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Quote from: hubag bohol on July 22, 2011, 09:18:27 AM
Lakat – variation sa "lakaw"
Takla – crayfish; also, kanang sound nga morag “tsk, tsk, tsk” (unsay Iningles ani, Fr. Chic?)
Kalat – oi, Tagalig man ni
Aklat – samot nang Tagalig
Takal- kini klarong Binisaya, nakalimot lang ko sa meaning (unsa gani to, Bay Tigs?)

Hahaha. Kanang TAKAL mura ra pud na ug takos pero dinagku lamang. Ang takos kay ginagmay.

Pananglitan.

Taksi si Yo Yaning nimo ug usa ka takos ginamos.

Takala ug pila ka taro ang abot karon sa basak.

Sakto ba ni? Mao man pud ni ahong nahibaw-an.

Update:

Tropical Depression Juaning has intensified into a Tropical Storm. Ug karon ginatarget nija ang Quezon-Aurora area. Sa laing bahin naa na puy bag-ond bagjo nga nahimo sa Pacific Ocean. Wa pay nga pero may code na sija nga TD11W.



Kanang puwa nga naa sa tunga sa Pilipinas mao na si Juaning, ug kanang usa ka laing puwa mao na si TD 11W.

Advisory gikan sa PAG-ASA sa mga lugar nga naay storm signal warning:

Areas Having Public Storm Warning Signal  

AS OF TODAY: 26July2011 9:23 a.m.
PSWS #  Luzon  
Signal No. 2
(60-100 kph winds)  
Catanduanes
Albay
Camarines Provinces

Signal No. 1
(45-60 kph winds)  
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
Abra
Apayao
Kalinga
Cagayan
Isabela
Ifugao
Mt. Province
La Union
Pangasinan
Benguet
Nueva Vizcaya
Nueva Ecija
Quirino
Aurora
Quezon
Polillo Island
Sorsogon


source:
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tc_up.html
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/

Naay wa pa panganli nga Tropical Depression nga nahimugso sa sidlakang bahin sa Samar. Hatagan ni sa pangan nga Juaning. Kaning mapa sa ubos mao ni ang gibana bana nga daganan ni TD 10W (Juaning).

Unsaon man pagkahibawo Dre nga nhinog na ang peras? Lunhaw man lamang gihapon tan-awon tanan.

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii â€" Everglades Palm, Paurotis Palm

Syagrus tessmannii â€" Licury Palm, Ouricury Palm

Acanthophoenix crinite â€" Yellow barbel palm

Rhopalostylis cheesemanii - Kermadec Nikau Palm, Norfolk Island Palm

Aiphanes lindeniana â€" cuaro, cuvaro and mararai

Deckenia nobilis â€" Millionaire's Salad

Serenoa repens â€" saw palmetto

Trachycarpus fortune â€" Windmill Palm, Chinese Windmill Palm

Areca macrocarpa â€" Palm tree

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 08:47:27 PM

Copernicia prunifera

Buli ni sija no? Ahong ig-agaw saun nakatamak ug lukay sa buli nga diha pay palwa, hasta, mura ug gipaakan ug iho! Gihilantan gud to sija tungod sa samad.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 20, 2011, 06:12:49 PM
Hmm, paborito nimo, Bay Tigs?

Ang buwad, pero dili ko kung kinhason na nga tuway!

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 20, 2011, 01:49:13 PM
Hmm, pwede ba kaha pud ang Inday Mabihagon...

Basin pud ug Inday Kuradang?

Wa pa pud ko kakaon ug mabolo kay sauna mokaon na unta ko aruy kay gihadlok man mi nga di kono ahilamon ang bunga kay mura kono ug til-as kakatol basta mahikapan. Na, hangtud karon wa jamo na ko katilaw.

Di pud ko lamian anang bunga sa rattan Te Islex. Aslom nga unsa ba. Lainon!

Quote from: bugsay on July 20, 2011, 11:30:01 AM
..mantiner lang usa ug pinikas nga wa gi buwad.....

pero giladlad

Bwahahahahaha!

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 05:34:21 PM
Bwahaha! Bantay, Bay Tigs! Mosikit gani ni siya nimo, impas ka!

Hahahaha. Mopijong na lamang ko Bay Hubs!

Granted, but Limbo never became “objective Catholic truth,” if by that term we are referring to established and irreformable Catholic doctrine, since no Pope or Council ever dogmatized Limbo as being a defined Catholic doctrine.

from: http://www.catholicintl.com/catholicissues/Limbo.pdf

Pope Benedict XVI Changes Catholic Church's Stance on Unbaptized Babies and Limbo

What happens to a baby's soul when the baby dies without the benefit of the Sacrament of Baptism? The official answer of the Roman Catholic Church to this all-important question was revised today when the International Theological Commission released a ground-breaking report, and Pope Benedict XVI approved it's findings.

After extensive theological research, the commission has reported that there is a possibility that these unbaptized babies can go to heaven. They agree with past findings that there is no definite answer to this question in religious documents. However, they have found that there is enough evidence to revise the official Roman Catholic Church opinion.

Traditionally the Catholic Church has taught that the unbaptized baby's soul goes into a state of limbo. In this state, the baby's soul enjoys happiness and contentment for eternity, but lacks the perfect joy of being with God. In other words, it is excluded from Heaven, but does not suffer the ravages of Hell or Purgatory, either.

That stance has now changed. In a report by the Associated Press, Rev. Luis Ladaria, the secretary general of the International Theological Commission, is quoted as saying, "We can say we have many reasons to hope that there is salvation for these babies." (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_limbo)

This new stance of the Church means that perhaps these babies do go to heaven. However, "perhaps" is the important word to note. The Church is not saying that they positively go to heaven, but that there is a possibility that they do enjoy eternal salvation after all.

It is still highly recommended that all babies be baptized so that they will surely go to heaven.

The International Theological Commission was urged to do extensive research on this question because of the ever growing number of babies who die without the chance to be baptized. Due to the high incidence of abortion, in addition to baby deaths due to disease and war, it has become more urgent for the Church to research and clarify their official opinion on this matter.

Pope Benedict XVI was a strong proponent of this research, and approved the findings of the commission as the new official stance of the Catholic Church.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/221601/pope_benedict_xvi_changes_catholic_pg2.html?cat=7

Pope to end doctrine of Limbo
The Times, UK
Oct. 3, 2006
Richard Owen, in Rome
www.timesonline.co.uk


The Pope will this week overturn a belief held by Roman Catholics since medieval times by abolishing the concept of Limbo.

