Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
CHILD marriage is now illegal in the Philippines after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11596 or "An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage."
The new law also forbids the cohabitation of an adult with a child.
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