PIA | Philippine Information Agency | Cases of child labor in Quezon decrease; many now in school

Cases of child labor in Quezon decrease; many now in school

By Joselito M. Giron
Tuesday 13th of August 2013


LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- Cases of child labor in the province has decreased because of the implementation of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Provincial Child Labor Committee (PCLC), averred Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Quezon provincial director Edwin Hernandez.

Quezon is the only province in Calabarzon Region which has an organized PCLC that oversees and implements programs and projects for child laborers and parents of child laborers.

“The province has a large turn-out of child laborers that enrolled in schools; because of the ‘Balik Eskwela’ project of the Department of Education, almost 2,200 child laborers are back in school,” Hernandez added.

For the parents of child laborers, the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has implemented Parents Effectiveness Session (PES) to ensure parents know their responsibilities and duties in rearing their children.

The DOLE has provided livelihood opportunities for the parents of child laborers so that they have a regular income for their daily needs.

Hernandez urges support of other government agencies to focus the implementation of their livelihood projects to the parents of child laborers to uplift their living conditions.

Recently, the DOLE 4-A has identified Mulanay, Quezon as pilot municipality for a child-labor free town in Calabarzon.(PIA 4A,Quezon)

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | Tagalog news: Kampanya para sa child labor free municipality and barangay, inilunsad

 Tagalog news: Kampanya para sa child labor free municipality and barangay, inilunsad

By Carlo P. Gonzaga

Thursday 8th of August 2013

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MULANAY, Quezon, Agosto 8 (PIA) -- Inilunsad kamakailan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 4A ang kauna-unahang child labor free municipality and barangays sa bayang ito.

Ang proyekto ay inilunsad ng DOLE-Region 4A sa pakikipagtulungan sa Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at International Labor Organization (ILO).

Sa kanyang pananalita, nagpasalamat si dating DOLE-Region 4A regional director Alex V. Avila sa lokal na pamahalaan sa pagtanggap sa hamon na lutasin ang problema sa child labor.

“Ang Mulanay ang kauna-unahang munisipyo sa buong Calabarzon na naglunsad ng kampanyang ito sa municipal level,” pahayag ni Avila.

Nagpahayag naman ng taus-pusong pasasalamat si Mayor Joselito A. Ojeda sa mga ahensiya ng pamahalaan na nagkaka-isa upang ma-resolba ang problema sa child labor sa kanyang nasasakupan.

Kalakip ng paglulunsad ng kampanya, nagkaroon ng presentasyon ng mga karapatan ng bata, pagbubuo ng barangay at municipal child protection council (B/MCPC) at oryentasyon ukol sa Anti-child Labor Law at Batas Kasambahay.

Sa nasabi ring okasyon, ipinagkaloob ng DOLE-Region 4A ang isang unit ng computer na may printer kay Mulanay public employment service office manager Antonio C. Nañadiego na gagamitin sa skills registry system (SRS) at tsekeng nagkakahalaga ng P208,692 para 93 na benepisaryo ng special program for the employment of students (SPES).

Ang programa ay dinaluhan ng lahat ng barangay kapitan, local social welfare officer, day care workers, mga magulang at dating mga batang manggagawa. (CPG, PIA4A at ulat mula sa DOLE-Quezon)

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | 12th Watershed Day, celebrated in Real and Infanta

12th Watershed Day, celebrated in Real and Infanta

By Ruel M. Orinday

Thursday 8th of August 2013

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REAL, Quezon, August 8 (PIA) -- The 12th Watershed Day was celebrated recently in the municipalities of Real and Infanta for the Real-Infanta Watershed Forest Reserve.

With the theme “Tubig-Kanlungan, Kayamanan at Buhay ng Bayan,” the celebration was held at Barangay Cawayan with the concerted efforts of the multi-sectoral watershed management council, the local government units, barangay health workers, barangay tanod, barangay chairmen, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), academe, peoples and non-government organizations, Philippine Army, Philippine National Police, Philippine Coastguard, Bureau of Fire Protection, Quezon provincial public safety company, Quezon water district Metro REINA Quezon Lions Club and religious sector.

Infanta vice mayor Filipina Grace America said they will continue to support the council, as she emphasized the need for a unified action in the mainstreaming of environmental protection in order to protect and conserve the watershed forest reserve.

Provincial environment and natural resources officer (PENRO) Alfredo C. Palencia representing Region 4-A regional executive director Reynulfo A. Juan talked on the importance of watershed and the need to care and rehabilitate the remaining forest for the future generation.

Palencia also encouraged the youth, NGOs, LGUs to assist the government, particularly the DENR in caring the environment, especially the watershed.

As part of the celebration, the participants planted 180 narra seedlings in a tree planting activity along Cawayan River in Barangay Cawayan, Real. (CPG/RMO-PIA4A Quezon)