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• Philippine Population in Focus media fellowship: Deadline for submissions TODAY - 2010-09-06
  We would like to remind you that the deadline for submission of fellowship proposals is today, September 6, 2010. Please be reminded that your proposals should include your core ideas, your methods of planned research and publication/delivery, a timeline for progress updates with PMFI, and a proposed budget. All fellowship proposals will be evaluated by the Philippine Center for Population and Development (PCPD), PMFI’s partner in Mulat Pinoy. In case you are in need of assistance with your proposal, feel free to download the presentations and handouts from our speakers and partners: Presentations made by the speakers at the media forum Materials from [...]
• Consenting adults: Businessmen back new population bill - 2010-07-27
  By Patricia Vega Reproductive health advocates have found little success pushing for RH and population management laws in previous Congresses. But with the Aquino administration set to shape its legislative agenda in the coming months, a consortium of business organizations have stepped forward with a proposal for a new population bill. The Bishops-Businessmen Conference (BBC), Makati Business Club (MBC), Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), and the Philippine Center for Population and Development (PCPD) recently concluded a series of nationwide consultations on the proposed bill, which seeks to amend the National Population Act of 1971. The group’s Joint Steering Committee, chaired by [...]
• Consensus Population Bill: For the Win! - 2010-07-27
  By Eva Callueng A consultation on a consensus population bill was held last July 21, 2010 at the Asian Institute Management in Makati City, veering away from the usual steps of filing a bill in both Congress and the Senate. Six (6) consultation sessions were held nationwide. These were organized by four member organizations of the Joint Steering Committee: Bishops-Businessmen Conference (BBC), Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Makati Business Club (MBC), and the Philippine Center for Population and Development (PCPD). The committee hopes to be guided by the presentations and opinions of various sectors with respect to the varying needs [...]
• Press Release: Consensus Bill on Population - 2010-07-22
  The staff of Mulat Pinoy were recently invited to a forum and press conference at AIM, where the Bishops-Businessmen Conference (BBC), the Makati Business Club (MBC), the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), and the Philippine Center for Population and Development (PCPD) held a consultation session on a Consensus Bill on Population. Why is the business sector becoming involved in a population bill? Don’t they want more people to have more customers for their business? “Yes, we would like to have more customers, but we would like to have paying customers. It is not so much the number of people. It [...]
• Mulat Pinoy screens winning videos - 2010-07-12
  By Patricia Vega There are a few new YouTube video sensations in town! This past month, budding directors took to the streets in search of answers to the controversial questions posed by Mulat Pinoy’s Pop-I Video Contest. Open to all Filipino netizens, the competition aimed to harness the viral nature of DIY videos to spread awareness about population and its impact on various social issues. Pop-I recently concluded its search for the most eye-catching popdev clips with an awarding ceremony at Annabel’s. Entries were screened by a formidable panel of judges led by veteran journalist and Probe Productions founding president Cheche Lazaro [...]
• Pop-I Video Contest Round 2 Winner - 2010-07-05
  Congratulations to Joseph Mirro Macatangay of Makati City! Now you can watch his winning video, which he submitted to Round 2 of the Pop-I video contest. He won the grand prize of a Flip video camera. Share | Print | Linkvar el = document.getElementById('share-link-799967332');el.params = {title: 'Events', link: 'http://www.mulatpinoy.ph/events/', skin: 'red', content: 'http://www.mulatpinoy.ph/?ibsa=get_content&id=20'};
• Pop-I Video Contest Round 1 Winner - 2010-07-05
  Congratulations to Lagro High School teacher Geraldo Jumawan! He sent in this video entitled Tolome Responsable, and won the grand prize of a Flip video camera in Round 1 of our video contest. Share | Print | Linkvar el = document.getElementById('share-link-379961832');el.params = {title: 'Events', link: 'http://www.mulatpinoy.ph/events/', skin: 'red', content: 'http://www.mulatpinoy.ph/?ibsa=get_content&id=20'};
• Congratulations to the winners of the Pop-I video contest! - 2010-07-02
  Thanks to all the wonderful people who joined Mulat Pinoy’s Pop-I video contest! Your entries were so creative and insightful that our judges had a hard time choosing a winner. But here they are, as announced at last Saturday’s awarding ceremony at Annabel’s on T. Morato. Congratulations, everyone! Round 1: Masusunog ka ba sa Impiyerno kung gagamit ka ng condoms? Grand Prize, Flip video camera: Geraldo Jumawan, teacher, Lagro High School Runners-up, SM gift certificate: Jennyvy Arganosa Jayson Biadog Eric De Leon Mark Lloyd C. Revilla Round 2: Paano ka makakahanap ng trabaho kung ang dami mo’ng karibal? Grand Prize, Flip video camera: Joseph Mirro Macatangay, Makati City Runners-up, SM gift [...]
• How We Rocked the Vote on the Road to Change - 2010-07-05
  By Amaris Grace M. Cabason, volunteer for Rock the Vote She was president when I was 13, and she was still president when I turned 22. In those nine years, corruption became more prevalent and embedded, from the President down to the clerks in government agencies. She spent taxpayers’ money like she was entitled to it and ate at lavish restaurants while her people had less and less to spend for food. Those nine years were crucial to me because it was then that my eyes were opened to the realities of the Philippine government. What the Arroyo administration showed me was [...]
• Press Release: Mulat Pinoy Pop-I Video Contest – At ang nagwagi ay… - 2010-06-18
  Ngayong tapos na ang halalan, nagwagi naman ba ang mga kandidato mo? Sa dinami-dami ng mga pinagpilian (nanalo man o hindi natalo), tayo ay nagnanais na bitibitin ng mga nagwagi ang mga adbokasiyang ating naging tuntunan sa pagpili ng mga kinatawan. Kaliwa’t kanan ang mga aktibidades na nakalinya upang tuluyan natin silang yakapin sampu ng mga pangako nila noong nangangampanya. Subalit ang higit na mahusay ay ang mga grupong patuloy na nagbabantay kahit tapos na ang halalan. Bagay na mahalaga upang siguraduhing tutuparin ang mga pangakong nauna nang nabanggit noong mga panahong nililigawan nila tayo para makamit ang matamis na boto. Ang [...]
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