In Dumaguete, Philippines....Minor hacks employer

A businessman is now in critical condition after he was hacked by his employee Thursday afternoon at his residence in Barangay Bagacay, Dumaguete City, Philippines.
The victim, Wilson Lao, was axed thrice in the head by his 15-year-old house helper, whose name is withheld by the DAILY STAR while he was resting in his sala about 2 p.m.
Up to press time yesterday, the victim was still in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of the Holy Child Hospital in Dumaguete.
Police investigators said they are in a quandary whether to detain or file charges against the suspect because they are barred from filing appropriate charges against the youthful offender due to the Juvenile Delinquency Act recently signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
The 15-year-old suspect, who is from Sitio Lo-oc, Barangay Giligaon, Siaton, Oriental Negros told the DAILY STAR, he axed Lao for scolding him many times and everytime he commits minor mistakes.
The offender narrated he saw and witnessed how his parents were murdered while at the age of 7, by their neighbor, Cresin Maribao.
Maribao was also stabbed dead by his elder brother, Ranny, two years ago, he said.
He said that incident came to his mind when he axed his employer Thursday, but, he showed remorse afterwards.
The house helper also complained he had so many chores to do in the house and in the store of Lao, as well as about the food he eats.
The boy had been barely a week old as a househelp in the residence of the businessman. The youngest among 10 brothers and three sisters, he had to stop schooling at Grade 6 at the Felipe Tayko Memorial School in Siaton