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PHILIPPINE STAR: BAN ON GROUP ADVOCATING SHORT-TERM MARRIAGE SOUGHT
The party-list group ABA (Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga Magsasaka, Manggagawang-Bukid at Mangingisda) has asked the Commission on Elections to ban from participation in the May 2010 party-list elections... Read more
Manila Standard: Family Planning Backers Threaten to Block Other Bills
The 132 authors of the Reproductive Health bill have promised to block the passage of tax measures and Constitutional Convention bills being rushed by the House leadership in the last nine days of... Read more
Business World: Population Control Measure Approval No Longer Feasible, Lawmakers Admit
THE CONTROVERSIAL reproductive health (RH) bill mainly opposed by the Catholic Church is unlikely to be passed in the 14th Congress with the House of Representatives leadership citing lack of time to... Read more
Philippine Star: No RH Bill Means No Cha-Cha, New Tax Measures - Lagman
The principal proponent of the reproductive health (RH) bill in the House of Representatives vowed yesterday to block the renewed Charter change (Cha-cha) initiative unless the RH bill is passed. “If... Read more
Philippine Star: 94 Million and Counting (Editorial)
Faced with a high growth rate, the government can do two things: it can increase the capacity of the state to meet the needs of all its citizens, or it can curb population growth. Most governments do... Read more
Philippine Star: RP Population to Reach 94 Million
With some two million Filipino babies born annually, the country’s population will grow to 94 million this year, PopCom executive director Tomas Osias said. This increase, which represents a... Read more
UNFPA Donates Mobile Hospital, Laboratory for Disaster Evacuees
4 January 2010 -UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, turned over mobile hospital and laboratory tents to the Department of Health Region 5 last December 23 as part of its assistance to... Read more
Manila Bulletin: Experts Note Slow Epidemic of AIDS
The HIV/AIDS incidence in the country continues to grow and is now being considered as a "slow epidemic" by experts who think that aggressive hunting for cases should be applied by the health... Read more
Manila Bulletin: Australia to Give More Storm Aid
The Australian government has pegged an additional A$8-million or P320-million in response to the revised flash appeal of the United Nations to help typhoon victims in the country, bringing its total... Read more
Manila Standard: ‘This Is It!’ (Opinion Column/Bong Austero)
The data presented on HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country was not only sobering; it was depressing. Seeing the stark data in graphs and hearing the confirmation from the NEC made the data more... Read more