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Date Posted: 21:54:30 12/09/12 Sun
Author: IMRD
Subject: Dec. 10-12 , 2012 news

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/321011/ph-population-to-increase-by-85-good-for-economy

PH population to increase by 85%, ‘good for economy’
By Niña P. Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
4:33 am | Sunday, December 9th, 2012
The Philippine population will grow by 85 percent in the next six decades, according to a forecast of a United Kingdom-based international accounting and finance firm.
The country will experience the largest population increase in the Southeast Asian region in that period, with an additional 82 million people, said the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in a December report, “Economic Insight: Southeast Asia.”
“This increase should boost growth and safeguard the region’s competitiveness at a time when the working-age population begins to shrink in China and is already doing so in Japan as well as in some European countries,” the ICAEW analysis said.
The ICAEW, however, does not see the boom in the Philippine population as a bane for the economy.
“The increase will make the country an attractive base for manufacturers,” it said.
But the firm cautioned policymakers that raising output in a country’s overall production couldn’t rely on population growth alone.
“Productivity is crucial as well, and one way to raise productivity is by moving up the value chain from labor-intensive manufacturing to high value-added goods as well as business and financial services,” it said.
The Philippine population as of May 2010 stood at 92.34 million, according to the National Statistics Office.
Boom and boost
The Philippines and Malaysia are the only countries in Southeast Asia that will see a population boom in the next 60 years, according to the report.
It said Thailand would see its population peak in about two decades, adding only about
5 percent to its number of inhabitants over this period.
The ICAEW projections were based on each country’s policies and programs on family planning and immigration.
For the entire Southeast Asian region, the ICAEW projected population to rise by around a quarter from the current 600 million to a maximum of about 760 million in 2057.
Demographic dividend
Excepting the Philippines and Malaysia, which are forecast to experience population booms, most Southeast Asian countries are seen to benefit from a “demographic dividend.”
A demographic dividend occurs when falling birth rates change the age distribution of a country so that fewer investments are required to meet the needs of the younger, dependent sector of the population. This frees up public resources for investment and allows living standards to rise.


http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/12/08/bishop-hit-for-linking-tragedy-to-rh-efforts/

Bishop hit for linking tragedy to RH efforts
By Joyce Pangco Panares | Posted on Dec. 08, 2012 at 12:01am | 847 views
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Malacanang on Friday chided Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo for linking the devastation brought about by typhoon Pablo to efforts to pass the reproductive health bill that the Catholic Church opposes.
Speaking on the Catholic-owned Radio Veritas Thursday, Pabillo said tragedies occurred whenever lawmakers pushed to pass the bill, and that this might be a message from God.
“I would like to invite Bishop Pabillo to join hands with us to pray for a successful search for those who are still missing and to pray for the people who perished in the tragedy,” presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Friday. “Now is the time for the good bishop to show God’s compassion and not to speak of the wrath of God.”
On Monday, President Benigno Aquino III asked lawmakers in a caucus at the Palace to put to the measure to a vote on second and third reading so that it can be transmitted to the Senate before the holiday break.
Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Baguilat Jr., a member of Mr. Aquino’s Liberal Party, said the President emphasized that it was important to vote on the measure, and that lawmakers must not be scared of a possible backlash from anti-RH groups, including the Catholic Church.
The President told close to 200 lawmakers that they could not be “ostriches” who bury their heads in the soil if threatened.
A breakthrough was achieved last week after Congress succeeded in adopting a substitute version of the bill designed to win over critics of the original measure.
Under the new version of the bill, the state will only promote “access to relevant information and education on medically-safe, legal, ethical, affordable, effective and quality reproductive health care services, methods, devices and supplies which do not prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum as determined by the Food and Drug Administration.”
The state will also promote openness to life “provided that parents bring forth to the world only those children that they can raise in a truly humane way.”
An anti-RH lawmaker, Manila Rep. Amado Bagatsing, said this phrase discriminated against poor people.
In the House, Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said lawmakers would press for a second reading vote next week.
Discussions on the bill have been dragging for two weeks since the House resumed plenary session debates, managing to tackle only up to page 4 in a 27-page bill.
Anti-RH lawmakers said they were ready for a crucial vote by Dec. 12, but appealed for time to propose amendments.
“We will still pursue our amendments line by line, page by page,” said anti-RH lawmaker Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez. With Maricel V. Cruz

