Category: Breastfeeding
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Pia calls for stricter compliance with breastfeeding laws
In keeping up with this year’s Breastfeeding Awareness Month celebration, Senator Pia S. Cayetano called on concerned government agencies to ensure the proper implementation of laws that promote breastfeeding practices among Filipino mothers. “I am duty-bound to do my part in promoting breastfeeding, being the author of the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Law, together with the…
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Privilege speech on Breastfeeding Month*
Mr. President, I believe in the 12 years I was in the Senate, I think without miss, I delivered a speech on breastfeeding every August. And the reason for that is because August is Breastfeeding Month. Thus, I am duty-bound to do my part in promoting breastfeeding, being the author of the Expanded Breastfeeding Law,…
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Breastfeeding vital to achieving sustainable dev’t goals
Senator Pia S. Cayetano called for the cooperation of all sectors in supporting the culture of breastfeeding among Filipina mothers to ensure the health of succeeding generations of young Filipinos, which she said is vital to achieving the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A staunch breastfeeding advocate, Cayetano authored the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of…
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Pia reveals ‘3 gifts’ for women on Int’l Women’s Day
Good health, free choice, and equal opportunities.These are the three ‘gift’ every Filipina deserves to receive and enjoy, senatorial candidate Pia S. Cayetano said on the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8. “Dahil espesyal ang araw na ito, gusto kong ipaabot sa bawat Pilipina ang tatlong mahahalagang regalong ito: Gift of Health o Kalusugan,…
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Pia leads breastfeeding room launch in Congress
‘Perfect gift for HREP women employees on Women’s Month’ House Deputy Speaker and Taguig City representative Pia S. Cayetano on Monday led the inauguration of the first breastfeeding room for nursing female employees of the House of Representatives (HREP) in Quezon City. The breastfeeding room resulted from the initiative of Cayetano, who had written the…
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Expanded maternity leave puts PH at par with ASEAN, ILO standards
The passage of Republic Act 11210 or the 105-Day Expanded bMaternity Leave Law will allow women workers in the Philippines to be at par with their counterparts in South East Asia in terms of maternity leave benefits. At the same time, the measure signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last week would enable the country to…
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Bicam approves Expanded Maternity Leave Bill!
Statement of Deputy Speaker and Taguig City 2D Representative Pia S. Cayetano Principal author, House Bill 4113 “I have very good news because the on this day, the Senate and the House met to discuss the disagreeing provisions of our Expanded Maternity Leave Bill. We have come to our final version, which is a 105 Days…
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Pia lauds Big Latch On moms in Cebu
Deputy Speaker and Taguig City Representative Pia S. Cayetano on Saturday joined 317 mothers in Cebu City who simultaneously breastfed their babies in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. The principal author of the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act (RA 10028), Cayetano relayed her support to the organizers and participants of the ‘Big Latch On’ (BLO) for…