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Girls must not be mothers

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Teen moms: A lost generation?

"Teen pregnancy is a complex problem."     Part 2 Last week, I quoted data from the Commission on Population on the continuing increase of teen pregnancy cases...

Teen moms: A lost generation?

"These are girls without opportunities, who can hardly contribute to meeting their family’s needs, and who will be dependent on the meager social services...

PH population to grow by 2M next year–POPCOM

The Philippine population will have an increase of around 2 million by next year, the Commission on Population said Thursday. According to POPCOM executive director...

Stronger RH law sought amid increase in teenage pregnancies

Following a Commission On Population (PopCom) report that an average of 574 teenage girls get pregnant daily in 2017, senators Juan Edgardo Angara and...

Philippines’ World Contraception Day celebration aims to raise awareness on reproductive health, contraceptives

The Philippines has one of the fastest population growth rate in Southeast Asia of about 1.5 million Filipinos being added to the population every...

Population of elderly growing

CEBU CITY"•Commission on Population Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez said Wednesday the Philippines should brace for an aging population by 2025 and a spike...

Millennials in early sex, study says

A STUDY on young adult fertility and sexuality has linked early sex among millennials to exposure to the internet and social media. Commission on Population...

Subverting women’s rights

Angel is a month shy of turning eighteen years old. Due to extreme poverty and their family size, (she is the second in a...

Mom strangling kids shocks family groups

TUGUEGARAO CITY—Family planning and responsible parenthood advocates here were shocked by news that a 35-yearold woman strangled three of her four children to death...

‘Heart’ issues show rise in HIV cases

TACLOBAN CITY—The Commission on Population or Popcom celebrated Valentine’s Day with its “Heart to H.E.A.R.T” campaign, to create awareness on the increasing number of...

Palace lashes back at critics

MALACAñANG on Saturday scored critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s executive order ensuring access to modern family planning methods, telling them to keep a “broader...

Scrap contraceptives ban, high court asked

REPRODUCTIVE health advocates on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lift the ban on the use of  contraceptives. At a news conference, Dr. Jeepy Perez...
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