Limbo is traditionally held to be the place where the souls of children go if they die before they can be baptised and so freed from original sin.

It is also the fate of “holy people” such as the prophet Abraham who lived before the time of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe offered mankind redemption through his death and Resurrection.

This week a 30-strong Vatican international commission of theologians which has been examining Limbo began its final deliberations. Vatican sources said that it had concluded that all children who die do so in the expectation of “the universal salvation of God” and the “mediation of Christ”, whether baptised or not.

The theologians’ finding is that God wishes all souls to be saved, and that the souls of unbaptised children are entrusted to a “merciful God” whose ways of ensuring salvation cannot be known. “In effect, this means that all children who die go to Heaven” one source said.

The commission’s conclusions will be formally approved by Pope Benedict XVI at a mass on Friday in the Redemptoris Mater chapel in the Apostolic Palace, a richly decorated chapel restored by John Paul II and used for the proclamation of papal “magisterial teachings” as well as spiritual retreats and ecumenical services.

The process of doing away with Limbo began under the late John Paul II. He was backed by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger â€" now Pope â€" who as John Paul II’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy once observed that Limbo had “never been a definitive truth of the faith”.

He added:”Personally, I would let it drop, since it has always been only a theological hypothesis”. The theological commission is currently chaired by Archbishop William Levada of the United States, the Pope’s chosen successor as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Christians hold that Heaven is a state of union with God, while Hell is separation from God. Christians have long wrestled, however, with the conundrum of what happened to those who lived a “good life” but died before the time of Jesus, as well as the fate of children who die without being christened.

The answer since the 13th century has been Limbo â€" from the Latin limbus, meaning a hem or boundary â€" held to be the temporary resting place of “the souls of good persons who died before the resurrection of Jesus” (limbus patrum, or Limbo of the Fathers) and the home in the afterlife of “those who die in infancy without having been freed from original sin” (limbus infantium, or Limbo of the Children).

St Thomas Aquinas described the “limbo of children” as an “eternal state of natural joy” in which unbaptised children were unaware of the greater joy of Heaven.

The concept was given papal authority by Pope Pius X (1903-1914), who in his Catechism declared Limbo to be a place where the unbaptised “do not have the joy of God but neither do they suffer…they do not deserve Paradise, but neither do they deserve Hell or Purgatory”.

This was quietly dropped from the Cathechism issued under John Paul II, who in his encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) â€" referring to victims of abortion â€" said the Church “does not know the fate of unbaptised infants” and can only “trust in God’s mercy and love.”

Father Tony Kelly, an Australian member of the theological commission, said that dropping Limbo reflected “a different sense of God, focusing on his infinite love.”

Vatican officials said the Pope was not overturning a “doctrine”, since Limbo had no Scriptural authority and is not part of the Church’s official dogma, unlike Heaven, Hell and Purgatory.

The Old Testament does however refer to “the bosom of Abraham”, a place which is neither heaven nor hell and where the “righteous dead” await entry to Paradise.

The commission was not asked to consider whether unbaptised adults also die in the hope of entry to Heaven. Some theologians hold that original sin bars the unbaptised from the “pure beatific vision” of Paradise.

Others say that God seeks to “save” everyone, and note that Jesus himself told the two (presumably unbaptised) thieves crucified alongside him that that they would join him “this day” in “Paradise” (Luke 23:43).

Limbo was described by Dante as a place in the first circle of Hell, beyond the river Acheron and before the judgment seat of Minos, where “virtuous pagans” and classical philosophers such as Plato and Socrates resided as well as the Old Testament prophets. In colloquial speech “limbo” has come to mean any uncertain or intermediate state.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 11, 2011, 07:54:53 PM
Hmm, naa ba kahay baje diris TB nga mosukol og sul-ob ani...

Ang pangutanang lain, naa ba kahay laki diris TB nga gusto ijahang baje mao nay isul-ot?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 04:32:08 PM

Wetwew!

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If God made all things beautiful
What happened to you?

Bi, atong tan-awon ug unsay action ani ni President Aquino. Mahimo ba kahang daang matuwid ni ug naa ba kahay mapreso. Ilabina nis Gloring.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 16, 2011, 07:11:25 PM
He he, dihay nibabag... 

Kinsa man?

Kung sa kang Bay Glacier mura bag si Nethla pagkabutanga?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 16, 2011, 03:41:37 PM
Hmm, kon nadayon pa ko sa pagkapari, mag-exorcist ra ba unta ko, apil unta ko ani...

NGanong wa man ka magpari ug lahos Bay Hubs?

Oo, bisan magalakaw ako latas sa walog sa landong sa kamatayon, Ako walay kahadlok sa bisan unsa nga dautan; Kay ikaw nagauban kanako; Ang imong baras ug ang imong sungkod, kini nagapalig-on kanako.

Constant and untiring lover!

Weather Update:

Sa kalooy sa panahon, ang low pressure area nga diha ra sa sidlakan sa Bicol Region nahimo na intawong Bagjo ug gipanganlan ug Tropical Depression Hanna (Tokage). Kini gina bana bana nga modagan padung sa nahamutangan ni Hurricane Ma-on nga padung karon sa Japan. Dug-ol ra ni sila mao nga nahigop ang hinay nga si Hanna ni Ma-on. Murag wa ni epekto sa ato kay pagawas naman si Hanna ugma sa kaadlawon.

Inday Marikit ajaw ug siyagit,
Kahibawo naman ka dinhi daghang kuwaknit,
Ajaw paduol kanunay sa ngitngit,
Kay sila Bay Bugsay, Hubag ug Buwad didto mangkitkit!

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 14, 2011, 10:16:46 AM
Si Bishop Pueblos bitaw tawon ang nasentro ani nga hitaboa...

With special love letter man pud si Bishop Pueblos gud.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 14, 2011, 09:33:24 AM
About time. Morag na-traumatize baya tawon ang affected bishops ...

Unta the CBCP will come up with a clearer policy on accepting and REQUESTING gifts and donations from private individuals specially government officials and offices. Aron di na mahitabo ning samang hitaboa.

Quote from: chicogon on July 14, 2011, 12:17:39 PM
Hasta mga tawo 

Hahahahaha. Ako pud!

