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Manila: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assisted more than 12,000 child laborers from 2021 to 2024 through the Strategic Help desks for Information, Education, Livelihood, and Other Developmental Interventions (SHIELD) Against Child Labor Program. Of the total, 3,887 minors have already been reintegrated into their families and communities, the DSWD said. According to Philippines News Agency, child labor is a serious concern that hinders the development of children. To address this problem, the DSWD implements the SHIELD Against Child Labor Program, which is a community-based program that taps the whole-of-society approach to provide holistic and immediate interventions

Manila: The Marcos administration has vowed to intensify its initiatives to create more job opportunities for Filipinos, as Malaca±ang welcomes the recent rise in employment figures recorded in May 2025. According to Philippines News Agency, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the nation’s labor force participation rate climbed to 65.8 percent in May 2025, a notable increase from 64.8 percent in the same month of the previous year. This development comes as a positive sign amid ongoing efforts by the government to enhance employment conditions. In a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro conveyed President Ferdinand R. Marcos

Manila: Bank lending experienced a modest acceleration in growth during May, while domestic liquidity expanded by over 5 percent, as reported by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Outstanding loans from universal and commercial banks (U/KBs) increased by 11.3 percent in May, up slightly from the 11.2 percent growth observed in April, according to preliminary data released on Monday. According to Philippines News Agency, the growth in bank loans was primarily driven by increased lending to both businesses and individual consumers. The outstanding loans issued by U/KBs amounted to PHP13.37 billion in May, rising from USD13.25 billion in the previous

Manila: Returning Baguio City Rep. Mauricio Domogan said Tuesday correcting the “legal infirmities” of the city’s current charter will be his top legislative agenda in his first 100 days in office. “We will file the necessary bill in Congress to correct the legal infirmities of the city charter,” Domogan said in a phone interview. According to Philippines News Agency, Republic Act (RA) 11689 or the Act Revising the Charter of the City of Baguio lapsed into law in April 2022 but was later found to have provisions that do not apply to the city. Among the provisions that need to

Manila: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will be conducting engineering technology testing for the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) Rebuild Project. In a television interview on Tuesday, Secretary Manuel Bonoan said that while they have yet to determine how long the entire process could take, it will initially involve two main steps: strengthening the base and sub-base of the road, and installing a running surface. According to Philippines News Agency, Secretary Bonoan mentioned that if the engineering technology testing is successful, there will be no need to excavate the entire section of EDSA. “We are trying to