A CONSOLIDATED substitute bill reinstating absolute divorce in the Philippines was approved on Thursday, March 2, 2023, by a technical working group (TWG) led by Albay First District Rep. Edcel Lagman.

"I am elated to report that the Philippines is at the threshold of joining the community of nations upholding the universality of divorce," Lagman said in a statement on Friday.

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