Child Labor

DAVAO CITY, April 28 (PIA) – A 16-year old senior high school student Cherish Nymph Maniquez or “Chin-Chin” to her family knew how hard is it to work when she’s supposed to start first grade.

MANILA, Philippines – TV host Willie Revillame and top officials of TV5 have been sued for child abuse by rights advocates on Monday in connection with a crying boy who was made to dance suggestively and was given P10,000 on “Willing Willie” last March 12.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The government is stepping up its anti-child labor drive by seeking the participation of 42,000 villages in the implementation of the administration’s program, a senior government official said today.

If there’s anything the reported Willie Revillame controversy did, it gave him international notoriety. Arriving from a trip to the United States and Canada, I could not believe how many Asian publications carried the story on the reported child abuse in Revillame’s TV program. What it actually did was to highlight the despicable number of…

MANILA, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) – At the tender age of 10, Rodel Morozco was working in a goldmine and crawling inside tunnels, until one day he fell 200 feet underground because his father had blasted the tunnel with dynamite.

Lawmakers recently called for a congressional probe on the report of the United States Department of Labor that the Philippines “has the worst forms of child labor.”

The United Nations yesterday said it has so far registered 600 child soldiers, some as young as eight, fighting for armed groups in the Philippines and expected the final number to be in the thousands.

8 April 2011 – The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict and a political movement in the Philippines today agreed to develop an action plan to ensure that no children are among the ranks of the military group known as the New People’s Army (NPA), or are involved in the armed conflict.

MANILA, April 6 (Xinhua) — The Philippines has partnered with the international community to address the growing need for under- aged laborers in child labor intensive “industries,” the government said Wednesday.

ACTING on the report of a village school teacher, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has rescued school-age children working in the salt mines of Occidental Mindoro province.

MANILA, Philippines – There are at least 2.4 million working children in the Philippines and the target is for government to end the worst forms of child labor in five years, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today announced their plan to embark on a five-year program to end child labor in the country by 2016.

MANILA, Philippines – The dropout rate for elementary students is rising from an average of 5.99 percent in 2007 to 6.28 percent in 2010, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – Five minors working as entertainers in videoke bars in Olongapo City and Zambales were rescued by policemen and personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) over the weekend.

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LUCENA CITY – Quezon Governor David Suarez has ordered provincial, city and municipal government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) in this province to create a child labor committee under the Quezon Council for the Protection of Children. Suarez said the creation of child labor committees is pursuant to Republic Act No. 9231 which provides special…

A February 4, 2011 press release by the Department of Labor and Employment The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday said the employer of 17-year old Kevin Mabunga, one of the 10 construction workers who died at the tragic accident which occurred at Eton Greenbelt Residences in Makati City last week, could be held…

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is one of over 120 countries where the “worst forms of child labor” continue to exist, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and often denying children the chance to attend school and learn the skills they need to become productive adults, said a US Department of Labor report.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) conducted a series of advocacy orientations on child labor based on Republic Acts (RA) 9231 or the law on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor, and RA 9208 or the law on anti-trafficking in persons, to help improve the plight of children engaged in hazardous…

Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Dec. 23 (PIA) -– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE ) met the members of the Sagip Batang Manggagawa Quick Action Team (SBMQAT) here, December 22 in order to re-orient them and present the issues and problems in the program implementation against child labor and child trafficking throughout the province.

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment vowed Wednesday to eliminate child labor in the mines of Compostela Valley, where some children work as gold ore porters on the insistence of their parents.

Forced child labor is still a major problem plaguing the world’s markets. The U.S. Department of Labor just announced it has added six new products from a dozen new countries, 11 in Africa, to the list of countries that use child labor or forced child labor to produce goods for markets around the globe.

City of Malolos, Bulacan (15 December) — The Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLEs) 77th Founding Anniversary this month was observed here at SM City Marilao with an Advocacy and Information Campaign Against Child Trafficking-cum-Gift Giving for Children at Risk and Victims of Child Trafficking last December 13, 2010.

Press release prepared by the Department of Labor and Employment To help alleviate the plight of children engaged in hazardous and exploitative work, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will conduct a series of advocacy orientation on child labor based on Republic Act (RA) 9231, the law on the elimination of the worst forms…

MANILA, Philippines – A Manila City Hall team has rescued recently some 14 minors who are allegedly used by syndicates to perpetrate their illegal activities on the streets.

Catarman, Northern Samar (23 November) — In order to provide special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation and discrimination, Governor Paul R. Daza issued executed order No. 10-07 creating Child Labor Committee under the Northern Samar Council for the Welfare of Children.

Even as fireworks manufacturers have been ramping up production for the fast-approaching holidays, the Philippine National Police reminded them against employing minors to keep up with demand.

Local labor officials and government prosecutors in the Bicol region have teamed up to fight human trafficking, illegal recruitment and child labor.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole)-Central Luzon led the assessment of the national program against child labor and the formulation of the program’s action plan.

MANILA, Philippines—The government has set aside P10.7 million to help improve the socio-economic conditions of 30,000 disadvantaged migratory field workers, or “sacadas,” Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Saturday.