Youth & Children

Read more about the article Group warns child labor is up with Davao City’s economic growth
Children scour the roads towards Barangay Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City in search of scrap wood and other things, two months after the Zamboanga standoff burned hundreds of houses here. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

Group warns child labor is up with Davao City’s economic growth

A child rights group here said it was worried with what it claimed as increasing cases of child labor as the the city is riding high on its economic growth.

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Read more about the article Full implementation of children’s welfare law urged
PLAY TIME. Children spend their time playing inside the Barangay Matina's child minding center unmindful of the intermittent rain that caused the swelling of the Matina Pangi river to alarming levels on Monday evening, January 2. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Full implementation of children’s welfare law urged

Despite the city’s winning streak as the most child-friendly city, the ordinance promoting children’s welfare was "inefficiently implemented" and largely ignored.

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Read more about the article Teenage pregnancy, suicide attempts rising in Davao
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Teenage pregnancy, suicide attempts rising in Davao

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Population (POPCOM) in Region 11 expressed concern over the rising cases of teenage pregnancy and suicide attempts among the youth in Davao region.…

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