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10 October 2009
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Associated Press: Philippines Lags Behind UN Anti-Poverty Goals

The Philippines lags behind the United Nations' targets to cut poverty by 2015, with the number of poor Filipinos on the rise, officials said Wednesday. An official from the Philippine National... Read more

8 October 2009
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UNFPA Conducts RH Medical Mission for Flood Evacuees

As part of the United Nations’ continuing humanitarian assistance to the victims of tropical storm Ondoy, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) conducts a series of medical missions in Metro... Read more

18 September 2009
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Inquirer: Bishops Fear Railroading of RH Bill

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines feared that proponents of the RH Bill are trying to railroad the passage of the legislation before Congress goes on a break next month. CBCP... Read more

17 September 2009
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Inquirer: For RH Stand, Noynoy is Bad News for Church

While the Catholic Church was all out in its support for the late President Corazon Aquino in the 1986 snap elections, some clerics say they may not do the same for Cory’s son, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy”... Read more

16 September 2009
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Manila Standard Today: Aquino Pushes Bill on Population Control

Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said yesterday he would not give up his support for the use of artificial contraceptives to curb population growth even at the risk of incurring the ire of the... Read more

14 September 2009
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Manila Standard Today: Noynoy Vs. the Church (Opinion Column/Jojo Robles)

It should come as no surprise, given his affluent, educated and liberal background, that Noynoy Aquino, as a congressman, co-authored the reproductive health bill that still gets the hierarchy of the... Read more

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