A proposed bill to prevent teen pregnancy in the Philippines has sparked heated debates, with conservative groups claiming ...

New PhilHealth chief Edwin Mercado obtained his medical degree from the  University of the Philippines in 1987 and his Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery from Harvard Medical School ...

Unknown to many, new Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Edwin Mercado ...

Secretary Sonny Angara pushed to strengthen the country’s early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs and its ...

President Marcos has named a US-trained orthopedic surgeon and hospital executive as president and chief executive officer of ...

Seeing the sufferings of my countrymen who cannot afford proper healthcare, it has been my objective to see how I can help create a more equitable health system,' says Dr. Edwin Mercado ...

While sex education has been part of the Philippine public school curriculum since 2018, this is not the case for private ...

LSE Generate, the London School of Economics’ entrepreneurship center, has launched its first international cluster in ...

Congress is introducing new measures that will affect how cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes (vaping products) will be taxed in the coming years. One bill proposes a new ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed US-trained orthopedic surgeon Dr. Edwin Mercado as the new president and chief ...

If we accept the truth that human sexuality, marriage, and family cannot be analyzed in purely materialistic, hedonistic, or consumerist terms, then sexuality education itself must be an education in ...

MANILA, Philippines ... under the NWC’s inter-school and inter region competitions, recognizing those that are deemed the best in promoting nutrition, health, and wellness practices in ...