The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) on Wednesday said the country should look into creating programs for elderly Filipinos, establishing care facilities for them, and developing policies that would offer them employment opportunities if they want to work.
The Philippines should start preparing for the “graying” of its population with the increase in the number of senior citizens, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said on Tuesday.
MANILA - The Commission of Population and Development (POPCOM) seeks to maintain the country's population growth rate at 1 percent, vowing to pursue its initiated programs and advocacies under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. POPCOM Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III said they are set to push more programs relating to Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP), Adolescent Health and Youth Development (AHYD), and the Zero Hunger. The RPFP, he said, must be continued especially now while the country's population growth is stable. "Hindi na masyadong lumalaki ang rate of growth ng population (The population's rate of growth is not growing too much). We want to maintain it at around 1 percent," Perez said in the Laging Handa briefing on Wednesday. To do that, Perez said, the national government's family planning program that covers 8 to 9 million Filipinos should be maintained with stronger collaboration betwe
The Philippines has registered its highest mortality rate in 63 years in 2021, with more than 760,000 deaths recorded mostly due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and heart attacks, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said.
(FILE PHOTO) Citing data from the Philippine Statistic