Right now the Philippine Congress is debating on the issues confronting the Reproductive Health Bill sponsored by Albay representative Edcel Lagman. House Bill 5043, or “An Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population Development which requires a mandatory age-appropriate reproductive health education; the inclusion of contraceptives in the purchase by [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 26, 2008
Diverse Constructs on the Passing of the Reproductive Health Bill
Filed under Philippine government, Population Control, Religion, Reproductive Health, United Nations, government, politics
Tags: Catholic Church, Contraceptives, economic growth, economic needs, Family Planning, Philippine Congress, Population Control, population explosion, population needs, Reproductive Health Bill, social resources, Theoretical Constructs, Zero Population
September 18, 2008
The Power of the President to Spend More
What will you do if you have an over-all savings of 106 billion from the 2007 government budget as a result of re-enacted budget? Critics to the President accused her administration of causing forced savings from the budgets of certain key departments in order to realign funds for pet projects that may possibly benefit her [...]
Filed under Philippine government, Wealth, Poverty, government, politics
Tags: 2010 presidential election, Annual Budget, corruption in the government, Department of Budget and Management, Department of Education, Expenditure ceiling, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, P106 billion Over-all Savings, Philippine Congres, Philippine Congress, Philippine government spending, Philippine Senate, Re-enacted budget, Rolando Andaya, Social Services, Teofisto Guingona III
