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                    [ArticleID] => 1395121
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - No child left behind
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted on Nov. 20, 1989 by the United Nations General Assembly, with states bound legally and morally to improve the plight of children.

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August is officially declared as the breastfeeding month. This year’s theme according to worldbreastfeedingweek.org is Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal – For Life! It aims to assert the importance of increasing and sustaining the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) countdown and beyond.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-13 15:34:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121281 [AuthorName] => Alixandra Caole Vila [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/milk-eo51.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 892854 [Title] => 'Milk Code' protests [Summary] =>

Mummy porn aside, moms took to discussing a more important issue: the proposed amendments to the Milk Code. Mom bloggers most especially were very vocal about their opposition to the amendments as they believe that this would gravely discourage the practice of breastfeeding and the promotion of milk formulas.

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An administration lawmaker warned yesterday that the country’s bid to attain the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing child mortality and improving the nutritional status of Filipino children is being threatened by lobbying in Congress to weaken the Milk Code.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 858335 [Title] => Risa's 2nd try for the Senate/ Milk formula at evacuation centers [Summary] =>

She’s one of the most visible figures in the political and social landscape, cutting a striking figure with a colorful “alampay” (shawl) slung on a shoulder, being quoted in the papers for comments on issues, her picture showing her at functions in Malacanang.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856963 [Title] => PPS fully supports existing implementation of Milk Code [Summary] =>

The Philippine Pediatric Society Inc. (PPS), the country’s largest organization of practicing pediatricians, fully supports the existing implementation of Executive Order 51, or more popularly known as the “Milk Code of 1988.”

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851270 [Title] => Working women slam gov't for lack of nursing rooms [Summary] =>

A group of working women advocating breastfeeding yesterday slammed the government for not providing enough lactation or nursing rooms in government offices as provided for under the 1986 Milk Code.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851077 [Title] => Moms hit lack of nursing room in gov't, private offices [Summary] =>

A group of working women advocating breastfeeding on Thursday slammed the government for failing to provide lactation or nursing rooms in government offices as mandated by the 1986 Milk Code.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-20 16:08:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 847912 [Title] => Women's group backs move to strengthen Milk Code [Summary] =>

Breastfeeding advocates have expressed support for recent congressional moves to strengthen the Milk Code to enhance efforts on empowering women and address problems of malnutrition among infants and young children.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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