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Mere scrap of paper

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | October 18, 2024 - 12:00am

A marriage contracted without a marriage license by a man and a woman of legal age is void except when they have lived together as husband and wife for at least five years prior to getting married.

Opinion

Notaryadong kasulatan para ­maghiwalay, ­sapat na ba?

By Atty. Aeron Aldrich B. Halos | October 8, 2024 - 12:00am

Kapag po ba nagkasundo ang mag-asawa na maghiwalay na ay puwede na ang kasulatan na pinirmahan nilang dalawa at saka pinanotaryo?

Punto Mo

You can't fire employees due to marriage

By Josephus Jimenez | September 25, 2024 - 12:00am

Employers are guilty of illegal dismissal under the Labor Code, if and when they terminate the employment of any male or female personnel who gets married.

Freeman Opinion

DOJ, SolGen: Marriages solemnized by Alice Guo still valid

By Ian Laqui | September 17, 2024 - 6:56pm

Marriages solemnized by dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo will remain valid, legal agencies of the government sai...

Headlines

Marriage and divorce

By Fr. Roy Cimagala | August 16, 2024 - 12:00am

“Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?’” (Mt 19,3)

Freeman Opinion

Balancing love, marriage and career: Insights from a topnotch Fil-Am CEO

By Donna Arevalo | August 6, 2024 - 12:00am

Filipino-American CEO Marge Ordiales-Martinez is a toughie when it comes to running her 30-year-old immigration and employment...

Lifestyle

Only children, legal spouse get sole rights to seafarer's death benefits — SC

By Ian Laqui | July 4, 2024 - 2:25pm

The Supreme Court has ruled that death benefits under the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration contract must be granted...

Headlines

EDITORIAL — Give people the option to leave a broken marriage

June 4, 2024 - 12:00am

Like the death penalty, the issue on divorce is something that causes division among many Filipinos. And for the nth time...

Freeman Opinion

Protect the family, no to divorce

June 1, 2024 - 8:23pm

Meaningful legislation is what we need, not a callous disregard of family values.

Opinion

SWS: 50% of Filipino adults agree with legalizing divorce, 31% disagree

By James Relativo | June 1, 2024 - 12:03pm

Half of the Filipino adult population support legalizing divorce for "irreconcilably separated couples," with only a...

Headlines