“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

Vice Mayor and Acting Mayor Maria Olivia B. Pascual of the Municipality of Lal-lo, Cagayan pledged to support the Institutionalization and Localization of the Philippine Population and Development Program (PPDP) during the virtual meeting with stakeholders on July 16, 2021. Pascual acknowledged that one of the primary responsibilities of the local government unit is to continue reading : Vice Mayor Maria Olivia B. Pascual supports PPDP Localization in Lal-lo, Cagayan