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                    [Title] => Santiago wants probe on Pinoys’ state of health
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Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has called for an inquiry into a report that Filipinos are living longer but are in poor health.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-04 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1289914 [Title] => INFOGRAPHIC: The sexual and internet behaviour of the Filipino youth [Summary] =>

Moms and dads, you may want to double check your kids' plans for Valentine's Day. According to a recent study by the University of the Philippines (UP) Population Institute, the prevalence of premarital sex and teenage pregnancy among young Filipinos has increased over the past years.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-13 10:12:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/541/u9aw.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1243112 [Title] => Dagmalan [Summary] =>

Makatarunganon ba ang pagdagmal sa usa ka bana sa iyang asawa?

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133380 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1243192 [Title] => Wife beaters [Summary] =>

Reader Ramon Valdezco sent me the following one-liners he picked up from a Manila newspaper: “Headless body of a pretty woman was found dumped in a ditch” and “Coconut for sale 12 pesos per each piece.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1241693 [Title] => More Filipino women justify wife beating – survey [Summary] =>

A survey of more than 21,000 men and women in four provinces showed Filipino women more than men believe that wife beating is justified.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805121 [Title] => Kanser sa oral sex [Summary] =>

Nakaka-kanser umano ang pakikipagtalik sa pamamagitan ng oral sex sa kanilang ka-partner o asawa na may “genital warts”.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1590360 [AuthorName] => Ni Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546829 [Title] => Call center employees say "Be fair, do not single us out" [Summary] =>

A veteran in the call center industry yesterday cried foul over reports relaying the Department of Health study that shows increasing HIV cases among call center agents due to risky behaviors.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350014 [Title] => A third of 3M pregnancies in RP ends up in abortion [Summary] => Over one-third of the three million pregnancies every year in the country end up in abortion.

This was the appalling revelation of the research on induced abortion in the country conducted by the Population Institute, College of Social Studies and Philosophy of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

Dr. Josefina Cabigon of the Population Institute said that of the three million pregnancies every year, 450,000 ended in miscarriages while another 450,000 in induced abortion. Unplanned births reached 930,000 while planned births, 1,170,000.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310856 [Title] => From silver to gold [Summary] => The 45-year-old mother of 12 children got down from the examination table after undergoing a pap smear at the Women’s Health Care Foundation (WHCF) center in Gulod, Quezon City. She told the attending doctor that had she known that the clinic existed, she and her husband could have planned spacing their children’s births. Shortly after, the doctor attended to a teenaged girl who had a uterine infection. Now waiting for their turn for a check-up were two pregnant women. And in another room were six couples waiting for the lecturer to start a family planning seminar.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304236 [Title] => Demand for contraceptives rising — report [Summary] => The private sector’s demand for contraceptives has increased by almost 20 percent over the past 10 years, an expert said yesterday.

Dr. Aurora Perez, a professor at the University of the Philippines’ Population Institute (UPPI), said condoms and contraceptive pills were most in demand by the private sector from 1993 to 2003.

"The private sector share in condoms increased from 41 percent to 60 percent, while its share in pills increased from 23 percent to 39 percent," she said in a research dissemination forum for the 2003 National Demographic Survey. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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