{"id":169362,"date":"2018-07-04T23:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169362"},"modified":"2018-07-04T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T03:23:00","slug":"creeping-influence-of-faith-dampens-govt-initiatives-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/04\/creeping-influence-of-faith-dampens-govt-initiatives-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Creeping influence of faith\u2019 dampens gov\u2019t initiatives: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_167516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167516\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167516\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-7.jpg\" alt=\"Duterte said although he did not want to argue with the church and other religious leaders, it was this aspect of religion which he did not like. (ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-7.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duterte said although he did not want to argue with the church and other religious leaders, it was this aspect of religion which he did not like. (ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Family planning initiatives and other government programs are being hindered because of the church\u2019s \u201ccreeping influence of faith\u201d, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte said although he did not want to argue with the church and other religious leaders, it was this aspect of religion which he did not like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family planning, with due respect. Ayaw ko makipag-away (I don\u2019t want to argue). It has something to do with the objection of religions, not all,\u201d Duterte said in his speech at the celebration of the 31st anniversary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would not mention the faith because again I would not want to quarrel with them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic church has been one of those against birth control methods other than natural family planning. It has also opposed the Reproductive Health Law.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte said that the church failed to acknowledge the government\u2019s efforts to implement programs beneficial to Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why one of my reasons why I do not like itong (this) &#8212; the creeping influence of faith is that they sometimes run counter to what government believes to be good for the people,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>During his term as Davao City mayor, Duterte said the city government had birth control pills readily available for those who needed it.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte said he wanted to bring back family planning in the country as it would help improve the country&#8217;s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s remarks came amid ongoing talks between his four-panel team tasked to dialogue with religious leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He is set to meet Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines president Romulo Valles on July 9 at Malaca\u00f1ang Palace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Family planning initiatives and other government programs are being hindered because of the church\u2019s \u201ccreeping influence of faith\u201d, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":167516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[28567,13944],"class_list":["post-169362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-environment-and-natural-resources-denr","tag-president-rodrigo-r-duterte","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}