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Pregnancies among adolescents aged 10 to 17 have “significantly dropped” by 10 percent from 2019 to 2020, the Commission on Population and Development said yesterday.

Erlyn, 18, stopped going to school after the death of her asthmatic brother in 2019. Her friend Daisy, now 16, lost her mother in 2017, the cause of death unclear as the poverty-stricken family had no cash for medical tests; they still blame witchcraft for their loss. Devastated and needing money, Erlyn began working as a masseuse where she met...

OVER 150,000 more Filipinos died last year compared to the whole of 2020, leading to the highest mortality rate in 63 years, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed there were 768,504 deaths registered across the Philippines in the January to…

THE lockdowns imposed by the government to prevent the spread of Covid-19 also reduced the number of teen pregnancies nationwide, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Popcom Executive Director Juan Antonio A. Perez III said the data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed births among adolescent…

While there were 23,855 less births from 2019 to 2020, more than 157,000 women and girls under 20 still give birth in 2020

The Commission on Population and Development yesterday debunked accusations that the government has rolled out vaccines against COVID-19 to “depopulate” the country.

The Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) has reminded the public that there was no truth in depopulation allegations caused by Covid-19 vaccines. In a news statement, Popcom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said rumors have spread that there was an increase in mortality rates in the country due…

THE job losses, business closures and the overall uncertainty created by the pandemic may have discouraged Filipino couples from having children in the past year, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). In a virtual briefing of the Philippine Press Institute on Wednesday, Population and Development Undersecretary Dr.…

The enactment of a law that criminalizes the union of an adult with a minor was lauded over the weekend by the Commission on Population and Development.

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The global coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis has not only taken a strain on the country's health but on its wealth as well. Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) Executive Director Juan Perez III, however, said that provinces with lesser cases of Covid-19 are under better conditions. The recent data of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that in five regions least affected by the contagion, or those with 8.1 percent of deaths last y...