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                    [Title] => Philippine population hits 101.6 M this year
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The country’s population is projected to reach 101.6 million this year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-10 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150811/Philippine-Population-3.jpg ) [1] => 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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