Malacaang is calling for the cooperation of local government units (LGUs) in stopping illegal child labor in some 80 barangays which have been identified by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE).
This was disclosed by deputy presidential spokesperson Abigal Valte yesterday after Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano earlier revealed that the International Labor Organization estimated that there are now 2.4 million child laborers in the Philippines, aged nine to 17.
Cayetano called on the Aquino administration to implement a more comprehensive program that would protect minors, particularly street children who have been exploited by unscrupulous employers.
According to Valte, the DoLE has already identified 80 barangays, mostly in the provinces, where illegal child labor has been found rampant.
We are hoping to target these barangays would be child labor-free in 2012, she said.
As such, Valte underscored the need for local executives, particularly the mayors and barangay chairmen, to enforce laws against child labor.
She also cited the recent success of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking which was able to rescue 22 women and minors who were about to work in Dubai.
That was a milestone and there was already a conviction, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Valte said. –Rocky G. Nazareno, Daily Tribune
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International Equal Pay Day
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more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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against serious violations of protocols of
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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