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 14, 2011, 10:23:02 AM
Di ba mao man ni sila ang pinakadagkong buaya sa tibuok kalibotan? Hinuon, kon padagkoayg tiyan, basin mas dagko ang Crocodylus congressus philippinensis...

Hahahahaha. Iakip pud ang mga Crocodylus senaduros butiyuros!

Crocodile species per Philippine Government office:
1. BIR = Crocodilus underus lamisasus

2. DPWH = Crocodilus kuwangisus kalsadus

3. BoC = Crocodilus palusutos kargamentos

4. DOJ = Crocodilus innocentus criminalus!

Ug daghan pa!

Bitaw, mao pud nay ahong unang namatikdan sa wa pa naho basaha, ug confirmed, pungkol jud diay. Wa ba kahay tawo nga naangin ani? Crocodilus porusus ra ba diay ni.

Case Closed!

nakaboto na ko pero you need to select other 6 pa na places aside from the PPUR. sakto ba tong ahong gihimo? mao man puy required.

Nauwaw na hinuon si Lambing naho.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 07, 2011, 05:51:45 PM

Wa ras ngipon!

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2011, 02:22:01 PM



  Model para sa T-shirt ni Bugsay...

Wa may piktyur!

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 12, 2011, 10:24:23 AM
He he, lahi ba pud tong Tagala, Bay Tigs? 

Hahaha. Aw, lahi pud to Bay Hubs.

Sa amoa, ug dili ka sigurado nga limpiyo ang pagkagama sa imohang pinalit nga ginamos, gisahon na sa kamatis ug sibujas karijot. Mas humot kung naay ahos.

Laway na hinuon ko! Lami ra ba ni ug tingtugnaw!!!

Quote from: fharz on July 11, 2011, 10:48:16 PM
diyah kah! pgxure vah..hehehe tga cdo kya koh..hmmp

Mura man pud ug Tagalig....

Be afraid to deal with the peacemakers, for they will shoot you!

Hahahaha. UNsa man kano pud?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 11, 2011, 11:39:43 AM
Naay documentation kining klaseha sa vivisection nga gihimo sa Unit 731. Ayaw na lang ninyo pangitaa kay kon makakita mo di jud mo katulog og pipila ka gabii...

Nagbasa pa ganing ko MIBAli na ahong ginhawaan, way puangod gajud diay tong mga Hapon sauna. Mao siguro to sila ug mangaji sauna moingon:

"Ig-ampo mo ang kalag ni _________ nga gipatay sa KULERANG HAPON!" dajung ngoyngoy sa asawa, ginikanan o paryente ba sa namatay.

Mao nay istorya sa ahong lola sauna sa dihang buhi pa to (purya damgo). Muot lagi pero tinuod kono to.

Welcome Ms. Marikit.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 09, 2011, 10:56:32 AM
Hmm, gusto kag seksi nga hitso? Pwes, kini maoy imo…

Patja na lamang ko Bay Hubs!!! Hahahahahaha

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 08, 2011, 08:23:18 PM

Clever diay dili CLEAVAGE. HAhahahahaha.

Hahahahahaha.

Pili, MAMI o GINAMOS?

Sa mga Barangay Hall dire Maam Statesville, uso na nga aside sa patrol mobile, naa na puy mga sakajan nga nakastandby.

Sa pagkakaron (July 8, 2011, 8:00 p.m - Philippine Time), duha ka LPA ang gibantajan. Ang usa LPA 94W sa North Philippine Sea ug ang LPA 90W nga tua pa dapit sa Carolin Islands. Ang maong duha ka LPA hinay ug wa pangagpasa nga mahimong bagjo sud sa 24 oras.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 08, 2011, 08:04:17 PM
Bwahaha! Apil katangtang ang almoranas kon maohon!

HAhahaha. Dili na kinahanglan ug operahan ba.

Daghan pa gihapon ug igo.

Banhaan na no?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 06, 2011, 02:39:46 PM
Hmm, ang papel na, o ang tanom pa?

Kanang reed pa aron hait akagis sa lubot!

Oi, generic pa gihapon.

Hilig ba mocomment na sija?

TAga Balingsya ba na sija?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THE BEST EVER!

Salamat Bay Hubs!!!!!

Quote from: islander on July 08, 2011, 07:42:52 PM
sige, tigs.  hinaot unta nga maklaro pod kun unsay ilang side effects.  matod pa, naay mga cancer-causing ug abortifacients ani nila.  giapil gihapon ni sila sa lista sa world health organization(!) as essential medicines kuno.  whew!

mag-trying hard na lang kog tubag sa imong question: bag-o tingali nang uso nga nahimong sakit.  karaan man kuno ko, matod pa ni hubag ug bugsay, mao siguro nga wa na koy kalibotan aning sakita.  maghuwat tuod ta sa tubag ani nilang duha ka batan-on...   

Hahahahaha. BATA-UNahon nila ana Bay Hubag ug Bay Bugsay Te. Tinuod, daghan uroy anang mga contraceptives ang makacancer ug abortifacients. Mao nay wa gideklarar sa mga RH Bill proponents.

Ikaduhang diskurso nga ahong gusto iduso, ang purpose sa RH Bill in giving women access to reproductive health services is already embodied in the Magna Carta for Women. Makita na sa SECTION 17 sa Magna Carta for Women. I quote:

"Section 17. Women's Right to Health. - (a) Comprehensive Health Services. - The State shall, at all times, provide for a comprehensive, culture-sensitive, and gender-responsive health services and programs covering all stages of a woman's life cycle and which addresses the major causes of women's mortality and morbidity: Provided, That in the provision for comprehensive health services, due respect shall be accorded to women's religious convictions, the rights of the spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions, and the demands of responsible parenthood, and the right of women to protection from hazardous drugs, devices, interventions, and substances.

