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C. VISAYAS DROPS TO 5TH PLACE IN NO. OF CHILD LABORERS, DOLE SAYS
Tuesday 26th of March 2013
CEBU CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Labor Assistant Secretary Gloria Tango said much needs to be done to eradicate child labor in the region, even as Central Visayas dropped a notch lower from 4th to 5th rank among regions in the country beset by the problem.
“Though it is welcome news that from fourth placer previously, Central Visayas has now been ranked number five among regions with the most number of child laborers, the major problem lies with the volume of child laborers in the country and in the region which is increasing due to poverty,” said Tango.
Tango said they are now zeroing in on ‘convergence of services’ to address the soci...
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19Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has further strengthened its fight against trafficking of persons, illegal recruitment, and child labor through a Trainers’ Training on October 4 and 5 at the Apple Tree Resort in Opol, Misamis Oriental. The training, facilitated by the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), was participated by 33 focal persons coming from Regions 9, 10, 11, and 13. The legal bases reviewed during the two-day training include Rep...
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18Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The estimated number of working children aged five to 17 years old in the Philippines is about 5.492 million, based on the 2011 Survey on Children conducted by the National Statistics Office. In this survey, children aged five to 17 years who worked for at least one hour during the past 12 months were considered working. The working children represented 18.9 percent of the total children five to 17 years old. The survey also reveals the following: three in every 1...
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17Oct2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Okt. 17 (PIA) -- Inamin ni DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz na hindi magiging epektibo ang kanilang kampanya laban sa mga child labor kung walang tulong mula sa mga barangay. Binigyang-diin ni Sec. Baldoz na kailangan ang ayuda ang mga opisyal ng barangay sa pagsisigurong walang mga bata mula 5 hanggang 15 taong gulang ang magtatrabaho upang kumita ng pera para sa kanilang pamilya gaano man kahirap ang kalagayan. Wala r...
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17Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is bringing the battle to free child laborers to the villages. Labor and employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz came to General Santos City Monday to launch the Child Labor-Free Barangay program in Soccsksargen Region or Region 12. “We recognize that the most effective way to fight child labor in the country is to bring the program down to the level of barangays,...
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16Oct2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Okt 16 (PIA) -- Pormal nang inilunsad kahapon ang “Child Labor-Free Barangay” program ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa Soccsksargen Region. Mismong si Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz kasama ang pamunuan ng pamunuan ni regional director Chona Mantilla ang naglunsad ng naturang programa sa Bula gymnasium sa Bula, General Santos City. Layon ng programa na palayain ang mga kabataan mula sa pagtatrabaho para sa pangkabuhayan n...
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15Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 15 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment secretary Rosalinda Baldoz arrives in General Santos City today for the launching of the department's Child Labor-Free Barangay Program in Soccsksargen Region. DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla said, the event is in line with their efforts to eliminate to child labor as mandated in Republic Act 9231 or Anti Child Labor Law. At the launching at Barangay Bula gymnasium, Baldo...
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29Sep2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Sept 29 (PIA) -- Twenty five children, who are at risk of child labor from Bauang town, were identified as beneficiaries of the Project Angel Tree of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - La Union Field Office. The project is one of the strategies being implemented by the DOLE and its partners to ensure that communities are free from child labor, DOLE 1 Regional Director Grace Ursua said. The children were provided child labor education, educational assi...
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27Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, Sept 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) in Soccsksargen Region is pushing forward with its anti-child labor drive in accordance with their advocacy to promote children's rights and welfare. During the reorientation seminar on Republic Act 9231 conducted yesterday, DOLE-12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla explained the importance of the mentioned law as means of saving abused children. She said, the law mandates the elimination of worst forms of child l...
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26Aug2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Aug 26 (PIA) -- Mikabat sa 105 ka mga batang trabahante sa tubo nga kasamtangan usab nga nag-eskwela ang nalipay pag-ayo sa dihang midangat si Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz bag-ohay pa lamang diha sa barangay San Jose, Quezon, Bukidnon, dala ang proyekto sa departamento nga ginganlan ug “Project Angel Tree.” Kauban sa mga dagkong opisyales sa local nga kagamhanan, pribadong kompaniya, negosyante, edukasyon, ug mga pribadong grupo, gipangunahan ni Baldoz ang pag-pang...
