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                    [Title] => Gov’t vows stronger campaign vs modern slavery
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The Philippines has one of the worst modern slavery problems in the Asia-Pacific, but it also garnered the top spot in the 2014 edition of the Global Slavery Index (GSI) among countries “making comparatively strong efforts with limited resources” in the campaign against human trafficking.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393354 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Modern slavery [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino workers contribute much to the country’s economic growth, but even policy makers acknowledge that the OFW phenomenon has a dark underbelly.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141119/startoon.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393425 [Title] => Over 260,000 Pinoys live in modern slavery – report [Summary] =>

An estimated 261,200 Filipinos still live in modern slavery, according to a recent survey conducted by Australian-based human rights groups.

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The Philippines has the 19th largest estimated population enslaved through forced prostitution, forced labor, involuntary servitude, child soldiery or removal of organs.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-18 16:57:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141118/modern-slavery-philippines.jpg ) ) )
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