<div><p>One in five Filipino women aged under 50 have suffered physical abuse since the age of 15, according to a government survey released Friday.</p><p>The survey of 14,000 women conducted in 2008 found that women with no education or only primary education were physically abused almost twice ...

<div><p>One in three newborns in the Philippines is unwanted or unplanned, the government said Thursday, as the country struggles with a population explosion and the Church's opposition to birth control. </p><p>The fertility rate of Filipino women stood at 3.3 children, even though four out of 10 ...

<div><p>One in three newborns in the Philippines is unwanted or unplanned, the government said Thursday, as the country struggles with a population explosion and the Church's opposition to birth control.</p><p>The fertility rate of Filipino women stood at 3.3 children, even though four out of 10 ...

<div><p>Inflation in the Philippines rose to an eight-month high of 4.4 percent in December as prices of basic commodities rose, the government said Tuesday.</p><p>The average inflation rate for all of 2009 came to 3.2 percent, down sharply from the 9.3 percent of 2008, the ...