“The government is committed to reduce and finally eradicate the incidence of child labor,” Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque told The Manila Times. “Most of the country’s child labor arises from poverty in the countryside. That is why we…
“PROSTITUTION” to pay for school fees is just one of the many guises of children in the Philippine flesh trade.
THEY are called “Shine Girls” in Davao. Batang tun-og or “children of the evening dew” in General Santos. “Vitamin C” in Cagayan de Oro.
AFTER a decade of one of the largest social reform movements ever seen, the end of child labor is now within grasp.
VIRAC, Catanduanes: Each day starts early for Aiza, her sister Angeline and their mother Emily.
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