Over the next three decades, the population of the Philippines is projected to experience substantial growth, with an average annual increase of 842,000 individuals. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) 2020 Census-Based National Population Projections, the country's...
SENIOR BYAHERO
Ever since I retired, I did many things that I never thought I will do. One of them was during my recent visit to Obando, and doing its famous fertility dance.
I was not asking Santa Clara to give me a child, but it was more of dance of gratitude for giving me the strength to do...
Demographic surveys are important because their results become the basis for a lot of policy-making and legislative action that form the basis of governance. These samplings also show changes in behavior, consumer preferences and overall ideological bent of the population, and thus have a huge...
The sharp decrease in the total fertility rate (TFR) of Filipino women is not a cause for alarm as this could be taken advantage of to hasten socioeconomic development in the country, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said on Monday, Nov. 14.
The POPCOM was referring to the...
Births per woman of a childbearing age in the country continued to decline this year, falling below the replacement level for the first time, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported.
Based on the preliminary results of the PSA’s 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS),...
After two years of pandemic restrictions, the historic and traditional Fertility Dance in Obando, Bulacan will now push through with thousands of devotees expected to attend the ritual thanksgiving festival.
The feast day is held for three consecutive days with dancing in honor of San Pascual...
