2 Oct
Reuters
Published Tuesday, Oct. 02 2012, 9:37 AM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Oct. 02 2012, 9:37 AM EDT
Philippines seeks legislation that will expand access to birth control measures as a means to lower population and help reduce poverty, but the influential Catholic Church aggressively opposes contraceptive use
10 Sep
Published on Sep 10, 2012 by losangelestimes
In the Philippines, access to contraceptives is largely out of the reach of the poor. A “reproductive health bill” in the legislature that calls for public education on birth control and government subsidies to make it available to everyone has the support of 70% of Filipinos, polls show. But the measure has been blocked for years amid vehement opposition by the Roman Catholic Church.
Learn more about population in the Los Angeles Times Series : http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/population/
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Defying Tradition http://youtu.be/1FnYIYZL2Ms
A Growing Hunger http://youtu.be/2kXwUxGs6Ig
Contraception Caravans http://youtu.be/9wrvNpFHrEU
China Rising http://youtu.be/b6ROvOQTwo8
7 Sep
Posted on September 7, 2012 by Guillermo Bautista
The Philippines is not overpopulated according to Senator Tito Sotto. In this post, I am going to use mathematics to explain why I think otherwise. This post is an example on how to use mathematics in real life, in particular, to support arguments. It is intended for elementary school and middle school students.
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Senator Sotto: “The Philippines is not overpopulated.”
Fact: There are 196 countries in the world and the Philippines is the 12th in terms of population. This means that it is on the top 7% of most populated countries. This is despite the country’s small land area. So, relative to other countries, the Philippines is quite overpopulated.
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1 Aug
Published on Aug 1, 2012 by djacnotdc
Our World is a current affairs documentary on the BBC reporting on issues around the world.
1 May
Published on May 1, 2012 by CNN
CNN’s Anna Coren reports on efforts to control the birth rate in the Philippines.
15 Dec
15 December 2011 Last updated at 04:12 GMT
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines live in poverty and the country also has one of the highest birth rates in Asia.
The government now wants to encourage its citizens to have fewer children, and is putting forward a bill in parliament to provide free contraception.
But many Filipinos are Catholic and the church is unhappy with the bill, Kate McGeown reports from Manila.
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15 Dec
15 December 2011 Last updated at 00:10 GMT
By Kate McGeown
BBC News, Manila
In one of Manila’s sprawling slums, Clarita is busy making lunch for her family.
She has 10 children and making sure they do not go hungry is a daily struggle.
Down a narrow alleyway another desperately poor woman has eight children. Another woman just round the corner has nine.
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9 Sep
by Miguel Candela Friday, September 9, 2011 7:15 AM
Metro Manila, the regional capital of the Philippines has a total land area of 636 square kilometer and a population of roughly 12 million by day and 10 million by night. The 2 million during the day live in nearby provinces whose work or sources of generating income are all located in Metro Manila. Nearly half of the residents of the regional capital’s monthly household income are below US$400.00. In a supposedly highly urbanized regional capital, living and surviving is a day-to-day struggle, and most face the harsh reality of making both ends meet through the most unconventional manner.
Largely crowded and overpopulated, Metro Manila serves as a beacon of hope & a promise for a better life for countless wandering hopefuls from near and distant provinces who travel by land or sea from among the Philippines’ countless. Urban developing and planning failed to make headway since the Philippines’ capital region survived the destruction from the Second World War. Houses and commercial establishments bloomed in every remaining open space from then up to now. Families who can not afford decent housing built their make shift shanties in private and government owned lands, including river sides and for some even under the bridges.
For a handful of families, there are those who do not thread in fear nor fear the “wrath” of the dead and found a place to call home among and along the crypts of the dead. In most places close to midnight, cemeteries are empty and barren places but in some cemeteries in Metro Manila, the living finds a living in the dark corner alleys of these cemeteries.
In the oldest cemetery in the capital city of Manila, the Manila North Cemetery was built as far away as possible from then old Manila isolated in a fortification South West of the mouth of the Pasig River. In the cemetery where Philippine presidents, artists and heroes of long are buried, countless families “secretly” build their own village for the living among the dead. Most families have built a means to generate income from within the enclosed, walled cemetery by doing retail of basic goods, proving personal services as a grave digger, grave caretaker, tradesman for tombstones or even doing flower arranging. There are others who live in the cemetery solely because they do not have a home but opted instead to live beside their beloved loved one who passed on.
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17 Mar
Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Mar 17, 2011
101 East investigates why family planning remains a highly controversial issue in the Philippines.
27 Feb
Uploaded by Mitsukono11 on Feb 27, 2011
This episode, aired in 2006, reports on the issues of contraception and abortion in the Philippines, the latter being illegal. Looks at how the huge numbers of dangerous backstreet abortions and how women in poverty unable to cope with large families are desperate for contraceptive and abortion access. Against this also looks at the concerted efforts and campaigns by the Catholic Church against both these, and how they are also backed by US right-wing Christian groups. The latter are influencing President Bush into stopping foreign aid to clinics which give contraceptive advice.
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