REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL / RH BILL (PRO) Reproductive Health Bill or also known as “RH Bill”‚ aims to control the population in the Philippines. It promotes family planning methods which are safe and legally permissible. It allows the people to use contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortion. Moreover‚ it assures an enabling environment where women and couples have the freedom of informed choice on the mode of family planning they want to adopt based on their needs‚ personal
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Bill Value Trust is a mutual fund that has performed well against various indexes in the years leading up to 2005. Value Trust takes S&P 500 as its benchmark index‚ which it has outperformed for the last 14 years. Prior to 2005‚ Value Trust had an average annual total return of 14.6%‚ which was 3.67% higher than S&P 500’s average annual returns. From exhibits 1 and 5 we can see that the return was much higher for Value Trust (15.04%) compared to the S&P 500 (9.48%) over a ten year period. The
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Franklin Drilon said there is a need to pass the sin tax bill as soon as possible to address the P24-billion financial gap on the health sector. The Department of Health has been allocated with P54 billion for 2013 but Drilon said the agency requires P77.4 billion for it to enrol 5.2 million families more in PhilHealth‚ construct/repair regional and provincial hospitals and fund immunization programs. “So‚ if we don’t get additional budget under the sin tax‚ we would not be able to address the budget
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regarding the controversial Reproductive Health Bill. Albay Representative Edcel Lagman and other representatives sponsor the Reproductive Health Bill‚ popularly known as RH Bill. With 113 votes on affirmative‚ 104 negative and 3 abstentions‚ the RH Bill passed the second reading although the Catholic Church is against with this bill. RH Bill is a very controversial issue nowadays here in the Philippines. There is a great debate about the RH Bill. Every Filipino has their own standing about his
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Bill Gates HISTORY William Henry "Bill" Gates III was born in 1955 in Seattle. He grew up in an upper middle-class family with two sisters: Kristianne‚ who is older‚ and Libby‚ who is younger. His father was a prominent lawyer and mother served on the board of directors of national bank. He was excellent in all subjects at school. At Lakeside School which he attended‚ a Seattle computer company offered to provide computer time for the students. That ’s where his interest in computers
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11-12-14 Dr. Guynn ENG 0104 Buffalo Bill Museum The title of the essay written by Jane Tompkins about her trip to the buffalo bill museum was named “At the Buffalo Bill Museum.” Throughout this essay Thompkins was confused about Bill Cody also known as “Buffalo Bill” not knowing of he was a good person or if he was a bad person. Through the entire essay she was fence sitting on her beliefs of Buffalo Bill. Finally she came to the conclusion that Buffalo Bill was indeed a good person‚ and was loved
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Good grief! Less than two weeks after it was enacted into law‚ the still controversial Reproductive Health Law‚ otherwise known as Republic Act No. 10354 or the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of The RH law is now in the hands of our Supreme Court justices. Though I’m an atheist let me say this: “God help us…” 2012″‚ was challenged as unconstitutional in the Supreme Court on the ground that it “mocks the nation’s Filipino culture”. This is unbelievable. No‚ this ismadness
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93 million; by the end it will approach 100 million. At this rate the world will have almost 10 billion more people by the year 2080. In this matter‚ population and development are closely aligned. If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades‚ the nature will do it for us in the most brutal way‚ whether we like it or not. Population in the Philippines is more than 103 million. Population growth by continents is extremely varied. The greatest influence
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Bill of Rights A democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights and that the government will always recognize these rights. Therefore it is often a practice in most democratic countries to list the rights of the citizens in the constitution itself. Such a list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is called the ‘bills of rights. A bill of rights prohibits government from thus acting against the rights of the individuals and ensures a remedy in case there is violation
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Down syndrome Down syndrome is one of the most common genetic disorders‚ occurring one in every 600 births (Davis‚ 2008). 3‚500-5‚000 children are born with Down syndrome every year in the United States alone (Pueschel‚ 2008). Down syndrome or mongolism was first identified by John Langdon Down in 1866 although the syndrome has been around for many centuries. In fact‚ according to many paintings dated back to the sixteenth century show pictures of children with Down syndrome like features (Carr
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