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The President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. addresses the Lowy Institute during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 4, 2024. (Credit: Hamish Blair/AP.) ...

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. center, receives a standing ovation during his third State of the Nation Address as Senate President Francis Escudero, top left and House Speaker Martin ...

A Philippine lawmaker is taking a second shot at legalizing divorce in Asia's only Catholic-majority country. Albay lawmaker Edcel Lagman on July 3 re-filed a bill, dubbed the “Absolute Divorce Act,” ...

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 15 years ago, Mary Nepomuceno separated from her husband. She remains in limbo because divorce — and the possibility of a new marriage and a clean slate in life — is ...

Catholic bishops and a youth group have expressed disappointment after a lawmaker filed a bill in the parliament seeking the legalization of divorce in the Philippines under the country’s new ...