Access to the following services shall be ensured:

(1) Maternal care to include pre- and post-natal services to address pregnancy and infant health and nutrition;

(2) Promotion of breastfeeding;

(3) Responsible, ethical, legal, safe, and effective methods of family planning;

(4) Family and State collaboration in youth sexuality education and health services without prejudice to the primary right and duty of parents to educate their children;

(5) Prevention and management of reproductive tract infections, including sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS;

(6) Prevention and management of reproductive tract cancers like breast and cervical cancers, and other gynecological conditions and disorders;

(7) Prevention of abortion and management of pregnancy-related complications;

( In cases of violence against women and children, women and children victims and survivors shall be provided with comprehensive health services that include psychosocial, therapeutic, medical, and legal interventions and assistance towards healing, recovery, and empowerment;

(9) Prevention and management of infertility and sexual dysfunction pursuant to ethical norms and medical standards;

(10) Care of the elderly women beyond their child-bearing years; and

(11) Management, treatment, and intervention of mental health problems of women and girls. In addition, healthy lifestyle activities are encouraged and promoted through programs and projects as strategies in the prevention of diseases.

(b) Comprehensive Health Information and Education. - The State shall provide women in all sectors with appropriate, timely, complete, and accurate information and education on all the above-stated aspects of women's health in government education and training programs, with due regard to the following:

(1) The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth and the development of moral character and the right of children to be brought up in an atmosphere of morality and rectitude for the enrichment and strengthening of character;

(2) The formation of a person's sexuality that affirms human dignity; and

(3) Ethical, legal, safe, and effective family planning methods including fertility awareness."

Gadoble doble ra ning RH Bill.

They are hunting down the RH Bill opponents.

This event shocked even me. Bisan unsaon naho ug huna huna ug rason nga puwede ikahatag sa mga comments sections sa mga news, wa jud koy mahuna hunaan. Hehehe. Ang nakaparat kay puro Catholic beneficiaries ray gipanganlan. Di ko motuo ug way laing relihiyon. Bawo ninjo.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 08, 2011, 10:38:47 AM
Na-guilty baya tingali ang baje sa iyang gibuhat, pero di lang jud kapugngan ang baha...

Baha sa ubos juta? O baha sa langit langit? 

Naa na ra ba untay mga anak ug dugay na pud silang minjo. Wa naman lamang diay pud maghuna huna ang baje ato? Tsk tsk tsk.

Quote from: islander on July 08, 2011, 12:14:10 AM
labor of love gyod ning imo, tigs.  salamat.  naa na tay readily accessible source nga matun-an sa mga interesado aning gubot pa sa lukot nga house bill.  agig dugang:

1.  One of the strongest criticism against the bill, even from its supporters, centers on the penal provisions, which have been
     called "coercive," a violation of free choice and conscience, and "totalitarian" in its approach to dissenters. 

2.  There is "mandatory" sex education starting grade 5, and malicious "disinformation" is penalized. 

3.  All health care service providers, including faith-based hospital administrators, may be imprisoned or fined if they fail to
     provide reproductive health care services such as providing services like ligation and vasectomy.

4.  The same may happen to employers who do not provide free services to employees. 

5.  Imprisonment ranges from (1) month to six (6) months or a fine ranging from Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to Fifty
     Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00).

Former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo stated that these punitive provisions "are tantamount to an affront to civil liberties and smack of religious persecution."   


excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_Health_Bill

Ahong ikasumpay ani Te Slex is the classification of CONTRACEPTIVES as one of the ESSENTIAL MEDICINES.

Question: Kanus-a pa nahimong sakit ang PAGMABDOS?

posing pa lamang daan, Bay Bugsay na.

ang unlan, unsa may hitsura?

Wa ko kahibawo kung mokatawa ba ko ani o maguol. ?

Mapugtas man pud ta ani ug pinost. Sige, naa na gajud.

SEC. 32-34. Separability Clause, Repealing Clause, Effectivity

SEC. 32. Separability Clause
If any part or provision of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect.

SEC. 33. Repealing Clause
All other laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 34. Effectivity
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-32-34-separability-clause-repealing-clause-effectivity-0

SEC. 31. Implementing Rules and Regulations

Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of the DOH shall formulate and adopt amendments to the existing rules and regulations to carry out the objectives of this Act, in consultation with the Secretaries of the DepED, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the DOLE, the DSWD, the Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the Commissioner of CHED, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), and two NGOs or Peoples’ Organizations (POs) for women. Full dissemination of the IRR to the public shall be ensured.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-31-implementing-rules-and-regulations-0

SEC. 30. Appropriations


The amounts appropriated in the current annual General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Family Health and Responsible Parenting under the DOH and POPCOM shall be allocated and utilized for the initial implementation of this Act. Such additional sums necessary to implement this Act; provide for the upgrading of facilities necessary to meet Basic Emergency Obstetric Care and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care standards; train and deploy skilled health providers; procure family planning supplies and commodities as provided in Sec. 6; and implement other reproductive health services, shall be included in the subsequent GAA

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-30-appropriations-0

SEC. 29. Penalties

Any violation of this Act or commission of the foregoing prohibited acts shall be penalized by imprisonment ranging from one (1) month to six (6) months or a fine of Ten Thousand (P 10,000.00) to Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 50,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the competent court; Provided That, if the offender is a public official or employee, he or she shall suffer the accessory penalty of dismissal from the government service and forfeiture of retirement benefits. If the offender is a juridical person, the penalty shall be imposed upon the president or any responsible officer. An offender who is an alien shall, after service of sentence, be deported immediately without further proceedings by the Bureau of Immigration.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-29-penalties-0

SEC. 28. Prohibited Acts

The following acts are prohibited:

(a) Any healthcare service provider, whether public or private, who shall:

(1) Knowingly withhold information or restrict the dissemination thereof, or intentionally provide incorrect information regarding programs and services on reproductive health, including the right to informed choice and access to a full range of legal, medically-safe and effective family planning methods;

(2) Refuse to perform legal and medically-safe reproductive health procedures on any person of legal age on the ground of lack of third party consent or authorization. In case of married persons, the mutual consent of the spouses shall be preferred. However in case of disagreement, the decision of the one undergoing the procedure shall prevail. In the case of abused minors where parents or other family members are the respondent, accused or convicted perpetrators as certified by the proper prosecutorial office or court, no prior parental consent shall be necessary; and

(3) Refuse to extend health care services and information on account of the person’s marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, personal circumstances, or nature of work; Provided, That, the conscientious objection of a healthcare service provider based on his/her ethical or religious beliefs shall be respected; however, the conscientious objector shall immediately refer the person seeking such care and services to another healthcare service provider within the same facility or one which is conveniently accessible who is willing to provide the requisite information and services; Provided, further, That the person is not in an emergency condition or serious case as defined in RA 8344 otherwise known as "An Act Penalizing the Refusal of Hospitals and Medical Clinics to Administer Appropriate Initial Medical Treatment and Support in Emergency and Serious Cases".

