Divorce is illegal for most residents of the Philippines, despite a special law that gave the nation's Muslim minority the ...

While Spain legalised divorce in 1981, its legacy lives on in the Philippines — the only place other than the Vatican where divorce remains outlawed. Today the Philippines is the third largest ...

A campaign in the Philippines that frames divorce as a basic human right is gaining momentum, despite systemic and religious barriers. MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 15 years ago, Mary Nepomuceno ...

Father Jerome Secillano, spokesperson for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), recently asked lawmakers why they were “harping on divorce” when they could amend ...

But even after all she had been through, Bulang, who lives with her four children in the province of Rizal just outside Metro Manila, was unable to divorce him. The Philippines is the only country ...

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Currently, the Philippines and the Vatican are the only two countries in the world where there is no divorce law. Kristina Millare is a freelance journalist with a professional communications ...

Manila (AsiaNews) - The fact of being practically the last country in the world not to have a divorce law does not in itself mean that the Philippines should also jump on the bandwagon.

Only two countries in the world still ban divorce: the Vatican and the Philippines. But the tides seem to be shifting in the Southeast Asian nation. https://p.dw.com ...