Hope in a Box was organized to support existing efforts to respond to the various needs of the least privileged communities especially the kids through providing services and distribution of school supplies.
There is a lesser number of Filipinas bearing children these days, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The construction of the Cavite extension of the Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT) is right on track, with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) eyeing its operation by Sept. 2024.
Although the targeted 100 percent face-to-face classes could not be achieved last Wednesday, child welfare advocates welcomed the resumption of in-person classes in most schools nationwide.
CHILDREN'S MONTH. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran delivers his State of the Children's Address 2021 during the Children's Month celebration at Robinsons Mall Antique on Nov. 29, 2021. Untaran said the local government unit continuously implements policies, programs, projects, and activities that promote and protect children's rights.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, ANTIQUE - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Antique has extended assistance to 2,086 child laborers this year despite the restrictions due to the pandemic. DOLE Antique Labor and Employment Officer III Benjie Requintina, in an interview Wednesday, said the assistance received by the children range from school supplies, educational cash assistance, skills training, and hygiene kits, among others. Child laborers in the province are in the age group of 15 and below and mostly work as helpers in households, fishponds, and charcoal factories. DOLE is pa
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano delivered her 19th State of City Children’s Address (SOCCA) at SM MOA on Nov. 26. Rubiano’s SOCCA was in line with the celebration of the Children’s Month which focuses on the theme “New Normal na Walang Iwanan: Karapatan ng Bawa’t Bata Ating Tutukan.” She said