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Cpd: 14.1% of Filipinos Still Use Traditional Family Planning

About 14.1 percent of Filipinos still rely on traditional family planning methods such as withdrawal and the calendar method despite the steady rise in modern contraceptive use, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) said Thursday. Mylin Mirasol Quiray, chief of the CPD Information Management and Communications Division, said the share of traditional-method users declined from 16.5 percent in 2022 but remained significant.

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Published at 2026-09-18 by Dimitri Mostrey

Categories : Culture, Health, People

Tags: Health, childbirth, children, family

LOOK: What It’s Like Visiting a Korean Aesthetic Clinic for the First Time

K-pop, K-food, and K-drama aside, K-beauty also has the country in a chokehold. Many dream of achieving “glass skin,” hoarding Korea’s best skincare products, or copping that dewy “no-makeup makeup look” just like their favorite K-pop idols. So, it only makes sense that a South Korean aesthetic clinic finally landed on Philippine shores!

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Published at 2024-01-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Health, Technology

Tags: Beautiful, Health, skin

New Immigration Operation Centre in Philippines Part of Canada’s Bid to Attract

Canada has opened a new immigration operation centre in the Philippines to get ahead in the global race for health care labour even as the Southeast Asian country struggles with an exodus of its workers.

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Published at 2023-03-07 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Legal

Tags: Filipino, Global, Health, Manila, Workers, immigration

27 Million Pinoys Overweight or Obese – Global Pharmaceutical Firm

Around 27 million Filipinos are considered overweight or obese, according to a leading global health care company as World Obesity Day was observed last Saturday. “Obesity is particularly prevalent in the Philippines, where 36.6 percent of individuals aged 20 years or older meet the World Health Organization (WHO) body mass index or BMI cutoff points for being overweight or obese,”

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Published at 2023-03-06 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, Society

Tags: Health, obesity

PH Consulate in Macau Counters Discriminatory Claims over Daily COVID-19 Tests

The Philippine Consulate General in Macau on Saturday said the daily COVID-19 testing requirement imposed on Filipinos residing there is a preventive measure against the virus and should not be politicized.

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Published at 2022-07-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, News and Events, People

Tags: COVID-19, Health

Palace Rules out Return to Full Lockdown Amid Rise in COVID-19 Cases

The country does not need to go into full-scale lockdown even amid the surge of COVID-19 cases as this could be addressed in other ways, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday. For the month of March, it is uncalled for,” he said during a Palace briefing when asked whether the country should revert to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) which shuts down all industries except essential sectors such as food and medicine.

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Published at 2021-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, News and Events, Politics

Tags: COVID-19, Duterte, Health

PH Family Planning Avoided 2.8-M Unintended Pregnancies, 669,000 Abortions

The Philippines’ strengthened family planning program was able to prevent around 2.8 million unintended pregnancies in 2019, which also resulted in avoiding 669,000 unsafe abortions due to early pregnancy and 1,470 possible maternal deaths.

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Published at 2020-12-03 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Health, Society

Tags: Health, family, government, women

The Other Side of the Vax

At the beginning of August, 2020, we wrote in this column the imperative to think and act outside the vax. If other nations’ authorities managed to mitigate the pandemic’s ruthless consequences on their people’s lives and livelihood, keep recession relatively mild and prevent joblessness from leading to suicide without vaccines, it is difficult why the Philippines has failed to do it.

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Published at 2020-12-03 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, Opinion

Tags: COVID-19, Health, government, vaccine

As Lockdown Eases, Manila’s Dirty Air is Back. It Doesn’t Have to Stay

To maintain improved air quality even as lockdown ends in Metro Manila, a new report says measures implemented during the lockdown must continue, like limited work arrangements and coming up with 'people-centric' urban planning designs.

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Published at 2020-06-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Environment, News and Events, Society

Tags: Health, Manila, Manila, Pollution

Why People Living with Mental Illness Don’t Talk about It

According to MentalHelp.net, triggers are external events or circumstances that may produce very uncomfortable emotional or psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety, panic, discouragement, despair, or negative self-talk. These could be anything — from dates, news, smells, trauma, neglect, physical illnesses, frightening news events, etc.

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Published at 2020-06-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Health

Tags: Health, Point, family, living, suicide

Healer, Lick Thy Wounds

Early this morning I was tasked to do vitals rounds -- take blood pressures, check pulses, respiratory rates, and temperatures -- of patients in the recovery room. To say that we have a large volume of patients is an understatement, and often doing vitals is a medical marathon.

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Published at 2019-06-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, People

Tags: Health

President Duterte Signs Universal Health Care Act into Law

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, February 20, signed the Universal Health Care Act into law which guarantees equitable access to quality and affordable health care for all Filipinos.

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Published at 2019-02-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Health, News and Events, Politics, Society

Tags: Duterte, Health, government

Red Paella: A Luscious Yet Healthy Recipe

Red rice is known for its health benefits, so its use here helps to tone down the "sinfulness" of paella :)

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Published at 2018-03-24 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Filipino cooking

Tags: Health, Recipe

La Union's Spanish-Era Churches: A Source of Healing Water

The dry season in the Philippines isn't only about vacations and beach escapades but also about strengthening our faith especially during the Holy Week. Considering our country's long history with the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish period, it is with no surprise that a number of old churches can be found in our many provinces.

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Published at 2018-03-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary

Tags: Church, Health, Water

A Healer's Path Comes Not by Chance

When describing someone steeped in the realm of Healing Arts, the word "path" seems to naturally make itself into the conversation. In reality, said path involves not necessarily the focus on where the path leads, but more so a connection with each and every step, and conscious acknowledgement of when the path turns. "Nothing happens by chance."

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Published at 2018-03-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : People, Stories

Tags: Health