(b) Any public official who, personally or through a subordinate, prohibits or restricts the delivery of legal and medically-safe reproductive health care services, including family planning; or forces, coerces or induces any person to use such services.

(c) Any employer or his representative who shall require an employee or applicant, as a condition for employment or continued employment, to undergo sterilization or use or not use any family planning method; neither shall pregnancy be a ground for non-hiring or termination of employment.

(d) Any person who shall falsify a certificate of compliance as required in Section 15 of this Act; and

(e) Any person who maliciously engages in disinformation about the intent or provisions of this Act.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-28-prohibited-acts-0

SEC. 27. Congressional Oversight Committee (COC)

There is hereby created a Congressional Oversight Committee composed of five (5) members each from the Senate and the HOR. The members from the Senate and the HOR shall be appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker, respectively, based on proportional representation of the parties or coalition therein with at least one (1) member representing the Minority.

The COC shall be headed by the respective Chairs of the Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Population and Family Relations of the HOR. The Secretariat of the COC shall come from the existing Secretariat personnel of the Senate’ and the HOR’ committees concerned

The COC shall monitor and ensure the effective implementation of this Act, determine the inherent weakness and loopholes in the law, recommend the necessary remedial legislator or administrative measures and perform such other duties and functions as may be necessary to attain the objectives of this Act.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-27-congressional-oversight-committee-coc

SEC. 26. Reporting Requirements

Before the end of April of each year, the DOH shall submit an annual report to the President of the Philippines, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HOR). The report shall provide a definitive and comprehensive assessment of the implementation of its programs and those of other government agencies and instrumentalities, civil society and the private sector and recommend appropriate priorities for executive and legislative actions. The report shall be printed and distributed to all national agencies, the LGUs, civil society and the private sector organizations involved in said programs.

The annual report shall evaluate the content, implementation and impact of all policies related to reproductive health and family planning to ensure that such policies promote, protect and fulfill reproductive health and rights, particularly of parents, couples and women.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-26-reporting-requirements-0

SEC. 25. Implementing Mechanisms

Pursuant to the herein declared policy, the DOH and the Local Health Units in cities and municipalities shall serve as the lead agencies for the implementation of this Act and shall integrate in their regular operations the following functions:

(a) Ensure full and efficient implementation of the Reproductive Health Care Program;

(b) Ensure people’s access to medically safe, legal, effective, quality and affordable reproductive health supplies and services;

(c) Ensure that reproductive health services are delivered with a full range of supplies, facilities and equipment and that healthcare service providers are adequately trained for such reproductive health care delivery;

(d) Take active steps to expand the coverage of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP), especially among poor and marginalized women, to include the full range of reproductive health services and supplies as health insurance benefits;

(e) Strengthen the capacities of health regulatory agencies to ensure safe, legal, effective, quality, accessible and affordable reproductive health services and commodities with the concurrent strengthening and enforcement of regulatory mandates and mechanisms;

(f) Promulgate a set of minimum reproductive health standards for public health facilities, which shall be included in the criteria for accreditation. These minimum reproductive health standards shall provide for the monitoring of pregnant mothers, and a minimum package of reproductive health programs that shall be available and affordable at all levels of the public health system except in specialty hospitals where such services are provided on optional basis;

(g) Facilitate the involvement and participation of NGOs and the private sector in reproductive health care service delivery and in the production, distribution and delivery of quality reproductive health and family planning supplies and commodities to make them accessible and affordable to ordinary citizens;

(h) Furnish LGUs with appropriate information and resources to keep them updated on current studies and researches relating to responsible parenthood, family planning, breastfeeding and infant nutrition; and

(i) Perform such other functions necessary to attain the purposes of this Act.

The Commission on Population (POPCOM), as an attached agency of DOH, shall serve as the coordinating body in the implementation of this Act and shall have the following functions:

(a) Integrate on a continuing basis the interrelated reproductive health and population development agenda consistent with the herein declared national policy, taking into account regional and local concerns;

(b) Provide the mechanism to ensure active and full participation of the private sector and the citizenry through their organizations in the planning and implementation of reproductive health care and population and development programs and projects; and

(c) Conduct sustained and effective information drives on sustainable human development and on all methods of family planning to prevent unintended, unplanned and mistimed pregnancies.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-25-implementing-mechanisms-0

SEC. 24. Right to Reproductive Health Care Information

The government shall guarantee the right of any person to provide or receive non-fraudulent information about the availability of reproductive health care services, including family planning, and prenatal care.

The DOH and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) shall initiate and sustain a heightened nationwide multi-media campaign to raise the level of public awareness of the protection and promotion of reproductive health and rights including family planning and population and development.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-24-right-reproductive-health-care-information-0

SEC. 23. Sexual And Reproductive Health Programs For Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)

The cities and municipalities must ensure that barriers to reproductive health services for PWDs are obliterated by the following:

(a) providing physical access, and resolving transportation and proximity issues to clinics, hospitals and places where public health education is provided, contraceptives are sold or distributed or other places where reproductive health services are provided;

(b) adapting examination tables and other laboratory procedures to the needs and conditions of persons with disabilities;

(c) increasing access to information and communication materials on sexual and reproductive health in braille, large print, simple language, and pictures;

(d) providing continuing education and inclusion rights of persons with disabilities among health-care providers; and

(e) undertaking activities to raise awareness and address misconceptions among the general public on the stigma and their lack of knowledge on the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of persons with disabilities.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-23-sexual-and-reproductive-health-programs-persons-disabilities-pwds-0

SEC. 22. Pro Bono Services for Indigent Women

Private and non-government reproductive health care service providers, including but not limited to gynecologists and obstetricians, are mandated to provide at least forty-eight (48) hours annually of reproductive health services, ranging from providing information and education to rendering medical services free of charge to indigent and low income patients, especially to pregnant adolescents. These forty-eight (48) hours annual pro bono services shall be included as pre-requisite in the accreditation under the PhilHealth.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-22-pro-bono-services-indigent-women-0

SEC. 21. Employers’ Responsibilities

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall ensure that employers respect the reproductive rights of workers. Consistent with the intent of Article 134 of the Labor Code, employers with more than two hundred (200) employees shall provide reproductive health services to all employees in their own respective health facilities. Those with less than two hundred (200) workers shall enter into partnerships with hospitals, health facilities, or health professionals in their areas for the delivery of reproductive health services.

