Press Release April 8, 2022 In 2020, a total of 82,317 live births were registered in Northern Mindanao, indicating a decrease of at least 9,829 births from 2019, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (PSA CRVS). The year 2020 also recorded the lowest registered live births in the region with continue reading : LIVE BIRTHS IN REGION X DECLINE BY 11%
Press ReleaseMarch 31, 2022 March is widely known as National Women’s Month (NWM)—in fact, March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day. The Philippine Commission on Women is actively promoting the celebration of the 2022 National Women’s Month to all the government institutions in the Philippines to highlight and appreciate all the women and girls’ continue reading : POPCOM X EXTENDS SERVICES TO UNDERPRIVILEGED WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CELEBRATION OF THE 2022 NWM
Press ReleaseFebruary 28, 2022 Typhoon Odette, the 15th storm and the strongest to hit the Philippines last year left devastated farming and fishing communities in many areas of the country. Millions of people were displaced due to damaged homes, and many lost their livelihoods and their major source of income aside from the massive electricity continue reading : POPCOM X’s FP WELLNESS CLINIC BRINGS FP SERVICES TO TYPHOON ODETTE STRICKEN IN SIARGAO AND DINAGAT ISLANDS
Press ReleaseJanuary 31, 2022 The Commission on Population and Development Region X, with its unwavering commitment to its mandates, applauds President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s signing of the Republic Act No. 11596 also known as “An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage” last December 10, 2021. The United Nations (UN) defines child marriage as any continue reading : POPCOM X REJOICES PASSAGE OF ANTI-CHILD MARRIAGE LAW
Press ReleaseJanuary 28, 2022 The recently concluded Census on Population and Housing 2020 (CPH 2020) revealed that the population in Northern Mindanao has reached 5,022,768 as of May 1, 2020 with an annual Population Growth Rate (PGR) of 1.46%.This PGR is lower compared to the 2015 PGR which stood at 1.68%. It showed an average continue reading : NORTHERN MINDANAO POPULATION GROWS BY 73,333 ANNUALLY
