MANILA, Philippines – The US government has granted $15 million for the education and other services of Filipino children engaged in hazardous forms of child labor. Read the rest of this entry »
Phl gets $15-M US grant vs child labor
October 9, 2011
Child labor common during economic recession, Labor Department says
October 9, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department this week announced a list of the worst countries for abuses of child labor but held out only meager hope for improvement soon.
India, Bangladesh and the Philippines are at the top. Several Latin American countries also made the list. Read the rest of this entry »
DoLE intensifies child protection program
October 8, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Saturday it will tap local government units (LGUs) to intensify it campaign against the worst form of child labor. Read the rest of this entry »
$15-M US grant to combat child labor in Philippines
October 5, 2011
WASHINGTON – US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Monday announced a grant of $15 million for a project to combat exploitative child labor in sugarcane growing areas in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia leads world in child-labor products: report
October 4, 2011
WASHINGTON — India, Bangladesh and the Philippines lead the world in the number of products made by child workers, a US government stock-taking of the global scale of underaged labor revealed. Read the rest of this entry »
Efforts sought to curb child labor
October 4, 2011
THE PHILIPPINES must exert more effort to reduce child workers, according to a report released by the United States government, even as it noted that “the worst forms of child labor” remain in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
LGUs urged: Resolve child labor
October 2, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Monday called on local government units (LGUs) to formulate local legislations that will address child labor and integrate anti-child labor initiatives in their local development plans and programs. Read the rest of this entry »
Over 18,000 Pinoy kids work in mining, quarrying on job sites — ILO
September 29, 2011
At least one million children in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia, including the Philippines, work in small-scale mining and quarrying operations, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported. Read the rest of this entry »
DOLE rescues 9 Bicol minors from traffickers
September 16, 2011
Boosting government’s fight against human trafficking, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Bicol has rescued nine minors from human traffickers in separate operations, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a statement Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Signing of MOU on elimination of Child Labor set
September 15, 2011
CATARMAN, Northern Samar, Sept. 15 (PIA) -– Key agencies of the province of Northern Samar led by the Provincial Government and International Labor Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) will finally engage into a written agreement to signify and capture the collective commitment of each representation in eliminating child labour as well as outline the specific roles each one will play in addressing child labor in the area. Read the rest of this entry »
