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.
Ruby Carrasco, DOLE South Cotabato field office head, reported that the child laborers either worked as “abanteros,” packers or haulers in small-scale mining projects in Barangay Kematu.
She noted that some of the minors worked in “banlas” or sluice mining operations, a method deemed illegal by the provincial government due to its destructive effect on the environment.
“The child laborers have been identified and profiled for the assistance that will be extended to them, including their parents,” Carrasco said.
In the past few months, the DOLE regional office conducted consultation and advocacy campaigns in a bid to lick the child labor menace in T’boli town.
Officials of Barangay Kematu have committed to pass an ordinance against child labor hopefully by next month, Carrasco said. –Report from InterAksyon.com
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
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of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
