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Date Posted: 20:58:05 05/02/12 Wed
Author: IMRD
Subject: March 3, 2012 news

http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/22139-burgeoning-population-will-dry-up-resources--lawmakers

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Burgeoning population will dry up resources – lawmakers
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Published : Thursday, May 03, 2012 00:00
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Written by : Llanesca T. Panti, Ritchie A. Horario and Jefferson Antiporda, Reporters
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The authors of the controversial Reproductive Health and Responsible Parenthood (RH) bill warned on Wednesday that the booming population will drain the country’s meager resources.

Representatives Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao province and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela party-list made the warning after Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima was quoted as saying that the booming population will be the future driver of economic growth since working-age Filipinos would make up the majority of the Philippine economy by 2015.

Baguilat, chairman of the House Committee on National Cultural Communities, said that Purisima’s vision of a productive young workforce would only be realized if the government would constantly invest on social services such as the K-12 program and the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)—a strategy that would certainly not keep pace with the population growth.

“Even with an RH law in place, population will almost certainly increase but at a much slower rate that our resources can sustain. As it is, we can’t fund K-12 and CCT if the population growth is too high,” Baguilat explained.

“There will still be many poor families if we don’t have a good family planning program. We’ll have too many mouths to feed and children to educate,” he said.

Ilagan, on one hand, said that an increased population can only be a boon if the people are educated, employed and enjoy basic social services because otherwise, they would be a burden.

“The RH bill is not only about birth control. It is about providing health services. We need it so that we won’t rely on initiatives of local government in terms of reproductive health,” added Ilagan, vice chairman of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality.

Sen. Gregorio Honasan also brushed aside Purisima’s pronouncement, but maintained that this is not related to the controversial RH bill pending before the Senate.

“RH bill is an entirely separate issue which must be carefully deliberated on because of population density productivity land and water use variables,” Honasan told The Manila Times.

Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development Foundation Executive Director Romeo Dongeto backed Baguilat and Ilagan’s stance.

“The Philippines has a very young population and there are 1.4 million unemployed youth looking for jobs,” Dongeto said.

“The RH bill is not exclusively about demographic transitions. Foremost, it is to empower couples, especially women, to be able to responsibly decide on the number of children they want and when to have it,” he added.

But for Rep. Roilo Golez of Parañaque City, who is staunchly against the passage of the RH bill, Purisima’s foresight is right considering that the major drivers of economy, such as remittances from overseas Filipino workers ($23 billion per year) and business process outsourcing ($11 billion per year) are due to the Philippines’ demographic advantage.


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