MANILA, Philippines - The compromise reproductive health (RH) bill that the House leadership presented last Wednesday “is not a watered-down version
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- House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Monday told colleagues at the House of Representatives that it is time for lawmak
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Senate will continue working for the passage of several priority bills, including the Anti-trust Bill and the creation of
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 MoreThe Aquino government has earmarked P7.7 billion for reproductive health programs in the 2012 budget, prompting two senators to suggest that there m
Read MoreHeadline news: The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at Man
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The debate in Congress on the Responsible Parenthood (RH) bill is heating up in both houses, with the Catholic Chu
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In his second year in office, President Noynoy Aquino has to make his economic programs work or his legacy will be
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines–He flunked the test for aspiring seminarians and had to beg to be accepted at the San Jose Major Seminary in Ateneo. It was onl
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The highly controversial reproductive health bill will have to wait. The Senate put all pending bills, including the RH measure
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I use the phrase family planning because it is a phrase that covers a broad spectrum of ways of limiting the numb
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