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PopCom to update UN on recent population report

PopCom Executive Director Usec. Juan Antonio Perez III (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) is about to update the United Nations (UN) on the country's population growth data after the latter included the Philippines as one of the eight countries that are projected to contribute more than half of the world's population by 2050. Apart from the Philippines, the UN also included the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the United Republic of Tanzania. Reappointed PopCom Executive Director Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III said the UN probably based their analysis from the country's 2015-2020 data wherein the country was still averaging at 2.7 or almost three children per mother before the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) hit. Perez said data from 2015 to 2020 showed the average annual population growth in the Philippines was at 1.5 million. In 2021, even if the country recorded 1.3 millio

POPCOM wants to retain population growth rate at 1%

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

POPCOM seeks to achieve 1% population growth, advocates living wage and zero hunger

POPCOM seeks to achieve 1% population growth, advocates living wage and zero hunger
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POPCOM chief gets reappointed

POPCOM chief gets reappointed
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PopCom exec retains post, set to present policies to new admin

CONTINUITY. Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III (left) is sworn into office by Dr. Grace Cruz, the Commission on Population and Development's new board chairperson, on Friday (July 1, 2022). Perez will serve as the agency's Executive Director for another six years. (Photo courtesy of PopCom) MANILA - The Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) will continue pursuing key policies on family planning and addressing poverty thresholds under Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III, who has been reappointed Executive Director for another six years by the Marcos administration. Perez said in a statement Sunday that a stable population growth rate of 1.0 percent, single-digit population poverty rate, and zero hunger at household levels will be the center of the Philippine population and development program for 2022 to 2028. Under his renewed tenure at PopCom, the implementation of the country's reproductive health and family planning programs; upholding sexual and reprodu

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