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Philippine population to reach 107 million this year
The Filipino population will reach 107 million this year, which is up from the 100-million breakthrough back in July 2014 and up from 105.53...
Philippine Catholics rally against war-on-drug killings and death penalty
Thousands of Filipino Catholics marched through Manila on February 18 in what was the biggest gathering expressing protest against extra-judicial killings in President Rodrigo...
Duterte to launch family planning measures in the Philippines
Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte revealed plans for his population management programme to curb population growth in the country of more than 100 million people,...
No budget for free birth control in the Philippines
Philippine supreme lawmakers have scrapped the 2016 budget allocation for free family planning commodities such as condoms, contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices, money which...
Pope Francis wants to visit Thailand (video)
Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Thailand, the Thai government said on September 12. The invitation was extended to the Pope by...
The ‘Accidental President’ delivers his State of the Nation address
Four days ago we published an article detailing what we thought Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (known as PNoy) should address in his State...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...