Working children in the Philippines rose to 868,540 in 2025, while child labor cases increased to 513,650, with agriculture ...

THE number of Filipino children engaged in child labor inched up slightly in 2025 from a year earlier, according to preliminary data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA ...

ON a rainy Monday morning, a young boy boards a bus carrying a basket of rice cakes, calling out “Puto, suman, sapin-sapin kayo diyan!” as he moves through the aisle. He appears to be no older than ...

THE number of child laborers in the Philippines — those performing hazardous jobs or working more hours than legally allowed ...

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is heeding the call of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) to work on ...

Jerome F. Leopoldo, Employment Officer II and Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program focal person of the Department of Labor and Employment Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office, ...

DOLE-10 Regional Director Atty. Joffrey Suyao calls for stronger efforts to keep children in school and protect them from exploitative labor during the Information and Service Caravan on Child Labor ...

Andy Burnham carried out a brutal purge of Keir Starmer's allies yesterday as he signalled he will lead the most Left-wing ...

If the Energy Development Corporation was built and once held in the name of the Philippines' energy security, should it ...

The world’s most popular fruit owes its success to a supply chain shaped by political upheaval, environmental harm, and a ...

A U.N. report says Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it issued the Withhold Release Orders after an investigation uncovered abusive living and working conditions and other indicators of forced labor.