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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 year, 809,500 Filipinos or 161,900 families improved their living conditions. The bulk of families el...