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Stronger support ahead for workers, families in Surigao del Sur

In line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s call to promote the welfare of workers and their families, the Department of Labor and Employment...

Drop in fertility rate will boost working-age population, says CPD

The drop in fertility rate below the replacement level at this time presents economic opportunities in the Philippines by increasing the working-age population, which...

#ANONGBALITA More Pinoy pairs delaying wedlock, having children

If you’re putting off getting married and delaying having children, you are not alone, says the Commission on Population and Development (CPD). This situation has...

POPCOM: Teenage pregnancies nat’l social emergency

The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is concerned about the increase of teenage pregnancies in the Philippines, saying it may be considered a...

Bayer, POPCOM push for fact promotion on Family Planning on World Contraception Day 

Bayer Philippines Inc. and POPCOM have pushed on World Contraception Day for a more aggressive facts promotion on Family planning even as approximately 218...

PH population: More seniors as few babies born

Filipinos are having fewer babies while the number of senior citizens has doubled in the last 20 years to account for 8.5 percent of...

Population growth

"We need to confront the biggest elephant in the room insofar as our hopes of creating a better quality of life and addressing our...

Popcom eyes 1% population growth a year

The Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) on Wednesday said it aimed to keep the country’s yearly population growth at around one million or one...

PopCom to continue focusing on family planning, poverty issues

The Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) will continue pursuing key policies on family planning and addressing poverty thresholds under Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez...

POPCOM chief optimistic BBM will adopt BP2 program

The continuity of the government’s Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program will promote “inclusive economic development”. “The incoming Marcos administration must consider the continuation of...

16 is the new age of sexual consent

"The need to protect children from all forms of abuse is consistent with the State’s duty to uphold human rights." The enactment of Republic Act...

PH logs highest death rate in decades — report

The first 11 months of 2021 saw more registered deaths across the Philippines, which stood at 768,504—higher by 154,562 than all of 2020, a...

Teenage pregnancies in PH drop 13% in 2020, POPCOM reports

The number of births among adolescent mothers in the country in 2020 went down by 23,855—a 13-percent drop which set a 17-year record for...

Pandemic pushes over 4 million Pinoys deeper into poverty—PSA report

The ongoing pandemic is having polarizing effects on Filipinos’ socioeconomic standing, pushing more than 4 million people deeper into poverty, while lifting some 800,000...
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