Lawmakers reject divorce

Administration and opposition lawmakers have thumbed down the passage of a divorce bill despite the result of a recent Social Weather Stations survey showing that 60 percent of Filipinos believe that couples with irreconcilable differences should be legally allowed to separate.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. of Quezon City and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday expressed strong objection to divorce, vowing that no such law will be passed under their term.