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May 25, 2021 Although the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline in NCR Plus and nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) has repeatedly warned that the threat of the virus remains. In fact, according to a study by the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom), almost 1,300 out of 42,000 barangays in the country have multiple cases of the disease. From September 2020 to April 15, 2021, there was an average of 137 cases. “The Commission on Population and Development has identi...

SunStar SunStar File May 21, 2021 CENTRAL Visayas had the highest reported cases of violence against women and children (VAWC) in the country in 2019 at 3,186, according to data from the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) 7 based on the 2019 Annual Report on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Act of 2012. Reported VAWC cases in the region’s cities and provinces also significantly increased from 2018, when there were only 1,633 cases. The National...

SunStar + April 12, 2021 THE negative impacts of the pandemic on health and well-being have spread far and wide among members of the Philippine population, and its adverse effects have crept to the level of Filipino adolescents, according to the Commission on Population and Development’s (Popcom) executive director. Speaking before a global audience at the recent Ecosoc Youth Forum on the occasion of World Health Day, Undersecretary for Population and Development (PopDev) Juan An...

POPCOM launches Islamic values-based module for gender, health education (Photo via Betheena Unite/ MANILA BULLETIN) Proponents and stakeholders on adolescents’ sexual reproductive health in the Philippines and Indonesia launched the Comprehensive Gender and Health Education for Youth (CGHEY) module last Feb. 24,, a statement from the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) bared Thursday, March 11. Indonesia’s Ministry of the State Secretariat and the National Population and Fami...

(Pixabay / FILE PHOTO) According to the survey, one out of four or at least 25 percent of Filipino adults in the country have cited acts of violence against women as one of the most pressing problems amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Based on the results revealed by PopCom on Tuesday, March 9, some 11 percent of the respondents said physical violence was the top concern of Filipino women among these harmful acts, followed by sexual violence and emotional violence at 7 per...

(Pixabay / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao said along with other concerned agencies such as the Department of Education (DepEd), and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),  they were stepping up efforts to address the issue involving the youth.  “We recognize that parenting plays a vital role on this issue, kaya (that’s why) our Social Technology Bureau developed the “Parenting”, the adolescent module to aid parents in rearing teenagers. Through the family deve...

Senator Sonny Angara Earlier this year, one of our Senate seatmates, Senator Win Gatchalian, called attention to disturbing reports of school children selling sexually exploitative material of themselves to pay for distance-learning expenses, such as gadgets and internet connectivity. The apparent catalyst was a December 30, 2020, report in the website Philippine Online Student Tambayan (POST) on an alleged “Christmas Sale” where students used social media and digital payment platforms to s...

Published February 10, 2021, 10:54 AM The Civil Registry Statistics of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has revealed two registered live births from girls as young as 10 years old from the National Capital Region (NCR) and Region 4-A (Calabarzon), both of which have a relatively high population. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The NCR recorded 369 cases of babies born to mothers aged 10 years to 14 years in 2018, but the figure went down by 6.5 percent to 345 registered cases in 2019. Cas...

The number of births from minors under 15 years old went up by seven percent in 2019 versus the year before

Published January 7, 2021, 11:49 PM At the start of the year 2020, the Philippine population stood at 109.4 million, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Today, a year later, the national population should be about 110.8 million – an increase of 1.4 million in the normal course of events, Popcom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said in a recent press conference and interview. This has not been a normal year, however. Starting last March, restrictions of...