Category: Children
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Senator Pia Cayetano kicks off Breastfeeding Awareness Month with Seminars in Bohol
Senator Pia S. Cayetano, a staunch breastfeeding advocate and former Chariperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, led the passage of Republic Act 10028 or the “Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009”, which provided nursing employees paid lactation periods of 40 minutes for every 8 hour working period, in addition to the regular…
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Sen. Pia’s Pinay In Action Empowers Communities through Maternal and Child Health Care Seminars in Pampanga
Senator Pia Cayetano’s Pinay In Action empowers communities through essential maternal and child healthcare seminars in Pampanga. The seminars in Bacolor and Santo Tomas, organized in partnership with Bacolor Mayor Eduardo G. Datu and Pampanga 4th District Congresswoman Anna York P. Bondoc, drew over 600 attendees. These seminars are part of Senator Pia Cayetano’s long-standing…
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Senator Pia Cayetano Continues to Champion Maternal and Child Health Care in Bacolod and Silay City
Negros Occidental – Senator Pia S. Cayetano brings her advocacy for better maternal and child care around the country, this time in Negros Occidental. Yesterday, the Senator’s advocacy arm, Pinay In Action, conducted a Maternal and Child Healthcare seminar in Bacolod City. More than 400 expecting mothers and barangay health workers attended the event at…
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Pia reiterates appeal for immunization of children
“If you are a parent, and you have a choice to protect the life of your child, you will make that choice, right?
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Budget for NACC assured
The National Authority on Child Care (NACC) is an attached agency under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that is tasked to oversee adoption, foster care, and other alternative child care services.
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Don’t forget PE classes under ‘new normal’ curriculum
Cayetano urged DepEd officials to come up with innovative ways to ensure that PE subjects will continue to be taught to students and tailored for different grade levels.
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50 liters of breast milk from Taguig moms delivered to Batangas evacuation centers
Nobody can dispute that breast milk is best for babies – especially during times of disasters.
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As polio returns, Pia presses intensified info drive on vaccination
Senator Pia S. Cayetano is strongly urging health officials to step up their efforts in convincing Filipino mothers to have their kids vaccinated, following the health department’s declaration of a polio epidemic in the country. The principal author and sponsor of the Mandatory Infants and Children Immunization Act (RA 10152), Cayetano expressed alarm that the…
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Pia wants ‘alcopops’ pulled out of store shelves
Senator Pia S. Cayetano has called the attention of distributors and sellers of flavored alcoholic drinks called “alcopops” for using unethical and illegal marketing schemes to entice young Filipinos to buy their products. Alcopops are flavored alcoholic beverages, a variety of which is packed in colorful foil pouches similar to juice beverages.“I was very bothered when…