23/07/2026
"𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚—𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏."
The Bachelor of Public Administration students proudly participated in the Regional Conference on Population and Development 2026, organized by the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) Region XII, held on 21 July 2026 at the Antonina Hurtado Multipurpose Hall, NIA Region XII, Koronadal City, through the initiative of Mrs. Sheila Roma.
Guided by the theme, "Realizing the Hopes and Aspirations of Young People through Population and Development: Building Evidence, Strengthening Partnerships, Transforming Futures," the conference highlighted 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 as a pressing governance and development issue that demands 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆-𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚, 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, and 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.
The conference featured distinguished experts who shared valuable insights:
𝑹𝒀𝑨𝑵 𝑴. 𝑷𝑼𝑵𝑺𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑵
𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑰, 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑷𝑶𝑷𝑼𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑨𝑮𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑬 – 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑶𝑺 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀
𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑰𝑪:𝑺𝑶𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑽𝑼𝑳𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑺𝑬𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑺𝑶𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑶𝑺 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀
𝑴𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑬 𝑪. 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑽𝑨
𝑶𝑷𝑷𝑶 𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑪𝑶𝑻𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑻𝑶
𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑰𝑪:𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑭𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑵𝑨𝑮𝑬 𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑪𝑶𝑻𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑻𝑶
𝑲𝑬𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑻𝑯 𝑶. 𝒀𝑬𝑪𝒀𝑬𝑪
𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑹𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑶𝑹, 𝑭𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑳𝒀 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑶𝑹𝑮𝑨𝑵𝑰𝒁𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑷𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺 (𝑭𝑷𝑶𝑷) – 𝑺𝑶𝑪𝑺𝑲𝑺𝑨𝑹𝑮𝑬𝑵 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹
𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑰𝑪:𝑺𝑨𝑭𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑬𝑶𝑷𝑳𝑬 (𝑺𝑬𝑿𝑼𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑫𝑼𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑻𝑯 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺 𝑨𝑫𝑽𝑶𝑪𝑨𝑪𝒀 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑫-𝑭𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑳𝒀 𝑬𝑵𝑽𝑰𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑬𝑶𝑷𝑳𝑬): 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑫 𝑹𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺 𝑺𝑰𝑻𝑼𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑵𝑨𝑳𝒀𝑺𝑰𝑺 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑵𝑨𝑵𝑪𝒀
DR. 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑪. 𝑭𝑹𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑬𝑺
𝑫𝑰𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑨𝑭𝑭𝑨𝑰𝑹𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑳𝑶𝑷𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻, 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑹𝑬 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑩𝑬𝑳 𝑼𝑵𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑰𝑻𝒀
𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑰𝑪:𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑴 𝑺𝑶𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑶 𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑶𝑾𝑬𝑹𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻: 𝑨 𝑪𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑫𝒀 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑷𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑶 "𝑷𝑨𝑮𝑲𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑨 𝑺𝑨 𝑲𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑻𝑨𝑨𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑼𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑮 𝑨𝑻 𝑲𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑮𝑨 𝑨𝑵𝑨𝑲" (𝑷𝑲𝑲𝑴𝑨𝑲) 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴 𝑶𝑭 𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑰𝑻𝑺 𝑰𝑴𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝑲𝑶𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑫𝑨𝑳 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀, 𝑹𝑬𝑮𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑿𝑰𝑰
We extend our sincere appreciation to Mrs. Sheila Roma for making this enriching experience possible. More than an academic engagement, the conference strengthened our commitment to becoming 𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆-𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔.
As future public administrators, we recognize that adolescent pregnancy is not merely a public health concern—it is a governance imperative. Building a better future begins with evidence-based leadership, meaningful partnerships, and an unwavering commitment to public service.