminology profession.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This goal can be achieved through inviolable, honest, effective and credible licensure examinations and through regulatory measures, programs, and activities which foster professional growth and development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed board shall be mandated to adopt and amend the syllabi and tables of specifications of the subjects for the licensure examinations, as well as prepare questions for the licensure examination which shall strictly be within the scope of the syllabus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A measure seeking to regulate the practice of criminology in the country hurdled the committee level at the House &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":108344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[26378,11118,26379,26381,26380],"class_list":["post-121933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-house-committee-on-civil-service-and-professional-regulation","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-mario-vittorio-marino","tag-maximo-rodriguez","tag-professional-regulatory-board-of-criminology","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}