The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) has debunked claims that COVID-19 vaccines caused "depopulation" in the country, which has been circulating in social media and triggered hesitancy among the public. FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN POPCOM Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) has commended President Duterte for signing into law of a landmark measure that seeks to ban child marriage in the Philippines. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) POPCOM, which has long advocated for the strong protection of Filipino children being...
The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has not only affected the Filipinos' health but also their wealth as it pushed more than four million individuals deeper into poverty, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said. A local watchman installs a warning sign on Monday,...
The Philippines may record its slowest population growth this year as the total number of Filipinos is projected to increase by only 0.3 percent or 324,000 compared to 2020. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) called the 2021 record "historic," adding...
The number of babies born in the Philippines last year dropped to its lowest since 1986, while the country recorded a decline in the number of marriages also in 2020—the first year of the pandemic. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in...
To protect women's health amid the pandemic, government agencies and private firms have been utilizing digital avenues to provide more women access to reproductive health products and services. (Photo from Unsplash) According to the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), family planning...
In an effort to ensure that the reproductive health and other medical needs of the Filipino youth are addressed, the Department of Education (DepEd) led the launch of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Adolescent Reproductive Health (CSE-ARH) Convergence. (CLEMS DELA CRUZ / FILE PHOTO /...
(PIXABAY) The Commission on Population (POPCOM) on Friday, Aug. 13, estimated that over 160,000 "adolescent minors" may become or continue to be the heads of their families by the end of this year. "By end of 2021, there would be 166,775 families will be led by minors throughout the country. This...
If the late Rafael “Paeng” M. Salas were still alive today, he would have celebrated his 93rd birthday anniversary last Saturday, as he was born on August 7, 1928 in Bago, Negros Occidental to Dr. Ernesto Salas and Isabel Montinola. He would have had a blast with his wife, the former Carmen...
The number of Filipino couples using family planning services increased last year amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Artem Everest/ Unsplash) This was disclosed by Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Executive Director Juan Antonio A. Perez III during...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) has launched a social media campaign that will help boost interaction between parents and their adolescent children as part of efforts to address teenage pregnancies in the country. (Screengrab from POPCOM's Facebook Page) Dubbed "Konektado...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) has called on the government to implement "far-reaching and holistic" approaches that will further strengthen its population and development programs. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Undersecretary for Population and Development Juan Antonio Perez...
