Reproductive Health

Old questions delay RH vote in Congress

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011

House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman refused to expound on some of the issues thrown against the reproductive health (RH) bill which he is sponsoring in Congress, saying these...

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Children's Rights

Posted by on Oct 4, 2011

MINDFULLY GREENIE In the best interests of children By Malou Guanzon-Apalisok Cebu Daily News The rampage by back-to-back typhoons Pedring and Quiel again highlighted what...

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Human Development

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011

The Philippines is years behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) it committed to achieve by 2015, the country’s top statistician revealed. National...

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Annual PopDev Media Awards

PLCPD and organizers recognize the 7th PopDev Media Awards winners

Posted by on Jan 19, 2012

In a simple ceremony last November 29, PLCPD and the organizers recognized the winners of the 7th Population and Development Media Awards.  Now on its 7th run, the PopDev Media...

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Media Releases

Mass Actions to Urge Congress to Vote on the RH Bill all Set

At least 1,000 Reproductive Health (RH) advocates and supporters representing various non-government organizations (labor, academe, faith-based, business, development, women and youth sectors) along with some personalities, artists and celebrities – are all set to organize a series of mass actions to strongly urge Congress leadership to vote on the RH...

RH Bill Fulfills Biblical Teaching to be Good Steward, Says Church Leader

RH Bill Fulfills Biblical Teaching to be Good Steward, Says Church Leader As opposed to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) position on the issue of reproductive health (RH) and responsible parenthood (RP), the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) endorses the passage of the highly debated House Bill 4244 or the “Responsible...

RH bill advocates to Bishops: Don’t Go Low, Be Respectable, and Be Constructive

Amid renewed word war on the controversial reproductive health bill, main authors of various reproductive health bills filed in the House of Representatives jointly called on some bishops to refrain from twisting the bill and to speak the truth on the measure. In a press conference held today, Rep. Edcel Lagman, principal author of House Bill 96; Reps. Luz...

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