Child labor persists in the Philippines

OUR country is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We have enough laws against child labor. And yet the worst forms of child labor can still be found in many parts of the country today, according to a recent European Commission-funded study.

The EU report said Filipino children as young as 5 years are already engaged in child labor, with the most glaring incidence of violation involving the use of drugs for minors so they could withstand 16 hours of work in mining areas.