Today (December 1, 2021), Mayor Jonathan Jose C. Calderon and POPCOM-Region II Regional Director Herita O. Macarubbo inked their partnership for the full implementation of the Social Protection Program for Adolescent Mothers and their Children (SPPAMC). Mayor Calderon realized the importance of updated and correct data for planning and designing people-centered interventions. Local officials also continue reading : LGU Roxas, POPCOM-Region II ink first SPPAMC MoA in Region 2

“The basic foundation of good mental health is self-care.” This was the message of Mr. Jeffrey Garcia, Senior Health Program Officer of the Local Health Support Division-Mental Health Unit of the Department of Health (DOH)-Cagayan Valley Center for Health Development (CVCHD) during his guesting at the 10th episode of the radio program Populasyon: Pag-usapan Natin continue reading : Mental Health Advocate: Self-care, key to good mental health

“It is okay to be sad, to cry, but do not stay on that emotion for too long. Get-up and move on.” These are the words of Ms. Carmelita M. Singson, a respectable youth welfare and mental health advocate for adolescents  during her virtual guesting at the radio program “Populasyon: Pag-usapan Natin” which was aired continue reading : Nurturing healthy parent-child relationship, key to safeguarding the mental health of young people

             A total of 1,925 in-school youth (ISY) ages 10-19, together with guidance counselors, population officers and members of the Junior Catholic Women’s League from the different cities and provinces in Region 2 participated in the first ever 2021 Virtual Youth Symposium on Teenage Pregnancy amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic conducted on September 15-17, 2021.               continue reading : POPCOM-Region II and Cagayan Valley Center for Health Development (CVCHD) collaborate to reach out to teens amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

The Cagayan Valley Region reached a total population count of 3, 685,744 as of May 1, 2020 based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) which accounts to almost 3.38% of the Philippine population as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Region 2’s population increased by 6.4% or equivalent to 234,334 from continue reading : Region 2 population reaches 3.6M in 2020