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                    [ArticleID] => 2271739
                    [Title] => So, will there be a golden age for Philippine labor finally?
                    [Summary] => We pay tribute to our laborers annually. The ritual, done with full formalities while others commemorate it with indignant alternative protests, is not enough to alter the desperate conditions of millions of Filipino workers who have yet to see the day when truly, they can enjoy the same comfort of the homes that they help build, traverse the roads through their own vehicles and send their children to the schools that would hopefully change their fate.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136588
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807338
                    [AuthorName] => Ariel Nepomuceno
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1410796
                    [Title] => 2 captured Abu Sayyaf bandits involved in 2009 beheadings
                    [Summary] => 

Two of the three suspected Abu Sayyaf Group bombers captured last December 29 are involved in the beheading of seven kidnapped laborers in Sulu in 2009.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-08 14:55:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1251868 [Title] => Workers across Indonesia go on 2-day strike [Summary] =>

Laborers across Indonesia began a two-day strike yesterday demanding benefits and higher pay while protesting the hiring of contract workers.

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The Philippines has about 5.5 million child laborers (from five to 17 years old) with nearly three million of them doing hazardous tasks, a 2011 survey on children release by the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 764453 [Title] => 5 killed in building collapse in India [Summary] =>

Five laborers were killed and four others injured on Wednesday when the roof of a building collapsed after a gas cylinder exploded in Mundka area of northwest Delhi, according to the Press Trust of India.

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Iraqi officials say seven people have been killed in two blasts in central Iraq.

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There are 240,000 child laborers in Nepal, where the number of girls is more than the number of boys, according to the National Labor Survey 2010.

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