Employers shall furnish in writing the following information to all employees and applicants:

(a) The medical and health benefits which workers are entitled to, including maternity and paternity leave benefits and the availability of family planning services;

(b) The reproductive health hazards associated with work, including hazards that may affect their reproductive functions especially pregnant women; and

(c) The availability of health facilities for workers.

Employers are obliged to monitor pregnant working employees among their workforce and ensure that they are provided paid half-day prenatal medical leaves for each month of the pregnancy period that the pregnant employee is employed in their company or organization. These paid pre-natal medical leaves shall be reimbursable from the Social Security System (SSS) or the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), as the case may be.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-21-employers%E2%80%99-responsibilities-0

SEC. 20. Ideal Family Size

The State shall assist couples, parents and individuals to achieve their desired family size within the context of responsible parenthood for sustainable development and encourage them to have two children as the ideal family size. Attaining the ideal family size is neither mandatory nor compulsory. No punitive action shall be imposed on parents having more than two children.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-20-ideal-family-size-0

SEC. 19. Capability Building of Barangay Health Workers

Barangay Health Workers and other community-based health workers shall undergo training on the promotion of reproductive health and shall receive at least 10% increase in honoraria, upon successful completion of training.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-19-capability-building-barangay-health-workers-0

SEC. 18. Certificate of Compliance

No marriage license shall be issued by the Local Civil Registrar unless the applicants present a Certificate of Compliance issued for free by the local Family Planning Office certifying that they had duly received adequate instructions and information on responsible parenthood, family planning, breastfeeding and infant nutrition.


source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-18-certificate-compliance-0

SEC. 17. Additional Duty of the Local Population Officer

Each Local Population Officer of every city and municipality shall furnish free instructions and information on responsible parenthood, family planning, breastfeeding, infant nutrition and other relevant aspects of this Act to all applicants for marriage license. In the absence of a local Population Officer, a Family Planning Officer under the Local Health Office shall discharge the additional duty of the Population Officer.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-17-additional-duty-local-population-officer-0

SEC. 16. Mandatory Age-Appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education

Age-appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education shall be taught by adequately trained teachers in formal and non-formal educational system starting from Grade Five up to Fourth Year High School using life skills and other approaches. The Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education shall commence at the start of the school year immediately following one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act to allow the training of concerned teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the DSWD, and the DOH shall formulate the Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education curriculum. Such curriculum shall be common to both public and private schools, out of school youth, and enrollees in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) based on, but not limited to, the psychosocial and the physical wellbeing, the demography and reproductive health, and the legal aspects of reproductive health.

Age-appropriate Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education shall be integrated in all relevant subjects and shall include, but not limited to, the following topics:

(a) Values formation;

(b) Knowledge and skills in self protection against discrimination, sexual violence and abuse, and teen pregnancy;

(c) Physical, social and emotional changes in adolescents;

(d) Children’s and women’s rights;

(e) Fertility awareness;

(f) STI, HIV and AIDS;

(g) Population and development;

(h) Responsible relationship;

(i) Family planning methods;

(j) Proscription and hazards of abortion;

(k) Gender and development; and

(l) Responsible parenthood.

The DepEd, CHED, DSWD, TESDA and DOH shall provide concerned parents with adequate and relevant scientific materials on the age-appropriate topics and manner of teaching Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education to their children.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-16-mandatory-age-appropriate-reproductive-health-and-sexuality-education-0

SEC. 15. Mobile Health Care Service

Each Congressional District may be provided with at least one (1) Mobile Health Care Service (MHCS) in the form of a van or other means of transportation appropriate to coastal or mountainous areas. The MHCS shall deliver health care supplies and services to constituents, more particularly to the poor and needy, and shall be used to disseminate knowledge and information on reproductive health. The purchase of the MHCS may be funded from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of each congressional district. The operation and maintenance of the MHCS shall be operated by skilled health providers and adequately equipped with a wide range of reproductive health care materials and information dissemination devices and equipment, the latter including, but not limited to, a television set for audiovisual presentations. All MHCS shall be operated by a focal city or municipality within a congressional district.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-15-mobile-health-care-service-0

SEC. 14. Benefits for Serious and Life-Threatening Reproductive Health Conditions

All serious and life threatening reproductive health conditions such as HIV and AIDS, breast and reproductive tract cancers, obstetric complications, menopausal and post-menopausal related conditions shall be given the maximum benefits as provided by PhilHealth programs.


source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-14-benefits-serious-and-life-threatening-reproductive-health-conditions-0

SEC. 13. Roles of Local Government in Family Planning Programs

The LGUs shall ensure that poor families receive preferential access to services, commodities and programs for family planning. The role of Population Officers at municipal, city and barangay levels in the family planning effort shall be strengthened. The Barangay Health Workers and volunteers shall be capacitated to give priority to family planning work.


source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-13-roles-local-government-family-planning-programs-0

SEC. 12. Integration of Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning Component in Anti-Poverty Programs

A multi-dimensional approach shall be adopted in the implementation of policies and programs to fight poverty. Towards this end, the DOH shall endeavor to integrate a responsible parenthood and family planning component into all antipoverty and other sustainable human development programs of government, with corresponding fund support. The DOH shall provide such programs technical support, including capacity-building and monitoring.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-12-integration-responsible-parenthood-and-family-planning-component-anti-poverty-program

SEC. 11. Procurement and Distribution of Family Planning Supplies

The DOH shall spearhead the efficient procurement, distribution to LGUs and usage-monitoring of family planning supplies for the whole country. The DOH shall coordinate with all appropriate LGUs to plan and implement this procurement and distribution program. The supply and budget allotment shall be based on, among others, the current levels and projections of the following:

(a) number of women of reproductive age and couples who want to space or limit their children;

(b) contraceptive prevalence rate, by type of method used; and

(c) cost of family planning supplies.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-11-procurement-and-distribution-family-planning-supplies-0

SEC. 10. Family Planning Supplies as Essential Medicines

Products and supplies for modern family planning methods shall be part of the National Drug Formulary and the same shall be included in the regular purchase of essential medicines and supplies of all national and local hospitals and other government health units.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-10-family-planning-supplies-essential-medicines-0

SEC. 9. Maternal Death Review

All LGUs, national and local government hospitals, and other public health units shall conduct annual maternal death review in accordance with the guidelines set by the DOH.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-9-maternal-death-review-0

SEC. 8. Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Crisis Situations

The LGUs and the DOH shall ensure that a Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for reproductive health, including maternal and neonatal health care kits and services as defined by the DOH, will be given proper attention in crisis situations such as disasters and humanitarian crises. MISP shall become part of all responses by national agencies at the onset of crisis and emergencies.

