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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 18, stood firm in his stand against the divorce bill, which is being pushed by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. “I’m sorry but I cannot follow you,” Duterte said in his speech during military change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo. Duterte said his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, was “not happy with that, really.” “Mag-usap na lang kayo ni Sara (Just talk to Sara Duterte),” he […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, March 20 said that the proposed bill allowing divorce will go through a lengthy debate in the Senate. On Monday, the measure which allows a married couple to divorce passed on third reading with a vote of 134-57 with 2 abstentions in the House of Representatives. Escudero’s statement was made after President Rodrigo Duterte through Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that he does […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several senators have expressed their opposition to the absolute divorce bill that has already been approved in a House of Representatives panel. According to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, several lawmakers do not believe that divorce should be allowed in the Philippines. He said that the sanctity of marriage should be recognized. “In any case I don’t believe in drive-through divorce kasi sa America, marriage is like drive through.,” Gatchalian said. […]
CEBU City, Philippines – All four of the presidential candidates who attended the Cebu City leg of the Presidential Debate did not favor the divorce bill, in response to the moderator’s question. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
