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+ Follow WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR Tag
WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR
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                    [ArticleID] => 1334227
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Child laborers
                    [Summary] => 

On the same day that the country celebrated Independence Day, the international community observed a special day to stop child labor.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20140613/startoon.gif ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 66856 [Title] => DILG: Independence Day celebration coincides with World Day vs Child Labor [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341642 [Title] => EDITORIAL – Battling child labor [Summary] => The Philippines marked World Day Against Child Labor yesterday with the country facing the same dilemma as the rest of the developing world: poverty is forcing millions of families to make children work for a living. Often child laborers are deprived of education, even in countries such as the Philippines where there is free mandatory education from elementary to high school.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253607 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Children in bondage [Summary] => As we celebrated Independence Day yesterday, we also joined the rest of the world in dedicating the day to the fight against child labor. For the Third World, this could be a tricky battle. Often, impoverished parents themselves send their children to work, even in the sex industry.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164426 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Liberation for child workers [Summary] => On the same day that we celebrated our proclamation of independence, the world called for another form of liberation. Yesterday, for the first time, the Philippines and other member countries... [DatePublished] => 2002-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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