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%
POPCOM X EXTENDS SERVICES TO UNDERPRIVILEGED WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CELEBRATION OF THE 2022 NWM
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
POPCOM X REJOICES PASSAGE OF ANTI-CHILD MARRIAGE LAW
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
ORO YOUTH CENTER PROMOTES AHD PROGRAM THROUGH ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Press ReleaseNovember 8, 2021 Among the provinces and cities in the region, Cagayan de Oro (CDO)ranks 3rd in the highest cases of adolescent pregnancy in 2019. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 2019 Vital Statistics recorded a total of 1,745teenage pregnancy cases in CDO with three 13 years old as the youngest. In 2020, the City continue reading : ORO YOUTH CENTER PROMOTES AHD PROGRAM THROUGH ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
REGION X CELEBRATES 7TH YEAR OF THE 100-MILLIONTH SYMBOLIC BABIES
Press Statement July 26, 2021 On July 27, 2014, Northern Mindanao welcomed six (6) out of the 100 babies born past midnight symbolizing Philippines’ 100-millionth mark of its total population. Representing the region of that historical day, the symbolic babies are Juliane M. Cobayan of Cagayan de Oro, Rundy Boy P. Dantes Jr. of Misamis Oriental, continue reading : REGION X CELEBRATES 7TH YEAR OF THE 100-MILLIONTH SYMBOLIC BABIES