Divorce Bill- In or Out?

The Philippines, is the only country in the world that bans divorce. There is an existing law that really do not provide for absolute divorce, but it was available in certain periods in Philippine history.

According to my research, from AttyAtWork.com, Divorce was allowed under the Divorce Law of 1917 (Act No. 2710) and during the Japanese occupation, pursuant to Executive Order No. 141 (1943). As the law stands today, a marriage between two Filipinos cannot be dissolved even by a divorce obtained abroad. In mixed marriages involving a Filipino and a foreigner (or former Filipinos), Article 26 of the Family Code allows the former to contract a subsequent marriage in case the divorce is validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse qualifying him or her to remarry.

It is not really accurate to say that there is absolutely no divorce in the Philippines. Under Presidential Decree No. 1083, also known as the “Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines,” divorce is allowed in certain instances, but this law applies only when both parties are Muslims, or wherein only the male party is a Muslim and the marriage is solemnized in accordance with Muslim law in any part of the Philippines. For the rest of Filipinos, therefore, divorce is not available.

Nowadays, we will notice that there are lots of family conflicts which are not curable and mostly couples and filing annulment wherein it is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost as if it had never taken place.

Since these cases are in today, there was a proposed law which is the Divorce Bill, which was authored by Gabriela Party List Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan, this legalizes divorce as a course for individuals who wants to be out of their marriages.

Tomorrow we’ll be celebrating the Independence Day, June 12, and ABS-CBN will set the stage for a divorce bill.

This will be facilitated by Korina Sanchez, one of the best anchors of ABS-CBN. This will be called “the Harapan: Divorce Bill, Ipasa o Ibasura”. This aims to educate and inform the public on yet another issue that has significance and relevance to every Filipino.
Now since this law is being proposed, is it really appropriate for us to pass this bill or we should stick to what is already implemented.
We should have an intelligent thinking and be open minded for us to decide whether we need to pass this bill or not.

Some grieving Mothers have Reborn Babies

When I was a child I love playing baby dolls, it’s one of my favorite toy. When we go to the mall I always asked my mom to buy me one. Now I’m turning 26 but I still have dolls in my room not just one but there are many, I have different kinds of dolls, it’s my collections. Its good to see they have different styles, and fashion.
Being fun of collecting dolls, I have known that there are already available life-like dolls, it was called “reborn dolls”. They look like real babies which are made to look just like real babies, they have perfectly combed hair and eyes closed in sleep. You can dress them up; they have nails and have silicon skin. And that’s cool!

Eve Hasty, a 57-year-old American bought a reborn doll named Abby from a British company for 300 dollars (210 euros). She lives in Oklahoma and lost her daughter due to leukemia when she’s only seven.

She treats her as her real baby. “She reminds me of my daughter as an infant”, Hasty said. “I just get a type of serenity about me when I hold her, I change her clothes," she added.

This doll made her happy and she even stressed “To me she is not a doll, she is so much more. I don't have to worry about her dying. I know she is not going to get sick and die. It takes such a pressure off."

This line surprises me. I don’t know what she’s thinking. She may be would like to cope up with her loneliness and treating this doll as a real child and thinks that this would satisfy her needs.

Ingrid Collins, a consultant psychologist at the London Medical Centre, says a fake baby "could create more problems than it solves".
However Sandra Wheatley, a psychologist specialising in family issues, says a "reborn baby" could be helpful as a "physical tool to help them mourn the one that they have lost".

We have individual differences and different ways how to deal with the situations we are currently facing, but we should know what the things that can help us more rather than doing things that could make things more complicated.

Just like Morato, I don’t understand why he’s making things complicated and why he’s trying to come up with different issues and allegations. Maybe this man is also longing for something and this is how he knows how to cope up with his problem and satisfy his needs… Or this is the only thing that he knew how to reach his dreams... Am I right Manoling?

Facebook Plunder? Or User’s Accountability?

Facebook is a social network wherein millions of people are so fund of using this site. This is because they can freely express their ideas, share experience, post photos chat with their friends, play games and you can also invite friends on any events and celebrations. I’m also a user of this social network. In fact I’m one of the addict users of this site.

Earlier today, I was trying to check my mail, and I saw headline news in yahoo regarding a German teenager who unintentionally invited the public to attend to her birthday party on facebook and 15,000 facebook users accepted her invitation. (Wow! Is this for real? )

The teenager named Thessa, who did the invitation, left their house when she got to know that thousands and thousands of facebook users accepted her invitation then alerted the police regarding this matter ahead of the Friday evening birthday party.

There were about 100 police who went to the celebrant’s place at Hamburg Germany around 7pm to 2am to keep the order. Good thing, among 15,000 accepted the invitation, only 1,600 people showed up on her party (but this is still too much!).

Most of them jammed into the street in front of the celebrant’s house while they were uncontrollable celebrating the party.

Police spokesman Mirko Streiber said there were 11 people were taken into custody for violations ranging from bodily harm and resisting arrest to property damage and violating explosives laws.

Streiber also added, "It was by and large a peaceful party. There were some fires set alight, some acts of violence and with considerable alcohol consumption there was some property damage. There have been larger organized birthday parties in Hamburg but this may be the largest unorganized birthday party ever."

After reading this news I am thinking what did the teenager felt about what happened. She may be new to facebook or she’s just too excited… I’m also thinking about the people who went to the party. Why is it that they still went to the party even if they don’t personally know the celebrant? Anyway, we can’t blame those people, most of them really likes to party.

Well, I am expecting that who ever reads this, may laugh, surprised or may not believe but it really happened. These are also my reaction after reading this article. I am not blaming the social network. It is the user who should be responsible for the usage.

It was so funny and irritating but in reality, a small mistake can lead you to a huge mistake.