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MANILA, Philippines - GABRIELA Rep Liza Maza was not surprised when television host and talent manager Boy Abunda agreed to appear in political ads endorsing her bid for the Senate.  read more »

Senator. Loren Legarda, Nacionalista Party-Nationalist People’s Coalition (NP-NPC) vice presidential candidate, believes that with six female candidates “woman power is strong” in the NP national ticket headed by presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar.  read more »

PRESS Secretary Cerge Remonde was “attacked” with paper balls and harsh words on Monday when he attended an indignation rally on the Maguindanao massacre in Mendiola to personally convey Malacañang’s solidarity with various groups seeking justice for the 57 victims.  read more »

Manila: House members Satur Ocampo and Liza Largoza-Masa filed their candidacies Sunday  in a move that marks the first time in more than two decades that senatorial candidates identified with the left had attempted to seek mandate on a national level.  read more »

Thousands of media men belonging to various media organizations and sympathizers held a rally Monday at the Mendiola bridge in San Miguel, Manila to condemn the November 23 Maguindanao massacre which claimed at least 57 lives, including those of 30 media men.  read more »

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Women from various walks of life expressed their outrage over the gruesome death that befell their fellow women in what is now called by authorities as the Maguindanao Massacre.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on the revision of laws has recommended the passage of a bill that seeks to replace the crimes of adultery (for women) and concubinage (for men) with the crime of marital infidelity that would apply equally to both sexes.

The bill would also prohibit a spouse from filing a criminal complaint for infidelity if the complainant had likewise been unfaithful.

Under present law, adultery is not committed by the husband. The Revised Penal Code states that “adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband.” She faces imprisonment of 2 to 4 years.

On the other hand, the Revised Penal Code defines concubinage as “any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in any other place...” He faces imprisonment of 6 months to 6 years.

When it comes to marital infidelity, the existing law seems biased against the woman. If the wife commits one act of adultery, she and her lover can be criminally charged.
However, the husband who commits numerous acts of marital infidelity cannot be sued by his wife for adultery. The philandering husband must be sued for concubinage.  read more »