H. No. 6694 S. No. 3206 Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Fifteenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and
Read MoreHUNGER among Filipino families has worsened, a first quarter Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found, despite a drop in poverty claims during the
Read MoreAs Japan, many countries in Europe and now China wrestle with shrinking labor pools, a host of emerging nations are grappling with a different problem
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The compromise reproductive health (RH) bill that the House leadership presented last Wednesday “is not a watered-down version
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The country’s health secretaries—past and present—are all solidly behind the drive to increase the sin taxes on tobacco products
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Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Even if the Philippines still enjoys a relatively young population, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the government could
Read MoreManila, Philippines - The passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill in the House of Representatives before the end of the month looms after the
Read MoreTAGUM CITY—More than 4,000 women have availed themselves of free tubal ligation here in the city’s continuing implementation of its reproductive hea
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece by Benjamin E. Diokno from BusinessWorld. Is President Aquino for or against the Reproductive Health (RH) bill? Why c
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Despite progress in programs on maternal health over the past three years, the Philippines will likely not achieve Millennium
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The United States has set aside $65 million (about P2.75 billion) in fresh development aid to the Philippines under the two al
Read MoreThere are simply too many babies being born in the Philippines, making it “very hard” for poverty-reduction efforts to make even a dent, according t
Read MoreTHE HOUSE leadership will force a vote to terminate the debates on the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill when Congress resumes session on
Read More‘Big part of population nearing working age’ Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Wednesday wooed foreign investors t
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Aquino administration needs P682.1 billion for universal health care from this year to 2016, according to the latest data
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The United Nations has committed a total of $667 million in four development and social services projects in the Philippines o
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. The glut in nurses and other health professionals is a boon for the many communities where public health care is sti
Read MoreThere are signs that the Philippines insurance industry may be heading towards a period of solid growth, with both the state and the private sector
Read MoreThe Aquino government has earmarked P7.7 billion for reproductive health programs in the 2012 budget, prompting two senators to suggest that there m
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