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'Family is basic unit of society': Cayetano says against divorce

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 10:14 PM

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said Friday he is against divorce being legalized in the Philippines, saying that "family is the basic unit" of society. Read more »

Russia's Putin says marriage is purely between 'man and woman'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 01:01 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday stressed that marriage is solely a heterosexual union and supported the idea of enshrining the notion in the country's updated constitution. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit isinusulong ang panukalang divorce?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 12:47 PM

Bukod sa Vatican City, ang Pilipinas na lang ang bansang tumututol sa pagkakaroon ng divorce sa mga mag-asawa.  Read more »

Here come the brides in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage

Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 08:42 AM

BELFAST - Northern Ireland's first same-sex wedding is scheduled to take place on Tuesday after the government lifted a ban on gay marriage in the province, marking legalization of the practice throughout the United Kingdom. Read more »

House panel OKs bills legalizing divorce, dissolution of marriage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 01:56 PM

A House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved 3 measures seeking to legalize divorce in pre-dominantly Catholic Philippines, the only country in the world aside from the Vatican where it remains illegal.  Read more »

Bawi ang gastos: Bagong kasal nakalikom ng higit P600,000 sa 'prosperity dance'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 07:59 PM

Nagpasya ang mag-asawa na i-deposit agad ang nakuhang salapi sa bangko at humingi rin sila ng gabay sa mga magulang kung paano dapat ito gamitin.  Read more »

No sex, no babies: S.Korea's emerging feminists reject marriage

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 20 08:13 AM

No dating, no sex, no marriage and no babies: 2 South Korean YouTubers who vow to stay single have caused uproar in the east Asian nation as it battles the world's lowest fertility rate.  Read more »

CHR urges LGBT+ community to 'press on' after SC junks same-sex marriage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 06:12 PM

The Commission on Human Rights urged members of the LGBT+ community to continue with their fight for equal rights despite the recent decision of the Supreme Court. Read more »

SC junks same-sex marriage petition 'with finality'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 01:19 AM

The Supreme Court on Monday denied with finality a motion for reconsideration filed by Jesus Falcis and other LGBT advocates seeking recognition of same-sex marriage in the Philippines.  Read more »

Methodist church plans to split over gay marriage, clergy - church officials

Rich McKay, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:53 AM

The United Methodist Church lists more than 13 million members in the United States and 80 million worldwide. Read more »

Best ways to lower your wedding costs

Moneymax
Posted at Dec 27 01:01 PM

You can still get married without emptying your bank account. Here are some of the ways to have a low-cost but still enjoyable wedding. Read more »

'Ikaw na ang matagal kong hinihintay': Jolo Revilla, beauty queen tie the knot in US

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 11:46 AM

Actor-politician Jolo Revilla exchanged wedding vows with former Binibining Pilipinas 2016 1st runner-up Angelica Alita in a garden ceremony held at Newport Beach in California, USA on Sunday, December 15. Read more »

'Bombshell' leads US Screen Actors Guild award nominations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 05:57 AM

"Bombshell," which depicts the sexual harassment scandal that ousted Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes, led the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. Read more »

'Marriage Story' leads Golden Globe nods, De Niro snubbed

Jill Serjeant & Lisa Richwine, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 09 10:54 PM

LOS ANGELES - The Netflix divorce drama “Marriage Story” led nominations on Monday for the Golden Globes with six nods, followed by Martin Scorsese’s gangster movie “The Irishman,” also on Netflix, with five. Read more »

Review: ‘Marriage Story’ is a funny, heartbreaking love story about conscious uncoupling

Andrew Paredes
Updated as of Dec 09 03:26 PM

The director of The Squid and the Whale tells a love story about divorce—and how it reveals the contours of a marriage at the point of its disintegration Read more »

Netflix review: 'Marriage Story' lives up to early Oscar hype

Fred Hawson
Posted at Dec 09 08:58 AM

The awards hype that surrounded "Marriage Story" could not be ignored, as it was being hailed left and right as material for best picture, director, and for all four acting categories.  Read more »

'Filial service': Pinay recognized as South Korea's model daughter-in-law

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 12:58 PM

HOENGSEONG, South Korea – In a mountain village thousands of kilometers from her native Philippines, Emma Sumampong nurses her elderly mother-in-law, while also caring for her husband and children, working on the family farm, and holding a part-time job.   Read more »

In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 31 12:09 PM

LEMBAR, Indonesia - Fifteen minutes into their first date, Indonesian teenager Helma Yani received a marriage proposal from a boy she had just met. He spirited her away to a relative's house and a month later, at age 17, they were married. Read more »

Taiwan revels in first pride parade since legalizing gay marriage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 12:43 AM

The island has long hosted the region's largest pride marches but this year Taiwan's LGBT community and their supporters had an extra reason to celebrate. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga dapat isaalang-alang para makaiwas sa 'bad marriage'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 06:51 PM

Mainam na kilalaning mabuti ang kapartner bago pumasok sa pag-aasawa. Read more »