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24Aug2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, August 24 (PIA) -- Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) thrilled some 105 schoolchildren working in sugarcane fields as she recently brought in the Project Angel Tree to barangay San Jose, Quezon, Bukidnon. Along with high officials from local government units, private firms, civil society groups and the academe, Baldoz led the giving out of heaps of school bags, school supplies and t-shirts to child workers in the village. San ...
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17Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 17 (PIA) -- Five local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental are committed to support World Vision's Pag-aaral ng Bata para sa Kinabukasan - Livelihood, Education, Advocacy and Protection (ABK3-LEAP) program to reduce the 1,990 child laborers identified working in sugarcane plantations in the province. According to ABK 3 project director Daphne Culanag 18 barangays from the municipalities of Mabinay, Manjuyod, Sta. Catalina, Siaton and Tanjay City will receive the assis...
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17Aug2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug 17 (PIA) -- Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will lead today, August 17, a series of activities on anti-child labor and other DOLE initiatives in the province of Bukidnon. Baldoz will sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to formalize the commitments of the five pilot barangays in Quezon town, the local government unit (LGU) and DOLE in the implementation of the child labor monitoring system (CLMS) and the child labor-...
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02Aug2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug 2 (PIA) -- The municipalities of Manticao, Lugait and Naawan have partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the campaign against trafficking in persons (TIP), illegal recruitment and child labor. The partnership of DOLE and the three municipalities, known as the ManLuNa cluster in Misamis Oriental province, was formalized through the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the local chief executives of the three municipalities...
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26Jul2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, July 26 (PIA) -- More than 200 members of barangay councils against child labor attended the launching of the child labor monitoring and integrated services delivery system at the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this city last July 25. The launch was led by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Quezon provincial office, International Labour Organization (ILO) and Quezon provincial child labor committee. It was attended by the barangay council for ...
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23Jul2012TUAO , Cagayan, July 23 (PIA)--- Tuao Municipal Mayor William Mamba has appealed to the barangay officials of Bugnay, Fugu and San Vicente of this town to help in the campaign for child-labor free barangays by ensuring that all children in their areas who are involved in child labor must be in school. Speaking before parents and barangay officials during the recent awarding of livelihood assistance to parents of child laborers by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 2, Mamba sa...
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13Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here celebrated the World Day Against Child Labor through a gift giving held last June 26. Thirty-one child laborers were brought in for an afternoon gift giving inside the WODP Hall in the regional office of DOLE in Northern Mindanao. DOLE-Western Misamis Oriental OIC-Director Rodrigo A. Deloso and City Social Welfare Officer of Ergen Abregana shared stories on the troubles of said children on abandonment, ph...
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07Jul2012PIAT, Cagayan, July 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. 2 launched last July 2 its campaign on child labor-free barangays, anchored on the theme "Pagtutulungan, Pagpapalaya sa mga Batang Manggagawa." The launching, conducted at Cagayan Robina Sugar Milling Corporation (CARSUMCO) of this town, was attended by 25 child laborers and their parents. The said child laborers came from the barangays of Sto Domingo in Piat; Sampaguita in Solana; Bugnay, Pugo, a...
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06Jul2012TUY, Batangas, July 6 (PIA) --The Sangguniang Barangay of Dao has passed a resolution affirming its support to fight child labor, child trafficking and illegal recruitment in the sugarcane industry. Barangay Captain Conrado Estipona handed a copy of the resolution to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Milagros Mata during a simple ceremony held at the session hall of Brgy. Dao. An orientation on the salient features of Republic Act 9231 or an Act Providing For t...
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03Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 3 (PIA) -- The South Cotabato field office of the Department of Labor and Employment has embarked on an activity to apprise employers on Republic Act 9231, otherwise known as “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor.” Edwin Morales, head of DOLE-South Cotabato field office, said at least 23 employers, all micro-enterprises, were oriented on RA 9231 during the technical advisory visit (TAV) seminar held in nearby Tampa...
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30Jun2012BACOLD CITY, Negros Occ., June 30 (PIA6) -- For 10-year old Kimberly of Barangay Antipolo, Pontevedra, going to school for almost a month now is having to carry a new bag full of school supplies, she had wanted, but never had; instead of a hoe, a farm tool with sharp edges used to remove weeds, unwanted crops and to create shallow trenches for planting. Kimberly has to turn over that hoe to get the bag full of school needs in a ceremony that would symbolically put an end to her having to work ...
