November 14, 2011
More Filipinos are looking for work, but the number of jobs available to them has not grown.
This was one of the findings of the Department of Agriculture’s Labor and Population Force Survey released last week and which mapped out the country’s working population within and outside the agriculture sector. Read the rest of this entry »
November 3, 2011
CATARMAN, Northern Samar, Nov. 3 (PIA) -– The recently conducted hands-on training on Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System CLKSS sponsored by International Labor Organization (ILO) through the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) at Mharina Rossi Internet Café in Catarman was a success. Read the rest of this entry »
October 29, 2011
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 October) – Thirteen barangays in two cities and two towns in Bukidnon have been identified for the International Labor Organization-funded child protection program starting November, Arsenio Alagenio, Bukidnon provincial social welfare and development officer, said. Read the rest of this entry »
October 25, 2011
Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano again called on the Aquino administration to do more to check the rising number of children in the country that are forced to work in hazardous conditions. The senator reiterated his call, as the world observes the International Children’s Month this October, citing the lack of resources allocated by government to protect and promote children’s rights. Read the rest of this entry »
October 19, 2011
TAYTAY, Rizal: Police have issued a warning to the public against a syndicate whom they said are abducting children in preparation for Christmas to be used as beggars, after they recovered two minors earlier reported missing. Read the rest of this entry »
October 18, 2011
AT least 64 minors have been confirmed to be working in small-scale mining projects in the gold rush town of T’boli, South Cotabato, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
October 13, 2011
THE Philippine Army yesterday deplored the report released by the international group Human Rights Watch (HRW) over 13 “child warriors” captured in engagements with the rebel New People’s Army (NPA) in Davao and Surigao recently. Read the rest of this entry »
October 13, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The military yesterday denied a report by New York-based Human Rights Watch that the Army is falsely labeling children as combatants of the communist rebels.
October 12, 2011
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is again up to its old dirty tricks of fabricating “evidence” and information.
A prominent international human rights group has accused the Philippine military of fabricating information that children they take into custody are child soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »
October 12, 2011
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Oct. 11 (PIA) — Three nationwide surveys are being conducted this month by the National Statistics Office. These include the Survey on Overseas Filipinos, Survey on Children and the quarterly Labor Force Survey . Read the rest of this entry »
