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Mayor Francis Zamora
“We are happy to announce that as of July 14, the city government of San Juan has already vaccinated a total of 100,217 individuals with their first dose,” San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said in a statement.
“According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the projected population of San Juan for 2021 is 123,031, 70 percent of which is 86,122. Thus, San Juan has already vaccinated 116 percent of its target population. Based on the Asian Development Bank, the 2021 projected population of San Juan is 132,512, 70 percent of which is 92,858. With that, San Juan has already vaccinated 108 percent of its target population,” he added.
The
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia and the Pacific called on government leaders worldwide to prioritize sexual and reproductive health rights in response to the population development and demographic challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“UNFPA encourages governments to invest in social services, including sexual and reproductive health rights to ensure that women, men, and young people have access and choices to sexual and reproductive health services, address gender-based violence, including its root causes founded in toxic masculinity and ensure services to gender-based [violence] survivors,” said
Björn Andersson, UNFPA regional director for UNFPA Asia and Pacific, in a webinar on
Published July 16, 2021, 1:21 PM
Despite an expected increase in rice production and imports, the Philippines’ rice inventory had slipped by 7.5 percent or to 2.58 million metric tons (MT) as of May.
The latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the rice stocks inventory of the country was 7.5 percent lower than the 2.79 million MT recorded in the same period last year.
Compared to the previous month’s level of 2.44 million MT, however, the current inventory was higher by 5.8 percent.
Year-on-year, rice stocks were lower in all sectors, namely household, commercial, and National Food Authority (NFA). To be specific, household stocks went down by 6.2 percent, commercial warehouses stocks by 4.0 percent, and NFA depositories by 24.2 percent.
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