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28Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- Child labor is the biggest human rights issue that affects around 215 million children around the globe. During the launch of the “Batang Malaya: Child Labor Free Philippines” campaign on June 26, US Ambassador Harry Thomas said there is need to break the cycle of poverty as this is the root cause of child labor. Among those present in the launching were representatives of government agencies and civil society organizations. United States Embassy’s politica...
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28Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here called on members of media to take a more active step to help reduce, if not eliminate, child labor. Noting the crucial role of media in strengthening anti-child labor action, Rodrigo A. Deloso, head of the DOLE Misamis Oriental west office, said media can actively seek information about child labor, and make exciting and unique releases that will draw immediate action. He said that media organizations can...
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23Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 23 (PIA) -- The Provincial Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (PIACAT) of Negros Oriental moved to pass a resolution requiring minors travelling with or without an adult within the country to secure a clearance first from the barangay and local social welfare officer. In a meeting with PIACAT recently, Visayas coordinator Romulado Señeres of Visayan Forum said this concern is vital due to the cases of minors who are believed victims of illegal recruitment in Negros O...
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22Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10, along with partner-agencies and stakeholders in the sugar industry, celebrated the World Day Against Child Labor recently in Butong, Quezon, in the province of Bukidnon. The celebration, held last June 11, was highlighted by the inauguration and turnover of a four-classroom building donated by Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc. to the Quezon National High School-Apyao Annex. This was attended by De...
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21Jun2012SAN JOSE,Antique, June 21 (PIA) -- The Province of Antique joins the rest of the country and the whole world in observing the 2012 World Day Against Child Labor. In an interview with the new DOLE Provincial Director Mary Agnes Capigon, she said that since the launching of the first World Day Against Child Labor in 2002 by the International Labor Organization, the Philippines has joined its yearly observance to raise awareness on the plight of child laborers and to demonstrate solidarity in the ...
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15Jun2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, June 15 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro led the turnover of the symbolic key and the unveiling of the Little Red Schoolhouse, last Monday, in Barangay Butong, Quezon, Bukidnon, which is geared towards eliminating child-labor in the area. The newly built schoolhouse is a P4-million-worth, four-classroom building donated by Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc. (CCFPI), which Secretary Luistro said will house 400 enrollees of first- and...
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15Jun2012GEN. TRIAS, Cavite, June 15 (PIA) -- Four former child laborers were awarded scholarship grants by the San Miguel Foundation, Inc. recently, highlighting the province’s observance of World Day Against Child Labor (WDACL) with the theme “Human rights and social justice… let’s end child labor.” The qualified former child laborers for the San Miguel Community Scholarship Program for school year 2012-2013 will take courses in Associate in Computer Technology (ACT), Bachelor of Science in...
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15Jun2012CALAUAG, Quezon, June 15 (PIA) -- A total of 509 former child laborers from this town received school supplies during the celebration of ‘world day against child labor’ and the 144th Philippine Independence day. Calauag Mayor Luisito Visorde led the distribution. The beneficiaries are among the 1,433 child laborers in Quezon Province listed under the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) of International Labor Organization (ILO). Department of Labor and Employm...
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08Jun2012MANILA, June 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment urges the public to report child labor incidence using the internet. This, as the labor department launched the web site against child trafficking called CLKSS, or the Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System. The CLKSS is DOLE’s anti-child labor data hub which can be found on the website of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC). In a news release, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that anyone can register or log on...
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05Jun2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, June 5 (PIA) -- Some 44 former child laborers from Cavite are now back to school instead of working in rice fields and fishing. The children were collaboratively given the opportunity of a future by the Children’s Helper Project (CHP) Inc. based in Cavite City and the Shoreline Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran Inc. (SKKI) in Naic, both non-government organizations (NGOs) who are partners of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in the prevention and elimination of child l...
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31May2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, May 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment identified 14 Eastern Visayas barangays as the pilot areas for the initial implementation of the Child Labor-Free Barangay project in the region. DOLE Region 8 Director Exequiel Sarcauga informed the six pilot barangays have been chosen because of their high prevalence of child labor. Of the 14 barangays with high incidence of children at risk of becoming child laborers, five are from Northern Samar, namely, Barangays ...
