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I wish to congratulate the UP Economics Towards Consciousness (UP ETC) for aiming for both academic excellence and active politicization of its members and the broader UP community. Indeed, UP students must excel academically and at the same time be politically aware and active, both on and off campus.

Bilang mga iskolar ng bayan, kailangan ninyong maglingkod sa bayan at magbantay ng bayan ngayon at sa hinaharap. Hence, it is imperative that you are politicized and fully aware of the burning issues that the nation confronts. For this reason, I am happy that you are interested in the 2008 national budget or the proposed General Appropriations Act for FY 2008. The GAA is the most important traditional law that Congress enacts or is constitutionally mandated to pass annually. There are times, however, that Congress fails to pass the national budget or Congress passes the General Appropriations Bill after the end of the current fiscal year. In such cases, the General Appropriations Act of the previous year is deemed reenacted.

Reproductive Health
(Speech delivered by REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN at the “Men’s Congress” of the
Quezon City Council on Population (QCCP) on 17 October 2007)

No woman should die giving life. Walang ni isang babae ang dapat mamatay sa panganganak, sa pagbigay buhay. Ngunit sa Pilipinas, sampung babae ang namamatay araw-araw sa pagbubuntis o panganganak. As husbands, brothers, sons and friends of women, we should not stand idly by and let the miracle of life continue to mean death for so many mothers.

Kaya po ikinagagalak ko na ang Quezon City Population Council ay may seminar na magtuturo sa ating mga kalalakihan kung paano maging epektibong katuwang ng mga kababahihan sa usapin ng maternal health at safe motherhood.

Reproductive Health

(Message of REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN at the “Balitaan sa Hotel Rembrandt” on 28 September 2007)

With close to 20 million adolescents in the Philippines today, the current adolescent population is the biggest in our history. This age group of 10-19 year olds comprises a whopping 22.5% or almost a fourth of the entire Philippine population of 88.7 million.

Verily, the health concerns of this population, which includes adolescent reproductive health, should be an indispensable and integral component of public health.

Reproductive Health

(Message delivered by REP. EDCEL C. LAGMAN at the Founding National Assembly of the Local Legislators’ League on Population, Health, Environment and Development [3LPHED] on 14 November 2006 at the Imperial Palace Suites, Quezon City)

The goal of this four-day conference is to plant the seed of advocacy in your hearts so that as local legislators you will be committed and steadfast in your mission to enact clear, comprehensive and responsive legislation on the vital issues that concern human development.

When we talk about human development, we are talking about the process of widening people’s choices and opportunities. Genuine human development entails nothing less than giving people the means — education, health, good employment, a life-sustaining environment — to improve their lives and thus empower themselves.

Reproductive Health

(Paper Presented by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman at the 2nd National Multi-Sectoral Policy Conference on Population and Human Development on 15 August 2007 at the Heritage Hotel, Pasay City)

Achieving sustainable and genuine human development is a long-cherished aspiration of the Filipino nation. This elusive dream will degenerate into a nightmarish failure if our policymakers and implementors fail to contain with alacrity the inordinately huge population growth rate which impacts adversely on all the indicators of human development like health, education, food security, shelter, employment and the environment.

Ranked as the “12th Most Populous Country”, the Philippines is projected to reach a citizen pool of 88.7 million this year. Young dependents belonging to age group 0 to 14 years comprise 34.28 percent of the total population. Old dependents (65 years and over) account for 4.20 percent, while 61.52 percent comprise the economically active population (15 to 64 years). Majority of the working class reside in rural areas, eking out a livelihood principally in agriculture and also in forestry, mining, fishing and other traditional non-farm enterprises. Others seek better opportunities in metropolitan areas, which results in more densely populated urban centers. An estimated nine million Filipinos have already gone overseas.