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                    [Title] => DOLE, ILO unit join hands to reduce child labor
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has partnered with the International Labor Organization-International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) for a project aimed at reducing child labor in the country by 75 percent.

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Although DOLE did not give figures on how many children are working in Cebu, it is considered as among the "hot spots" for child prostitution where a number of kids are found working in pyrotechnics, prostitution, domestic labor, mining and quarrying, deep-sea fishing, and sugar cane plantations.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1789631 [AuthorName] => Wenna Berondo [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281407 [Title] => Child prostitution in Cebu alarming — ILO [Summary] => CEBU — There are more child prostitutes in Cebu City than in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu, last year’s study of the International Labor Organization-International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPECL) revealed.

The ILO-IPECL, with the help of the University of San Carlos, conducted the study from December 2003 to January 2004 and came up with the numbers which it said were alarming.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1789631 [AuthorName] => Wenna Berondo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261993 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Hamon sa DSWD: Tutukan mga 'batang tulak' [Summary] => DINADAMPOT na ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang mga "batang rugby". Salamat naman at pagkaraan nang mahabang panahon ay nakita rin ng DSWD ang mga "batang rugby". Sana’y maging palagian ang kanilang pagdakma sa mga batang nagpapatuyo ng utak. Tip namin sa DSWD: Marami pang batang rugby sa kanto ng Avenida at Doroteo Jose, Novaliches (Bayan), Quezon Blvd. cor Recto Avenue at sa Legarda. Naglipana sila sa mga nabanggit na lugar.
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The study, commissioned by the International Labor Organization-International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC), showed that young children in poor communities are recruited by their parents and older relatives to join the illegal drug trade.
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has partnered with the International Labor Organization-International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) for a project aimed at reducing child labor in the country by 75 percent.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286550 [Title] => Child labor rampant in Cebu, DOLE says [Summary] => Due to high incidence of child labor in Cebu, the Department of Labor and Employment chose it as among the priority areas for interventions.

Although DOLE did not give figures on how many children are working in Cebu, it is considered as among the "hot spots" for child prostitution where a number of kids are found working in pyrotechnics, prostitution, domestic labor, mining and quarrying, deep-sea fishing, and sugar cane plantations.
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The ILO-IPECL, with the help of the University of San Carlos, conducted the study from December 2003 to January 2004 and came up with the numbers which it said were alarming.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1789631 [AuthorName] => Wenna Berondo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261993 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Hamon sa DSWD: Tutukan mga 'batang tulak' [Summary] => DINADAMPOT na ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang mga "batang rugby". Salamat naman at pagkaraan nang mahabang panahon ay nakita rin ng DSWD ang mga "batang rugby". Sana’y maging palagian ang kanilang pagdakma sa mga batang nagpapatuyo ng utak. Tip namin sa DSWD: Marami pang batang rugby sa kanto ng Avenida at Doroteo Jose, Novaliches (Bayan), Quezon Blvd. cor Recto Avenue at sa Legarda. Naglipana sila sa mga nabanggit na lugar.
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The study, commissioned by the International Labor Organization-International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC), showed that young children in poor communities are recruited by their parents and older relatives to join the illegal drug trade.
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