Jepoy, 16, has been working for a sugarcane plantation in Bukidnon since he was 12 years old. At a young age, he decided to work to help his family for their survival.
A month after he was captured by the New People’s Army, Private First Class Khen Subere is now able to reunite with his family.
Today, the newly formed Pilipinong Nagkakaisa para sa Soberanya (P1NAS) is set to hold a protest action against arbitrary foreign expansionism in West Philippine Sea at the Chinese Consular Office in Makati and then march down to the United States Embassy along Roxas Boulevard in Manila.
Thousands of farmers hit by drought were promised 3,000 sacks of rice they demanded in a four-day protest in the municipalities of Maramag and Kitaotao in the province of Bukidnon.
Authorities have arrested on Thursday morning Councilor Sergio Batistis, Jr. of Albuera, Leyte after selling fake receipts of the Philippine Councilors League in a mall here.
A farmer who was accused of being a New People’s Army member was allegedly beaten to death by the military on May 4 at Barangay Kalapaton, Kitaotao, Bukidnon.
The World Day against Child Labor was launched Wednesday at a mall here with the theme, “No to Child Labor, Yes to Quality Education”.
Around 793,000 households in the region are targeted to be listed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the national demographic household survey for poverty reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan.
Jhonward, 16, and Mae, 22, are both new graduates who work at a burger joint here.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will commemorate World Day on June 10 focusing on its advocacy against child labor.
