PoPCom: Around 70 million employable Pinoys can provide much-needed boost to national economy

PR 12/10/2022

  PHILIPPINES — The increasing number of employable Filipinos can further revitalize the Philippines’ socio-economic development, which is still reeling from the effects of the pandemic—that is, if their numbers are fully maximized and harnessed, according to…

RH Care Info: Your 24/7 free website on reproductive health

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 12/09/2020

Let’s take a quick review of our lessons from school. Reproductive health is considered one of the most important topics taught from early education until college because it is not only a system in our bodies, it…

POPCOM-7 launches family planning mobile app for health centers 

Futch Anthony Inso 10/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Population and Development in Central Visayas (POPCOM-7) launched on Thursday, September 29, 2020, the Family Planning Mobile Application. The mobile app will serve as an accessible database of available products provided by…

EO on ‘family planning’ signed

PR 01/23/2017

  THE joint efforts of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and Department of Health (DOH) to push further the implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (RPRH Law) has been realized with the…

Duterte promotes birth control

06/28/2016

DAVAO, Philippines — The Philippine president-elect said Monday he would aggressively promote artificial birth control in the country even at the risk of getting in a fight with the dominant Catholic Church, which staunchly opposes the use…

Digong slams Catholic Church’s stand on family planning

05/22/2016

Davao City — Despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church, presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he would push for family planning, saying the Church’s beliefs were no longer relevant. “It will do us good. Mas…

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