The Senate Committee on Basic Education will hold an inquiry into the status of the country’s sex education amid concerns on the controversial provisions of the proposed Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Act or Senate Bill No. 1979. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate basic...
Senate minority leader Senator Risa Hontiveros said she is willing to accept refinements to Senate Bill No. 1979 or the proposed Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Act but insists that there are no provisions in the bill that runs counter to the country’s sex education policies. Hontiveros...
President Marcos remained in favor of teaching sex education in schools, but strongly opposed the "ridiculous and abhorrent" elements included in the bill that seeks to prevent adolescent pregnancy. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Santi San Juan/MANILA BULLETIN) "I was asked last...
Teaching sex education in schools is "very important" as it is meant to address issues that come with early pregnancy such as the mother and child's health and welfare, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN | Betheena Unite) In an ambush interview, Marcos...
Presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao said Friday, March 25 that sex education must be taught in schools to address problem of rising teenage pregnancy. During the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) election forum, Pacquiao said that "if parents have raised their children well,"...
Celebrities Vicki Belo and Isabelle Daza discussed truths and misconceptions concerning sex, including the intricacies of the female sex organ, orgasms, the use of sexy toys and porn, among other things in a vlog. They did so hoping to eradicate the notion that such topics should remain taboo,...
Is your style more of a Maeve or an Aimee? Young love, teenage dilemmas, and early carnal desires, that is what the Netflix show "Sex Education" is all about. And although it is fun to see the show's characters go through misadventures and scandals in the fictitious Moordale Secondary School, what...
Dancer-actress Dawn Chang is courting controversy, making public her desire to include sex education among subjects taught in schools. She made the comment after the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) expressed its support concerning proposals inserting birth-control discussion in “existing...
