As part of a strengthened initiative aimed at addressing the ongoing teenage pregnancy crisis in the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has ramped up its efforts to support adolescent mothers. A 14-year-old young mother in Quezon City. (SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expressed belief teenage pregnancies and the rise of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections should be addressed in the grassroots level nationwide. Gatchalian said the active involvement of parents and local government unit (LGU) officials are paramount in...
Two senators on Thursday, January 16 have expressed their reservation on the bill seeking to prevent adolescent pregnancy in the country. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, January 16 said he is wary over the provisions of Senate Bill No. 1979 or the proposed...
The national government will be crafting programs and policies that are aimed at addressing teen pregnancies in the country amid the recorded increase in the number of women giving birth at a very young age. Based on the data of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), hospital births...
Pregnancies among adolescents remain a persistent problem in the Philippines with the data indicating that some of them were cases of repeat childbearing at young age, the Commission on Population Development (CPD) has disclosed. CPD Executive Director Lisa Grace S. Bersales said such data...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara A recent Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report showed an alarming increase in girls getting pregnant during their formative years. The data indicates that births to mothers aged 10 to 14 years old have increased every year since 2016 even while the overall...
