May 22, 2015
March 12, 2015 Advocates encouraged voluntary HIV counseling and testing, especially among key populations at risk of contracting HIV, during the free mass HIV testing in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, as part of the National HIV Testing Week and International AIDS Candlelight Memorial this week. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee in Population and Development […]
April 14, 2015
Baguio City, April 8—One year ago today, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law during its summer session in Baguio City by declaring the law “not unconstitutional” after hearing several petitions filed against it for more than one year. Hailed as a […]
March 20, 2015
BAGUIO City, March 20—A legislators’ group registered it support for the urgent passage of the bill seeking to amend Republic Act 8504 or the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 The bill was approved on 3rd reading in the House of Representatives last December and is now undergoing deliberation by a technical working […]
March 20, 2015
QUEZON City, March 19—The “fast and furious” rise of HIV cases in the country calls for the urgent enactment of a law that will provide a comprehensive program for HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support—a lawmaker said. Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat called on senators to amend RA 8504 of the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control […]
March 11, 2015
Just recently, on Jan. 19, 2015, nine construction workers, including a child laborer, were killed when a wall in the warehouse that they were building collapsed in Guiguinto, Bulacan. There have been many other cases where workers died because of allegedly poor and unsafe workplace conditions. This is on top of low wages, lack of […]
February 26, 2015
With barely ten months left in 2015, time is running out for the Philippines to meaningfully achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Speaking in a press conference organized by the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) on February 24, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) representative Mr. Michael Provido, Department of Health (DOH) […]
February 18, 2015
17 February 2015 Civil society organizations working for the protection of children’s rights reiterated their call to Congress to institutionalize child participation in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in a learning session organized by PLCPD last February 13. Shiela M. Carreon of Save the Children Philippines discussed the right of children to freely express their views […]
February 5, 2015
5 February 2015 PLCPD, in partnership with UNICEF Philippines, conducted “Documentary Photography and Photo Story Production Training-Workshop on Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices” last January 21-23 in La Trinidad, Benguet. Undeterred by the cold and the mountainous landscape, 23 participants, representing various civil society organizations and offices of legislators, held on to their digital […]
February 3, 2015
Legislators committed to support children’s rights in the proposed law that will create a Bangsamoro political entity in a learning session organized by PLCPD on January 28. Speaking on the challenges in the formulation of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat, PLCPD Vice President, reiterated his commitment to work on guaranteeing the […]
December 5, 2014
PLCPD celebrated last November 25 its 25th Founding Anniversary at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ortigas, with the theme “Expanding choices, uplifting lives: Celebrating 25 years of advocacy on population and human development.” PLCPD Chairperson for the House of Representatives Rep. Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo, opened the program and welcomed the guests. Her welcome remarks was followed […]
