Senator Loren Legarda commemorated the 21st anniversary of the landmark Republic Act (RA) No. 9231 or the Anti-Child Labor Law and underscored its positive impact in reducing child labor in the country as recently reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Legarda is the principal...
The proportion of child laborers in the country increased significantly in 2023, with more than half of working Filipino children engaged in hazardous or excessive work, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Based on the PSA report published on Thursday, Nov. 21, 62 percent of...
DOLE – Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba shares Philippines’ strengthened efforts in addressing child labor, including its worst forms, during the International Public Information Sharing for ASEAN and other countries in Asia on May 27-30, 2024, in...
As the country marks the World Day Against Child Labor, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaffirmed its commitment to ending child labor through its Strategic Helpdesks for Information, Education, Livelihood, and Other Developmental Interventions (SHIELD) Program, which has...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Government and non-government organizations, including the business sector, unveiled advocacy billboards and materials on Wednesday, August 16, to raise awareness against child labor in this city. OFFICIALS from ChildFund Philippines, the Kaanib Foundation Inc.,...
A total of 50 child laborers in Pasig City were given free healthcare services by the local government and its affiliated national agencies and hospitals through the “Batang Malaya” initiative on Friday, Aug. 11. Photo from Coun. Quin Cruz FB Page / MANILA BULLETIN The “Batang...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City First Congressional District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte’s son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, encouraged children not to resort to drugs despite the hardships they are going through in life. RODRIGO 'Rigo' Duterte II (right). (Photo via Ivy Tejano) Rigo made the...
(Unsplash) Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has described as an "alarming trend" the rise child labor cases in the Philippines. “The incidence of child labor in many parts of the globe, including the Philippines, has tremendously increased over the years. This is an alarming trend....
Around 50 former child laborers in Manila received education kits from the Manila Field Office of the Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital Region (MFO DOLE-NCR), the city government announced on Tuesday, June 20. The "Araw ng Kalayaan Para sa Batang Malaya Project Angel Tree...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Since it started the implementation of Project Against Child Exploitation (ACE) in this city in September 2020, World Vision Philippines said it is still beset with challenges, including the unfamiliarity of some barangays with the real meaning of child labor. A PERSONNEL...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has intensified its efforts to eliminate child labor in Negros Oriental (NegOr). The agency reported that child labor in NegOr is prevalent. Ma. Teresa Tanquiamco, officer-in-charge of DOLE-7’s Negros Oriental Field...
ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Rey Reyes has slammed the seeming lack of a focused government response to the worsening child labor problem in the country. (Unsplash) “The half a million jump in the number of child laborers in the country from 2020 should be raising red flags. This is...
