Reproductive Health and Population Issues Related to Rice Crisis
With the increasing demand for rice (a staple food for the Filipino families), and the failure of the Philippine government to address the rice crisis the whole country is facing, the Quezon City Government recognizes the need to control the population more than ever.
An excerpt of a story published at the GMA News website stated that
“The Quezon City local government said it cannot afford anything worse. Worse is when there is a long queue of people buying subsidized rice but supply is good for only half of them.
Quezon City councilor Joseph Juico said the situation is one of their reasons why the council passed the so-called RH (reproductive health) ordinance, establishing a population and reproductive health management policy, which institutes various family planning programs, both natural and artificial, for couples.
The ordinance was passed before the “rice crisis” started. But Juico said similar problems will come up unless the growing population is restrained.
“It’s an urgent need for the city and the country. No matter how many schools we put, no matter how many children we feed, but if the population continues to widen, we cannot do so much,” he said.
Quezon City is the largest city in the country in terms of population, growing 2.92 percent between the years 2000 and 2007. From 2.17 million in May 2000, the city’s population leaped to 2.68 million in August 2007. The city’s population comes close to that of the whole province of Cavite, which registered a total population of 2.86 million in 2007, making it the largest province.
Now, tell me if the scarcity of rice is not related to reproductive health and population issues. 
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jessie Reply:
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
Ellaine,
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Related nman talaga yan eh hay kung bakit naman kasi dipa ako binigyan ng girl tatlo na yung akin..di bale nalang oy hirap maging magulang tapos ngayun wala na bigas,,buti narin at di uso bigas dito sa Aussie puro dahon at ulam dito..Minsan feeling ko para akong kambing wahehehe
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