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Among the possible inspirations of publishing Tagalog romance paperback novels were the Mills & Boon and Harlequin Romance love story pocketbooks. [4] The actual idea of publishing Tagalog romance paperbacks in the Philippines was conceptualized by Benjie Ocampo, the proprietor of Books for Pleasure, Inc., the company that carried the English-language Mills & Boon pocketbooks line in the country.
The Philippines is also one of 20 countries that still has a marry-your-rapist law (that is, a law that exonerates a rapist from punishment if he marries the victim after the attack). [33] [34] Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men.
Of women who had experienced any form of physical or sexual violence, 30% of them sought help in response to that violence. [29] While pregnant, 4% of women aged 15–49 experienced violence. [30] The PSA’s National Demographic and Health Survey 2022 found that 17.5 % of Filipino women ages 15-49 have experienced physical, sexual or emotional ...
The 30 countries who participated in the signing of the declaration were acknowledged by U.N. Secretary-General U Thant during a United Nations ceremony on December 11, 1967, a day after Human Rights Day. [3] [4] [5] The Philippines agreed the population problem should be considered as the principal element for long-term economic development ...
The women were administered 10 milligrams of the experimental combination of estrogen and progesterone, more commonly known as Enovid, the first contraceptive pill. [21] The women participating in the trial began to experience side effects, but their complaints were deemed unreliable and outright dismissed by researchers.
The quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno, filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines, led to the landmark case Republic v. Sereno [note 1] (G. R. No. 237428), [3] [4] [5] which nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno's appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, finding that she never lawfully held the office due to a lack of integrity for failing to file ...
The man’s defense attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment from McClatchy News on Nov. 10, but told KTRK “we very much look forward to our day in court and are thoroughly ...
[9] [12] She and her husband stole billions of pesos [13] [14] from the Filipino people, [15] [16] [17] amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth US$5 billion to US$10 billion by the time they were deposed in 1986; [18] [19] [20] by 2018, about $3.6 billion of this had been recovered by the Philippine government, [21] [22] either ...