Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has called on the House of Representatives to finally start committee hearings on the absolute divorce bill after it was recommitted supposedly without...
Photo from Pixabay A little over half of Filipinos were against proposals that will legalize divorce in the Philippines, a survey conducted by the OCTA Research has shown. OCTA’s “Tugon ng Masa” Third Quarter 2023 survey results released on Tuesday, Dec. 5 found that “51 percent of adult...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Thursday, September 21, said he is not inclined to support the measure seeking to make absolute divorce legal in the Philippines. According to Villanueva, he still prefers annulment and declaration of nullity of marriage instead of making divorce or...
The Philippines is now poised to join other countries that honors and recognizes divorce. This, after a Senate panel approved the measure that provides absolute divorce in the Philippines. Senate Bill No. 2443, or the proposed “Dissolution of Marriage Act”, expands the...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) While other lawmakers are preoccupied with legislation to hike workers' pay, Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez wants to put focus on another important need of Filipino laborers--happiness at home. Alvarez emphasized...
Las Vegas style "quickee" or "speedy drive-thru divorces" will not be allowed in the proposed Absolute Divorce Act that was approved by the House Committee Population and Family Relations on Tuesday, March 21. This was bared by Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman, chairman of the technical working...
The measures seeking the legalization of divorce or dissolution of marriage in the Philippines have begun to move forward in the House of Representatives in the current 19th Congress. (Unsplash) This, after the House Committee on Population and Family Relations chaired by Isabela 3rd district Rep....
Many marriages are mistakes. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Thus, said Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez as he made the case Thursday, Feb. 23 for the legalization of divorce in the Philippines during a public hearing of the House Committee on...
Actor-turned-Senator Robin Padilla wants divorce to be allowed in the Philippines, believing it protect families from a failed marriage. On his Facebook account, he went live over the weekend. Robin wrote: "'Diskurso ukol sa Diborsiyo' Ngayong araw, pag-uusapan natin ang panukalang batas ukol sa...
Neophyte Senator Robin Padilla on Sunday rejected allegations that the bill he filed seeking to legalize divorce in the Philippines is meant to destroy Filipino marriages. Neophyte Sen. Robin Padilla In a Facebook Live, Padilla clarified that the divorce bill he filed actually aims to protect...
An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has lamented the filing of a bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the country. Fr. Jerome Secillano (Screenshot/Radio Veritas) Fr. Jerome Secillano, CBCP Public Affairs Committee executive secretary, said its unfortunate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, July 4 filed her top 10 bills which includes the Sexual, Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics or SOGIE Equality bill and the proposed Dissolution of Marriage Act. Reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros takes her oath of office before...