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29May2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 29 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) conducted seminar workshop on strengthening and capability building of the barangay council for the protection of children (BCPC) to the 123 members of BCPC from the towns of Calauag, Catanauan and Lucena City. According to Virgilio Magsino, DOLE-Quezon provincial director, the seminar-workshop is a component part of the DOLE action programme on taking children out of child labor through a functional and instit...
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26May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Office of the Department of Labor and Employment in Zamboanga del Norte is scheduled to conduct a child labor-free barangay campaign on May 29, 2012 in Barangay Baybay in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte. Barangay Baybay is one of the 76 barangays identified by the DOLE as a barangay with high incidence of child labor which will be transformed into a child labor-free zone. According to the Labor Department, most of the child labor cases identified in the ...
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26May2012CALAUAG, Quezon, May 25 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Quezon launched ‘pulong-pulong sa barangay kontra sa child labor’ in this town recently. According to DOLE provincial director Virgilio Magsino, the activity covered the 18 beneficiary-barangays from Lucena City, Calauag and Catanauan towns where cases of child-laboring are high. “We convened a total of 947 participants representing various stakeholders including beneficiaries to identify the programs and proje...
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25May2012MANILA, May 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently announced the pre-identified target barangays with high incidence of child labor, which will be transformed by the DOLE Regional Offices into child labor-free zones. “The DOLE Regional Offices are already coordinating with local government units as well as community leaders and barangays captains to help minimize incidents of child labor and illegal recruitment of minors. The DOLE anti- child labor program involves...
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24May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlungsod has urged the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) to conduct investigation amid reports that a number of sand gravel gatherers have been allegedly employing children. Reports have it that minors aged 17 years old and below are seen working in quarry sites within the city. Some of these sand and gravel gatherers who have been employing minors are allegedly operating illegally as they lack the required g...
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23May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 23 (PIA) -- Officials of gold-rich Barangay Kematu have banned children from working in mining tunnels in their village. Information from the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here said, Brgy. Kematu’s council led by chairman Mansueto dela Peña, Jr., passed on May 14 Resolution No. 8, series of 2012, “Eliminating and Prohibiting the Deployment of Minor and Underage Children (Young Individuals) within the mining site of Bara...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will spearhead today’s nationwide launching of the campaign for “Child Labor Free Barangays.” The activity aims to encourage local government units (LGUs) especially barangays to help in ensuring that children are enjoying their rights and not wasting their selves working. More than 500 people are expected to join the activity which will be held at the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) in Quezon City....
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07May2012ILOILO CITY, May 7 (PIA6) – Local legislation are needed to eliminate worst forms child labor at the barangay level. This is because there are no corresponding local ordinances in the barangays to give teeth to Republic Act 9231 or the act providing for elimination of the worst forms of child labor, said Director Ponciano Ligutom of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) The 2010 record of the International Labor Organization (ILO)-Philippines showed that there over 300,000 working ch...
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03May2012CATARMAN, Northern Samar, May 3 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources sets to conduct a public hearing on May 16 on the proposed ordinance defining and penalizing the use of child labor, and providing for a program for the prevention and progressive elimination of child labor in Northern Samar. The proposed ordinance is aimed at progressively eliminating child labor in the province by preventing children, especially children at risk, from goin...
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21Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 21 (PIA6) -- Parents of child laborers in the town of San Enrique received more than P397,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment-6 (DOLE) for livelihood projects. DOLE-6 Director Ponciano M. Ligutom said about 52 parents from Barangays Mapili and Dumiles, in San Enrique will benefit from the assistance which is DOLE’s initiative to help eliminate child labor. DOLE-Iloilo/Guimaras Field Office has joined hands with the Iloilo State College...
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19Mar2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, March 19 (PIA) –Twenty two child laborers and street children were rescued recently by the joint forces of concerned government agencies at Dalahican fish port under the “Sagip Batang Manggagawa” program of the Department of Labor and Employement (DoLE). Carol Ortiz of DoLE-Quezon said the rescued children work as porters and divers were classified hazardous to the health and safety of children. “Out of the 22 child laborers rescued,...
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15Mar2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Mar. 15 (PIA) --Nailigtas ng mga tauhan ng city social welfare and development office (CSWDO) at ng Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) ang 22 menor de edad na nagtatrabaho sa compound ng fish port sa barangay Dalahican. Sinabi ni CSWDO Officer Radsma Umilin, na ang pagkakaligtas sa 21 lalaki at isang batang babae ay mula sa ulat ng ilang concerned citizens na umano'y may mga batang nagtatrabaho sa nasabing lugar kasama ang iba pang mga batang ...
