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NEDA: PPP can maximize demographic dividend with more higher-quality jobs

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 07:39 PM

The country's working-age group now makes up 63.9 percent of the population, from 59.1 percent in 2000, data from the PSA said. Read more »

What fewer children, more older people mean for the Philippines

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 08:55 PM

The PSA released new data which showed that the percentage of Filipinos aged 15 and below dropped from 37 percent in 2000 to 30.7 percent in 2020. Read more »

Ilang magulang nag-aalangang na magkaanak pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 08:49 PM

May mga magulang na rin na mas nais na huwag muna sundan ang kanilang mga anak dahil sa hirap ng buhay ngayon. Read more »

Popcom eyes 1 pct yearly population growth

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 03:25 PM

The Commission on Population and Development said it aimed to keep the yearly population growth of the Philippines at around 1 million or 1 percent. Read more »

POPCOM executive director retained

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 01:55 PM

Dr. Juan Antonio Perez III was reinstated as POPCOM Undersecretary, and will remain its Executive Director for another term. Read more »

Pilipinas ika-4 pinakamataas na early birth rate sa SEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 08:55 PM

Sabi naman ng Commission on Population and Development na pang-4 ang bansa sa Southeast Asia na may pinakamataas na early birth rates. Read more »

POPCOM chief seeks 'livable' minimum wage for Filipinos

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 05:16 PM

The next administration should create policies to secure economic development as the country experiences a population shift, the outgoing POPCOM chief said. Read more »

Next admin must focus on food security, jobs: Popcom

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 03:48 PM

Popcom said the incoming government must base the minimum wage on the country's poverty threshold, which is at an average of P12,000. Read more »

Leaders told to improve population programs for better economic recovery

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 05:26 PM

Programs aiming to control the population must continue even in the next administration, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said Wednesday, as experts bare a possible crisis due to unintended pregnancies. Read more »

Ilang trabaho ang kailangan ng mga Pinoy para sa pamilya?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 07:00 PM

Ayon kay Popcom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III, hindi na sapat ang iisang trabaho lang na may minimum na sahod para makabuhay ng pamilya. Read more »

Only 3 regions reaping economic benefits from population management

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 10:32 AM

Only 3 out of the country's 17 regions are likely to gain social and economic benefits from having carried out population management efforts. Read more »

Fewer births from teens recorded in 2020 amid lockdowns, govt programs

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 09:22 PM

The number of live births in girls aged 10 to 17 years old have decreased by 10 percent from 2019 to 2020, POPCOM reported. Read more »

3 years early: PH achieves low fertility rate target

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 08:25 AM

Averaging only 2.5 children per woman, the low fertility rate could mean economic and population development, but only with adequate support for workforce, POPCOM said. Read more »

PH records highest deaths in over 6 decades

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 02:01 PM

The Commission on Population reported that the recorded increase in deaths in the Philippines in 2021 is the country's highest mortality rate in 63 years, or since World War 2. Read more »

Popcom: PH's teen pregnancies dropped in 2020, lowest since 2003

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 09:27 PM

The commission, in a statement, said those who got pregnant between ages 15 and 19 were 23,557 fewer in 2020, contributing the majority or 98.7 percent of the decline. Read more »

Popcom: Pinakamababang paglaki ng populasyon naitala sa 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 08:31 PM

Inaasahang magtatala ng pinakamababang paglaki ng populasyon ang Pilipinas ngayong 2021, ayon sa Commission on Population and Development. Read more »

Lowest annual addition to PH population seen in 75 years

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 09:46 PM

The Philippines is projected to record this year its lowest annual addition to the population since 1947, according to the POPCOM on Monday. Read more »

Number of young fathers rising in the Philippines, says Popcom

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 08:22 PM

Based on the figures gathered from the Philippine Statistics Authority, there were around 5,054 fathers who were below 18 years old in 2018, a leap from 3,148 in 2010, according to Popcom. Read more »

Population growth in Manila declined in 2020, census reveals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 03:27 AM

MANILA — Population growth in Metro Manila declined in 2020, according to a census by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released on Friday.   Read more »

Duterte makes curbing teen pregnancies a national priority

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 07:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has made teen pregnancies a national priority, based on a document that Malacañang released on Tuesday, as the Philippines continued to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »