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                    [Title] => RP population to hit 88.1 M
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The country’s population is expected to hit 88.1 million in 2007 with an estimated 1.7 million babies to be born this year, the Commission on Population (PopCom) said yesterday.


PopCom executive director Tomas Osias said the country’s population growth rate has been declining in the past years, but the "absolute number" of Filipinos continues to rise.


Osias said the current population growth of 1.95 percent is high in relation to the ideal total fertility rate of 2.1 percent. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2007-01-04 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Government steps up promotion of natural family planning method
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The government will establish a movement that will step up the promotion of scientific natural methods of family planning in the country, an official said yesterday.


The "Responsible Parenting Movement (RPM)" was designed to balance the promotion of natural and artificial methods of birth control in the Philippines, said Tomas Osias, executive director of the Population Commission (PopCom). 


RPM was conceptualized last year after President Arroyo asked PopCom if all methods were being promoted equally.


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RP population to hit 88.1 M

By Sheila Crisostomo | January 4, 2007 - 12:00am

The country’s population is expected to hit 88.1 million in 2007 with an estimated 1.7 million babies to be born this year, the Commission on Population (PopCom) said yesterday. PopCom executive...

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Government steps up promotion of natural family planning method

By Sheila Crisostomo | December 7, 2006 - 12:00am

The government will establish a movement that will step up the promotion of scientific natural methods of family planning in the country, an official said yesterday. The "Responsible Parenting Movement...

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