BURDEOS, Quezon – A pregnant woman about to give birth was rescued amid waist-deep flood spawned by tropical storm Enteng’s heavy rains here on Monday, September 2. RESCUERS take a pregnant woman about to give birth to the hospital amid waist-deep flood in Burdeos, Quezon on Monday, September...
CEBU CITY – A pregnant scavenger died after giving birth to a premature baby on a sidewalk here on Wednesday morning, August 14. A PREGNANT scavenger died after giving birth to a premature baby girl on Wednesday morning, August 14, on General Maxilom Ave., Cebu City. (Contributed photo) Mary Ann...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A five-month-old fetus was found in an irrigation canal in Purok Langka 2, Barangay Mayao Crossing, here, on Saturday morning, July 1. Investigation by the Lucena Police Women and Children’s Protection Desk said a concerned citizen saw the fetus and reported it to the...
Adolescent pregnancies in the Philippines have declined by 13 percent in 2020 which sets a record for the sharpest decrease in births of women under 20 since 2003, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) According to Perez, a substantial part of the...
(PSA) The number of registered live births showed a "generally decreasing trend" in the past eight years, with 2020 registering the highest decline at 8.7 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. "In 2020, a total of 1,528,684 live births were registered, which is equivalent to a...
With the alarming growth of adolescent pregnancies revealed over the weekend by Popcom, the commission has announced that this issue is of national emergency. Photo by freestocks on Unsplash Today, Philippine News Agency shared a report by the Civil Registry Statistics of the Philippine Statistics...