http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/headlines/item/7904-rh-bill-won%E2%80%99t-help-poor-says-pro-life-advocate
RH bill won’t help poor, says pro-life advocate
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A member of a pro-life organization that teaches the culture of life and anti-life legislation lambasted oft-repeated claims by Reproductive Health (RH) bill proponents that it aims to help the poor.
Speaking at a symposium before some 1,500 youth, teachers and residents of the municipality of President Manuel A. Roxas in Zamboanga del Norte about the reality of the RH bill and the country’s real needs, Jan Louenn Lumanta, a member of Filipinos for Life (F4L) pointed out that referring to the measure as pro-poor is a misnomer.
“The RH bill is not for the poor. It will be the big pharmaceutical companies and politicians that will benefit the most [from] RH,” Lumanta, who is also an economics teacher and law student, was quoted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) as saying.
“If the RH Bill proponents want to help the poor, they should give to the poor that P3.7 billion that they are intending for the RH by way of creating more jobs, facilitating more skills-training programs, and constructing more classrooms,” he added.
The symposium participants composed mostly of students, public school teachers, members of the Youth Ministry, Commission on Family and Life workers, and members of the Couples for Christ (CFC) and CFC Singles for Christ (CFC-SFC).
The groups joined forces and gathered for the Walk for Life and Anti-RH bill Symposium. They marched around the municipality.
“You would not give condoms and contraceptives to starving families. You have to give them food instead. The Philippines is poor not because of population, but because of corruption, errors of economic policies, and bad governance,” Lumanta said.
The speaker from Dipolog also pointed out the myth of overpopulation and the dangers behind the many provisions of the measure during the symposium held at the Inmaculada Concepcion Church.“The Philippines is not overpopulated. In fact, the people are the most important resources of our country. Limiting the number of people would mean limiting our resources. The real danger is not in having a large population but in having lesser population. Contraceptive mentality is demographic suicide,” Lumanta pointed out, citing researches of various economists.
Lumanta said many of the pro-RH solons have no reservations about enabling unmarried men and women to benefit from taxpayer-funded contraceptives the P3.7 billion measure seeks to provide to the public.
Senators also recently approved provisions allowing minors to purchase contraceptives even without parental consent and giving the government the duty to ensure a safe and satisfying sex life for the people.
“What are they promoting here, values or promiscuity?” Lumanta asked.
He also lamented the fact that senators voted against Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s proposed amendment concerning the beginning of life, which is at fertilization.
Lumanta further explained how the RH bill would lead to legalization of abortion in the Philippines.
At the end of his lecture, Lumanta challenged his audience to vote for pro-life candidates and inspired everyone to continue fighting and praying for the cause of life.
Lumanta is actively promoting the Catholic Church’s stand against the RH bill since his college days at the University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños as former head of the University-based Parish Youth Commission.
He started his talk by narrating how he became a pro-life advocate. As an altar boy at the age of 14, he came across a seven-month-old fetus hanging inside one of the Church bells he himself rang for 15 minutes.
The incident, which happened during the feast of the Holy Infant Jesus, the Sto. Niño, pushed him started his pro-life advocacy.
The symposium was held under the guidance of Msgr. Esteban Gaudicos on the occasion of the Ruby Jubilee Anniversary and fiesta celebration of the town parish of Roxas and as a reaction to the latest developments concerning the reproductive health (RH) bill in both Houses of Philippine Congress.

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/top-stories/40806-solons-press-rh-bill-okay

Solons press RH bill okay
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Published : Sunday, December 09, 2012 00:00
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Written by : Jester Manalastas

LAWMAKERS will try to finish the debate on the controversial Reproductive Health bill by next week.

House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said that President Benigno Aquino wanted Congress to finish the RH deliberation in just one week.

While the House of Representatives managed to ensure quorum during the last three session days, the plenary has not wrapped up the period of individual amendments.

Lawmakers have already reviewed the first three pages of the 27-page House Bill 4244 or the RH bill.

“We really wanted to finish the debate so we could proceed on the voting. Gusto nga ni Presidente, one week lang daw but meron pang amendments na dapat i-discuss,” Gonzales said.

At least 170 solons attended the luncheon meeting hosted by President Aquino last week during which he appealed to them to vote on the measure as soon as possible.

Aquino wants the bill approved before the end of the 15th Congress.

Main author of the bill, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, has expressed elation over the outcome of the meeting as the appeal of the President is a strong indication that he is also pro-RH.

“This Presidential endorsement was loud and clear,” Lagman said.

For the second time in three months, the President hosted a lunch meeting with the members of the House of Representatives to convey his thoughts on the RH bill.

The President said that the amendments by substitution to the original bill are sufficient to address the objections and reservations of critics, thus obviating the need to prolong the period of individual amendments.

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