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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
Who, really? Certainly not I, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile or Sen. Pia Cayetano. I asked Senate reporters who among them do not want a satisfying sex life and nobody answered. On second thought, should this be asked at all?
This issue cropped up Monday during the discussion of reproductive health bills at the Senate Committee on Health when former Sen. Kit Tatad said the bills are encouraging “satisfying sex life instead of a mutually fulfilling conjugal life and ultimately change time-honored Filipino values about human life, family life, marriage in favor of the most destructive counter-values that are wreaking havoc on the morals of many consumerist societies.”
He explained that when one engages in sex, it should not be for the purpose of satisfying oneself but with the knowledge that it should lead to the creation of life, not prevent it. |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
A group of government health experts have appealed to Congress to immediately pass the Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS)Act, citing the direct correlation between investments in research and a country's health status, progress and productivity.”
Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, executive director of the Philippine Council for Health Research Development (PCHRD) of the Department of Science and Technology, said two percent of the national budget for health should be allocated to research, as mandated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
However, in the Philippines, only 0.1 to 0.3 percent of the health budget is devoted to health research and development, Montoya said during the weekly Health Forum in Quezon City. |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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For the second time in recent weeks, international tobacco control advocates are calling on Philip Morris International to withdraw its sponsorship and promotion of a major concert, this time in the Philippines where the company's activities appear to violate national law.
Last month, Philip Morris International withdrew its sponsorship of singer Alicia Keys' concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, after the company was criticized for engaging in cigarette marketing that appealed to children and after Ms. Keys called for the sponsorship to be withdrawn.
Now health advocates are urging Philip Morris International to end its involvement in an August 30 reunion concert by the popular Filipino band Eraserheads, which has been called the "Beatles of the Philippines." Those seeking tickets to the concert are being directed to www.marlboro.ph, a web site run by Philip Morris International's Philippine subsidiary. To receive tickets and information, visitors to the web site must provide personal contact information that would allow Philip Morris International to send them promotional materials for cigarettes. |
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
Moves to institute environment-friendly measures are gaining support in government and in the private sector. At the Senate, the adoption of a “green” Building Code, which will encourage the construction of buildings that lessen the use of water and electricity, was proposed by Senator Loren Legarda.
In the private sector, the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines and the Federation of Philippine Industries have pledged to work for environment protection among other common concerns.
The proposed Code, Legarda said, promotes practical conservation measures, such as the use of available sunlight to illuminate work spaces in public and private buildings, energy-saving lighting materials, and new devices such as occupancy sensors that automatically turn off lights. |
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
Amid threats of a political backlash and an opposition campaign led by certain members of the Catholic Church hierarchy and its allied forces, the controversial Reproductive Health bill is winning the battle.
"The Reproductive Health bill is winning not only in the legislative arena, but also the sentiments of the public. It is evident that there is a growing and intensifying support for the bill. Those who are more attuned to the real situation of the Filipino people have expressed support for the passage of the reproductive health bill," states Ramon San Pascual, Executive Director of he Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc.
Many members of the House of Representatives are coming out in the open and co-authoring the bill amid the threats of political backlash. Even the Senate is heeding the call of the majority of the people as the Committee on Health and Demography is set to conduct a hearing on the bill by Monday, August 11," he adds. |
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