CITY OF SAN FERNANDO PAMPANGA – The latest civil-registry statistics for 2019 from the Philippine Statistics Authority revealed that births among adolescent girls remained high in Central Luzon contributing a total of 20,974 or 31.27% of the total adolescent birth rate in the country with 67,082. While majority of teenage pregnancy in the region is continue reading : Press Release: POPCOM III: high teen pregnancy cases in Central Luzon need multi-sectoral approaches

Filipinos in Central Luzon will continue to increase in 2021 but at a slower pace as the region’s population would reach 12,609,535, according to projections by the Commission on Population and Development – (POPCOM) Region III. Despite the rise in absolute numbers, the population grew gradually by 1.63% by the start of 2021—an increase from continue reading : Press Release: POPCOM III: CENTRAL LUZON POPULATION TO HIT 12.6 MILLION BY 2021