Temporary facilities such as evacuation centers and refugee camps shall be equipped to respond to the special needs in the following situations: normal and complicated deliveries, pregnancy complications, miscarriage and post-abortion complications, spread of HIV/AIDS and STIs, and sexual and gender-based violence.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-8-maternal-and-newborn-health-care-crisis-situations-0

SEC. 7. Access to Family Planning

All accredited health facilities shall provide a full range of modern family planning methods, except in specialty hospitals which may render such services on an optional basis. For poor patients, such services shall be fully covered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and/or government financial assistance on a no balance billing.

After the use of any PhilHealth benefit involving childbirth and all other pregnancy-related services, if the beneficiary wishes to space or prevent her next pregnancy, PhilHealth shall pay for the full cost of family planning.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-7-access-family-planning-2

SEC. 6. Emergency Obstetric Care

Each province and city, with the assistance of the DOH, shall establish or upgrade hospitals with adequate and qualified personnel, equipment and supplies to be able to provide emergency obstetric and neonatal care. For every 500,000 population, there shall be at least one (1) hospital with comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care and four (4) hospitals or other health facilities with basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care; Provided, That people in geographically isolated and depressed areas shall be provided the same level of access.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-6-emergency-obstetric-care-4

SEC. 5. Midwives for Skilled Attendance

The Local Government Units (LGUs) with the assistance of the DOH, shall employ an adequate number of midwives through regular employment or service contracting, subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code, to achieve a minimum ratio of one (1) fulltime skilled birth attendant for every one hundred fifty (150) deliveries per year, to be based on the annual number of actual deliveries or live births for the past two (2) years; Provided, That people in geographically isolated and depressed areas shall be provided the same level of access.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-5-midwives-skilled-attendance-2

SEC. 4. Definition of Terms

For the purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

Adolescence refers to the period of physical and physiological development of an individual from the onset of puberty to complete growth and maturity which usually begins between eleven (11) to thirteen (13) years and terminating at eighteen (18) to twenty (20) years of age;

Adolescent Sexuality refers to, among others, the reproductive system, gender identity, values and beliefs, emotions, relationships and sexual behavior at adolescence;

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) refers to a condition characterized by a combination of signs and symptoms, caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which attacks and weakens the body’s immune system, making the afflicted individual susceptible to other life-threatening infections;

Anti-Retroviral Medicines (ARVs) refer to medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV;

Basic Emergency Obstetric Care refers to lifesaving services for maternal complications being provided by a health facility or professional, which must include the following six signal functions: administration of parenteral antibiotics; administration of parenteral oxytocic drugs; administration of parenteral anticonvulsants for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia; manual removal of placenta; removal of retained products; and assisted vaginal delivery;

Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care refers to basic emergency obstetric care including deliveries by surgical procedure (caesarian section) and blood transfusion;

Employer refers to any natural or juridical person who hires the services of a worker. The term shall not include any labor organization or any of its officers or agents except when acting as an employer;

Family Planning refers to a program which enables couples, individuals and women to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children, acquire relevant information on reproductive health care, services and supplies and have access to a full range of safe, legal, affordable, effective natural and modern methods of limiting and spacing pregnancy;

Gender Equality refers to the absence of discrimination on the basis of a person’s sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in opportunities, allocation of resources or benefits and access to services;

Gender Equity refers to fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between women and men, and often requires women-specific projects and programs to end existing inequalities;

Healthcare Service Provider refers to (1) health care institution, which is duly licensed and accredited and devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, disability or deformity, or in need of obstetrical or other medical and nursing care; (2) a health care professional, who is a doctor of medicine, a nurse, or a midwife; (3) public health worker engaged in the delivery of health care services; and (4) barangay health worker who has undergone training programs under any accredited government and non-government organization and who voluntarily renders primarily health care services in the community after having been accredited to function as such by the local health board in accordance with the guidelines promulgated by the Department of Health (DOH);

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) refers to the virus which causes AIDS;

Male Responsibility refers to the involvement, commitment, accountability, and responsibility of males in relation to women in all areas of sexual and reproductive health as well as the protection and promotion of reproductive health concerns specific to men;

Maternal Death Review refers to a qualitative and in-depth study of the causes of maternal death with the primary purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs, plans and policies;

Modern Methods of Family Planning refer to safe, effective and legal methods, whether the natural, or the artificial that are registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the DOH, to prevent pregnancy;

People Living with HIV (PLWH) refer to individuals who have been tested and found to be infected with HIV;

Poor refers to members of households identified as poor through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or any subsequent system used by the national government in identifying the poor.

Population and Development refers to a program that aims to: (1) help couples and parents achieve their desired family size; (2) improve reproductive health of individuals by addressing reproductive health problems; (3) contribute to decreased maternal and infant mortality rates and early child mortality; (4) reduce incidence of teenage pregnancy; and (5) recognize the linkage between population and sustainable human development;

Reproductive Health refers to the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes;

Reproductive Health Care refers to the access to a full range of methods, facilities, services and supplies that contribute to reproductive health and well-being by preventing and solving reproductive health-related problems. It also includes sexual health, the purpose of which is the enhancement of life and personal relations. The elements of reproductive health care include the following:

(a) family planning information and services;

(b) maternal, infant and child health and nutrition, including breastfeeding;

(c) proscription of abortion and management of abortion complications;

(d) adolescent and youth reproductive health;

(e) prevention and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs), HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections (STIs);

(f) elimination of violence against women;

(g) education and counseling on sexuality and reproductive health;

(h) treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers and other gynecological conditions and disorders;

(i) male responsibility and participation in reproductive health;

(j) prevention and treatment of infertility and sexual dysfunction;

(k) reproductive health education for the adolescents; and

(l) mental health aspect of reproductive health care.

