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25 January 2010
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…
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04 January 2010
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…
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03 January 2010
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,…
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01 January 2010
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International Day of the Midwife Joint Message from UNFPA and ICM
Joint message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary-General, ICM, the International Confederation…
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01 January 2010
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Message for World Population Day 2010 Everyone Counts
Message for World Population Day 2010 Everyone Counts Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director As we commemorate World Population Day, “Everyone Counts&rdquo…
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16 December 2009
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…
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14 December 2009
Philippine Star: DoH Alarmed Over Increasing Number Of HIV Cases
The number of HIV cases in the Philippines has continued to increase over the past two years, alarming the Department of Health. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that…
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20 November 2009
Inquirer: Business Groups Work for RH Compromise (Opinion Column/Mahar Mangahas)
Business groups showed their recognition of, and desire to help, solve the national population problem when key members of the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference for Human…
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18 November 2009
Women Central to Efforts to Deal with Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report
London, 18 November 2009 - Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising…
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