Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez What's the real reason for changing the number of "yes" votes for House Bill (HB) No. 9349, or the proposed absolute divorce bill, from 126 to 131? Assistant Majority Leader...
A Catholic bishop voiced his disappointment over the House of Representatives' approval of the Absolute Divorce Bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the country. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/22/house-approves-pro-divorce-bill-anew-in-close-vote (Photo from Unsplash) “We are deeply saddened by...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi--Simply put, it was a "conscience vote". That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described on Thursday, May 23 the plenary voting on the absolute divorce...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), former Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto (Facebook) Don't look now, but there's a vote-counting controversy in the just-approved House Bill (HB) No. 9349, or the Act reinstituting absolute divorce as an...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The anti-divorce members of the House of Representatives were outraged and disappointed with the passage of the controversial measure during plenary session Wednesday, May 22. House Bill...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has described the third reading passage of the bill legalizing divorce as "a clear and resounding...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has once again approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the Philippines--but by a much closer margin this time. ...
(Unsplash) Even after the recent passage of the absolute divorce bill on second reading, members of the House of Representatives are still passionately arguing both for and against the historic measure. On Wednesday night, May 15, the lower chamber approved...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives is on the cusp of giving final approval to a measure that would legalize divorce in the Philippines. This, after the chamber approved House Bill (HB) No.9349 on second reading...
Max Collins recently revealed her plan to legally pursue the dissolution of her marriage to estranged husband Pancho Magno. “It’s not active as of now, but soon,” she told “24 Oras.” The actress maintained Pancho is aware of the same. “We already talked about it,” she related. “So...
(Unsplash) Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre opposes the proposed institutionalization of divorce in the Philippines, for the simple reason that it would practically downgrade married couples to just "mag-jowa" or boyfriend-girlfriend...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (PPAB, Facebook) Two of the fiercest debaters in the House of Representatives--Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta--found...