Reproductive Health Care Program refers to the systematic and integrated provision of reproductive health care to all citizens especially the poor, marginalized and those in vulnerable and crisis situations;

Reproductive Health Rights refer to the rights of couples, individuals and women to decide freely and responsibly whether or not to have children; to determine the number, spacing and timing of their children; to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence; to have relevant information; and to attain the highest condition of sexual and reproductive health;

Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education refers to a lifelong learning process of providing and acquiring complete, accurate and relevant information and education on reproductive health and sexuality through life skills education and other approaches;

Reproductive Tract Infection (RTI) refers to sexually transmitted infections, and other types of infections affecting the reproductive system;

Responsible Parenthood refers to the will, ability and commitment of parents to adequately respond to the needs and aspirations of the family and children by responsibly and freely exercising their reproductive health rights;

Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) refers to any infection that may be acquired or passed on through sexual contact;

Skilled Attendant refers to an accredited health professional, such as midwife, doctor or nurse, who has been educated and trained in the skills needed to manage normal (uncomplicated) pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and in the identification, management and referral of complications in women and newborns, to exclude traditional birth attendant or midwife (hilot), whether trained or not;

Skilled Birth Attendance refers to childbirth managed by a skilled attendant including the enabling conditions of necessary equipment and support of a functioning health system, and the transport and referral facilities for emergency obstetric care; and

Sustainable Human Development refers to bringing people, particularly the poor and vulnerable, to the center of development process, the central purpose of which is the creation of an enabling environment in which all can enjoy long, healthy and productive lives, and done in a manner that promotes their rights and protects the life opportunities of future generations and the natural ecosystem on which all life depends.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-4-definition-terms-6

SEC. 3. Guiding Principles

The following principles constitute the framework upon which this Act is anchored:

1.Freedom of choice, which is central to the exercise of right, must be fully guaranteed by the State;

2.Respect for, protection and fulfillment of reproductive health and rights seek to promote the rights and welfare of couples, adult individuals, women and adolescents;

3.Since human resource is among the principal asset of the country, maternal health, safe delivery of healthy children and their full human development and responsible parenting must be ensured through effective reproductive health care;

4.The provision of medically safe, legal, accessible, affordable and effective reproductive health care services and supplies is essential in the promotion of people’s right to health, especially of the poor and marginalized;

5.The State shall promote, without bias, all effective natural and modern methods of family planning that are medically safe and legal;

6.The State shall promote programs that: (1) enable couples, individuals and women to have the number and spacing of children and reproductive spacing they desire with due consideration to the health of women and resources available to them; (2) achieve equitable allocation and utilization of resources; (3) ensure effective partnership among the national government, local government units and the private sector in the design, implementation, coordination, integration, monitoring and evaluation of people-centered programs to enhance quality of life and environmental protection; (4) conduct studies to analyze demographic trends towards sustainable human development and (5) conduct scientific studies to determine safety and efficacy of alternative medicines and methods for reproductive health care development;

7.The provision of reproductive health information, care and supplies shall be the joint responsibility of the National Government and the Local Government Units (LGUs);

8.Active participation by non-government, women’s, people’s, civil society organizations and communities is crucial to ensure that reproductive health and population and development policies, plans, and programs will address the priority needs of the poor, especially women;

9.While this Act recognizes that abortion is illegal and punishable by law, the government shall ensure that all women needing care for post-abortion complications shall be treated and counseled in a humane, non-judgmental and compassionate manner;

10.There shall be no demographic or population targets and the mitigation of the population growth rate is incidental to the promotion of reproductive health and sustainable human development;

11.Gender equality and women empowerment are central elements of reproductive health and population and development;

12.The limited resources of the country cannot be suffered to be spread so thinly to service a burgeoning multitude making allocations grossly inadequate and effectively meaningless;

13.Development is a multi-faceted process that calls for the coordination and integration of policies, plans, programs and projects that seek to uplift the quality of life of the people, more particularly the poor, the needy and the marginalized; and

14.That a comprehensive reproductive health program addresses the needs of people throughout their life cycle.


source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-3-guiding-principles-6

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy

The State recognizes and guarantees the exercise of the universal basic human right to reproductive health by all persons, particularly of parents, couples and women, consistent with their religious convictions, cultural beliefs and the demands of responsible parenthood. Toward this end, there shall be no discrimination against any person on grounds of sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, disabilities, political affiliation and ethnicity.

Moreover, the State recognizes and guarantees the promotion of gender equality, equity and women’s empowerment as a health and human rights concern. The advancement and protection of women’s human rights shall be central to the efforts of the State to address reproductive health care. As a distinct but inseparable measure to the guarantee of women’s rights, the State recognizes and guarantees the promotion of the welfare and rights of children.

The State likewise guarantees universal access to medically-safe, legal, affordable, effective and quality reproductive health care services, methods, devices, supplies and relevant information and education thereon even as it prioritizes the needs of women and children, among other underprivileged sectors.

The State shall eradicate discriminatory practices, laws and policies that infringe on a person’s exercise of reproductive health rights.

source: http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-3-guiding-principles-6

SEC. 1. Title

This Act shall be known as the "The Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2011."

source:

http://www.likhaan.org/content/sec-3-guiding-principles-6

Okay, para mawa ang pangagpas nga wa mabasa sa tanan ang RH Bill, atong ibutang diri. Remember, that there 6, as in, unom ka mga separate RH Bills ang gipangduso sa Kongreso, and they came out with RH Bill 4244 (Consolidated). So kani mao dapat natong tan-awon kay kini maoy final RH Bill.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 05, 2011, 03:59:25 PM
Hmm, unsa na pud kahay iilo kon mahurot na ang gauze...

Papyrus.....

The Deadly Path of Contraception

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 01, 2011, 10:07:24 AM
He he, basta moburot, likayan na lang jud para seguro...

Baje?

Sa ahong tan-aw, basin wa nay pulos mao nang aron matibway, gitangtang na lamang sa asawa. Initiative na lamang nija

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 29, 2011, 05:18:38 PM
Hmm, sa ahong nahibaw-an pareho ra pud ang BUTETE ug TAGUTUNGAN...

Bwahahaha. Naay kalainan sa lawas, ang buriring rough ang skin samtang ang tagutungan tunukon.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 29, 2011, 03:13:31 PM
Hmm, wa man ko ani nga syndrome...

Quote from: bugsay on June 29, 2011, 03:49:08 PM
ako pod...

Basin pambata ra ni nga syndroma?

Na interested ko sa topic nga LEMURIA.