Sex education to happen in public schools in a year’s time, says Lagman
By Christian V. Esguerra
When will students start getting sex education after President Benigno Aquino III signs the reproductive health bill into law?
When will students start getting sex education after President Benigno Aquino III signs the reproductive health bill into law?
In the advent of cell phones and computers, teachers should be more creative in encouraging children to read. Confronting this challenge squarely is Keena Martinez, 27, a teacher of Child Learning Foundation (CLF) in Mandaue City who also doubles as a librarian.
The Senate has removed controversial provisions that purportedly promote abortion and the use of birth control devices in a bid to break a deadlock in its version of the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson believes a majority of senators, at least 14 by his count, will vote in favor of the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Proponents of the reproductive health (RH) bill in the Senate should brace themselves for a lengthy debate on every amendment that some opposing senators may want to introduce into the controversial measure.
The Aquino administration should see the rising number of students in the Philippines as a solution and not a problem that can be solved by population management, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said.
An official of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), the biggest network of Catholic schools in the country, on Wednesday said Catholic educators should take a stand on the RH bill to promote a more rational discussion of the controversial measure.
The biggest organization of Catholic schools in the country will not disown Ateneo de Manila University after some of its professors appeared to defy the local Catholic Church and the university itself by offering support to the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill pending in Congress.
Elementary school textbooks will not contain graphic images of the sex act once the Reproductive Health (RH) bill that provides “age- and development-appropriate” education is passed into law.
PARIS–Sex selection of fetuses in India has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to age six, a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade, according to a study released Tuesday. In Indian families in which the first child has been a girl, more and more parents [...]
MANILA, Philippines—In boxing parlance, yesterday’s encounter at Malacañang between the President and the world’s pound-for-pound king ended in a no decision. The meeting between President Benigno Aquino III and world welterweight champion and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao touched among others on the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill pending in the House of Representatives. Pacquiao opposes [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic Church is turning to prayer in a bid to “enlighten” President Benigno Aquino III, and other supporters of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill. In an Radyo Inquirer report, Archbishop Ramon Arguelles of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lipa was quoted as saying that the Catholic Church had declared May 9, Monday, as a [...]
