Posts Tagged Minors

by Melnie Ragasa-Jimena
from People’s Tonight

THIRTEEN girls aged 13 to 15 and recruited in Quezon City ended up being sold as prostitutes at P600 each to fishermen in Infanta, Quezon.

The victims are out-of-school youths and residents of Batasan Hills, Quezon City.

Police…

by Ricky Tulipat at Lordeth Bonilla
from Pilipino Star Ngayon

Mga menor-de-edad pa lang sina Ma. Jennifer Abalos, 12;  Jevelyn Devara, 14;  at Gessa Clemente, 13, at halos magkapareho ang kanilang hangarin na makatulong sa kanilang mga magulang at makaahon sa kahirapan.

Nilisan…

from People’s Journal

ALTHOUGH a law prohibits the employment of persons below 15 years old, this poverty stricken nation of more than 90 million people is teeming with child workers.

Due to grinding poverty, which has been forcing more and more…

Anthony Vargas
Manila Times

THE Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday issued an advisory clarifying the issuance of work permits and certificates for minors aged between 15 to 18 years old.

Acting Labor Secretary Arturo Sodusta issued the advisory in response to…

Zaida delos Reyes-Palanca
People’s Taliba

TARGET ngayon  ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf ang mga menor de edad sa pagre-recruit ng mga ito upang palakasin ang kanilang pu-wersa.

Ito ang  nabatid kahapon batay sa intelligence report  na nakarating sa tanggapan ni Autonomous Region in Muslim…