An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Health Care (CBCP-ECHC) has appealed to politicians not to go ahead of others in the vaccination program.
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Father Dan Vicente Cancino, executive secretary of the CBCP-ECHC, asked
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Published February 28, 2021, 10:27 AM
An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Health Care welcomed Sunday, Feb. 28. the scheduled arrival of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the country, saying this would ease the anxiety of the people. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)
“I am happy with this development. At least this can ease our anxiety because we have the vaccines already,” Bishop Oscar Florencio, CBCP-ECHC vice chairman, said in an interview Sunday, February 28.
Since the first batch of vaccines that is expected to arrive in the country is not enough for everyone, the prelate said, the people need to be patient.
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+ February 17, 2021 THE Commission on Population recently announced that the distressing incidents of adolescent or teenage pregnancy is now a national emergency. With the two incidents of ten-year old girls giving birth in NCR and Calabarzon, this issue must be given the immediate and appropriate solution.
In Region 3, the Philippine Statistics Authority cited that based on the 2019 civil registry statistics, births among adolescent girls remained high in Central Luzon. The occurrence of teenage pregnancy in the region totals to 20,974 or 31.27 percent of the total adolescent birth rate in the country. It should be noted that the 311 live births came from the 10-14 age group.
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