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15Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, MARCH 15(PIA)--- Gimanduan karon ni Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz ang mga rehiyonal nga buhatan sa Department of Labor and Employment nga himoong child labor-free zone ang mga barangay sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga rehiyon isip tipik sa tinguha sa gobyerno nga wagtangon ug santaon ang child labor dinhi sa nasod. Among gihingusgan ang implementasyon sa Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program pinaagi sa paghimo sa mga natumbok nga barangay nga dunay daghang kaso sa c...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment is waging an all-out war against child labor this year by rolling-out series of programs and activities to boost its campaign for the prevention and elimination of child labor. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that for 2012 they will be focusing on the country side in an effort to eradicate child labor, adding that they target 80 barangays to become chil...
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08Mar2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- The city social welfare and development office will hold effective service trainings for parents and guardians of child laborers and at risk children on March 17-18 at Barangay Market view, this city. Cesar Umilin Jr. , International Labor Organization / CSWDO project development officer said the training to be participated by 67 parents, mostly residents of barangay Market view is part of th...
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07Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete disclosed in a media interactive forum held on Monday at the DOLE-10 Regional Office that they recently launched the “Child Labor-Free Bukidnon” campaign as part of its child labor prevention and elimination drive. He said the campaign was piloted in Barangay Butong in the town of Quezon as a survey conducted by the Xavier University revealed that ch...
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07Mar2012BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and in coordination with the Eastern Visayas Child Labor Committee (EV-CLC), is conducting a two-day Capacity Building Training on Child Labor and Trafficking in Persons. The training is held today until tomorrow at the Provincial Governor’s Office, Conference Hall, Capitol Building, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. Some 50 ...
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17Feb2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Mimaropa, has organized the advocacy activity against child labor dubbed ‘Suportahan, Iangat, Gabayan Ang Welfare ng Kabataan (SIGAW Kabataan)’ in the municipality of Bulalacao recently. Eighty-two participants from various sectors actively joined the SIGAW Kabataan advocacy of DOLE. According to Director Zen Angara of DOLE Mimaropa, the advocacy project on child labor int...
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15Feb2012ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Mipadayag na sa panaad ang mga sugar planters sa Ormoc-Kananga Sugar District sa pagtapos sa child labor practice diha sa industriya sa asukar. Mibutyag sila OIC regional director Exequiel Sarcauga ug Virgilio Doroja Jr., information officer designate sa DOLE-8 nga usa ka resolusyo ang gipasa sa mga miyembro sa Ormoc–Kananga Mill District Development Council Foundation, Inc. (MDDCFI), diin kini misaad paghatag ug hi...
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07Feb2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Feb. 7 (PIA) – As a response to the reported high number of child laborers, provincial mayors and private corporations recently signed the Commitment of Intent with the International Labor Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) to address this issue on child labor. Giovanni Soledad, Project Manager, ILO-IPEC, said the treaty will help pool government and non-government organizations’ expertise and resource...
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29Sep2011CALAMBA CTIY, Laguna, September 29 (PIA) -- One of the primary reasons why some children or youths are indulged in drug addiction, child labor, prostitution and other unlawful activities, as generally claimed, is due to extreme poverty. In addressing these problems the government has instituted and strengthened various programs focusing on the welfare and protection of children for them to become good citizens and leaders in the future. One tangible program of the government in nurturing a bet...
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24Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 24 (PIA) -- Officials of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday gathered stakeholders in a forum regarding the issue of child laborers in mining operations in T'boli town. Present in the forum intended to discuss and clarify issues why children below 15 years old should not be required to work and earn for their families were parents, barangay and town officials, as well as representatives of the mining firm operating in the a...
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30Jun2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, June 30 (PIA) -- Rafael Grancioso at 12 years old, used to work as “mangengete” a term used to describe youngsters along the seashores in Naic, Cavite. They are indulged in carrying fish caught by fishermen from anchored bancas to the trading area in exchange for fish or a little amount of money either for themselves or to help their parents augment their earnings. “Kabilang ako sa 30 na mga batang naialis mula sa pagiging child laborer sa pinagsam...
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