The increasing rate of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines is a problem the country has been facing for a few years now but ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is enhancing its psychosocial interventions for teenage mothers and ...

SEVEN senators withdrew their signatures from Senate Bill (SB) 1979 or the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill amid perceived "objectionable" provisions in the measure. Sens. Nancy Binay, JV ...

“Naiintindihan ko ang kanilang mga konsiderasyon sa pagbawi ng suporta sa panukalang tutugon sa pagtaas ng teenage pregnancy sa bansa. May ihahain akong substitute bill bilang tugon sa tunay at ...

On Wednesday, Hontiveros said SB 1979 is a "reasoned and appropriate response to this national crisis that is teenage pregnancy." She lamented that the measure has been "muddled by so much ...

at least seven senators have withdrawn support for the controversial anti-teenage pregnancy bill, which includes a provision for mandatory comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in schools.

Interpellations and amendments will be made.) Marcos insisted on the need for a law that will address teenage pregnancy, explaining that it is not just a social and a moral problem but is also an ...

My version of the bill tackled the overwhelming problem of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines which, with one out of 10 teenage girls pregnant or with a child, has been cited by the World Bank as ...

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed law for teenage pregnancy prevention – in its current version – could now be considered dead as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s rejection of it ...

Teenage pregnancy is highest in Karnali Province, at 21 percent, followed by Madhesh Province, at 20 percent, Koshi and Gandaki Province, at 13 percent, and Lumbini Province, at 10 percent, according ...

For her part, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said it was not true that the Senate bill she had authored to prevent teenage pregnancy would teach children as young as four years old the concepts of ...

Amnesty International’s assessment of child and teenage pregnancy is correct. In 2022, Section27 assisted a learner, Lesego (not her real name), who attended a school in Mpumalanga.