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Why Indonesia is vaccinating its working population first, not elderly

Stanley Widianto and Tabita Diela, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 04:12 PM

As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritize working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will be closely watched by other countries. Read more »

Populasyon ng PH posibleng umabot ng 110.8 milyon pagdating ng 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 06:45 PM

Tinatayang aabot sa 110.8 milyon ang populasyon ng mga Pilipino sa 2021, mula sa kasalukuyang 109.4 milyon.  Read more »

Uptick in 'lockdown babies' may peak in the first half of 2021: POPCOM director

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 05:09 PM

Lockdown pregnancies will raise the number of births between January to September. Read more »

PH population to reach 110.8 million by 2021: POPCOM

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 04:29 PM

The Philippine population is estimated to reach 110.8 million at the onset of 2021, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said Wednesday. Read more »

Isolation helps homeless population escape worst of virus

Thomas Fuller, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 24 04:14 AM

OAKLAND — Under a highway overpass in downtown Oakland, Camilla Everette sleeps on a couch, with a blue-and-white-striped summer parasol offering the only protection from the drops of rainwater that fall from the concrete above her. Read more »

Only 16 percent of Filipino families say they are not poor: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:07 PM

Only 16 percent of Filipino families said they are not poor, a Social Weather Stations survey released Monday showed. Read more »

E-commerce seen driving PH internet economy to $28 billion by 2025: Google

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 05:19 PM

The booming e-commerce industry is seen to propel the Philippine internet economy, projecting to grow 4 times more to $28 billion by 2025, a Google official told ANC's Market Edge on Friday.   Read more »

Over 150 women in Japan bought from sperm bank amid absence of rules

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 18 11:29 AM

More than 150 women in Japan have made use of a major Denmark-based sperm bank amid an absence of rules on business transactions related to sperm and ova, the company said Tuesday. Read more »

Australia central bank says recovery underway, population slowdown a major drag

Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 09:06 AM

Australia's central bank on Friday nudged up its forecasts for near-term economic activity but warned that a drastic downturn in population growth meant the economy would be "noticeably smaller" than assumed pre-pandemic. Read more »

China starts once-a-decade census of world's largest population

Dan Martin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 06:07 PM

China conducts the census every ten years to determine population growth, movement patterns and other trends, using the findings to apportion resources for education, health, transportation, labour, elderly care and other services. Read more »

Posibleng 'baby boom' dahil sa pandemya ituturing na 'blessing': Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 08:21 PM

Posibleng pumalo sa 2.5 milyon ang unplanned pregnancies sa Pilipinas sa katapusan ng taon, ayon sa mga pagtaya.  Read more »

Children are blessings: Palace says pandemic baby boom 'not a bad news'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 06:16 PM

Children from unplanned pregnancies during the coronavirus pandemic are "blessings" and "not bad news," Malacañang said Tuesday, as it planned a boost for family planning methods under looser lockdowns.  Read more »

Coronavirus may push 150 million people into extreme poverty: World Bank

Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 12:55 AM

WASHINGTON - The World Bank said Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, wiping out more than three years of progress in poverty reduction. Read more »

Number of elderly in Japan reaches record 36.17 million

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 20 08:52 PM

The number of Japanese aged 65 and older totaled a record-high 36.17 million as of this month, up 300,000 from a year earlier, government data showed Sunday. Read more »

Mobile phone radiation may be killing insects: German study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 12:46 PM

BERLIN - Radiation from mobile phones could have contributed to the dramatic decline in insect populations seen in much of Europe in recent years, a German study showed Thursday. Read more »

At least 40 Filipinos under age 14 give birth in Philippines weekly: POPCOM

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 04:37 PM

At least 40 children aged between 10 and 14-years-old give birth in the Philippines every week, an official from the Population Commission (POPCOM) said, Thursday. Read more »

Census tuloy sa gitna ng pandemya; health protocols ipatutupad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 07:12 PM

Magpapatuloy ang mga kawani ng Philippine Statistics Authority sa 2020 census at susunod daw sa mga health protocol ngayong may coronavirus disease pandemic. Read more »

Conducting census amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 02:26 PM

Enumerators from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) wear personal protective equipment while doing an interview with a resident in Herbosa, Tondo, Manila City on Tuesday.  Read more »

Philippine population census to push through next month amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 08:32 AM

The Philippine Statistics Authority is pushing through with the conduct of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing on Sept. 1 after being postponed because of the lockdown. Read more »

World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below UN projections

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 07:41 AM

Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study published Wednesday that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and graying populations.   Read more »