Philippines

CEBU, Philippines —Members of the LGBTQ community in the Philippines can adopt children as individuals, but legal adoption does not extend to same-sex couples due to the country’s laws prohibiting same-sex marriage. The Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO) in Central Visayas clarified this during a recent episode of a teleradio program. Cyrene Anna Torres, social welfare officer II at RACCO 7, explained that while LGBTQ individuals are welcome to adopt, they must do so as single petitioners under Republic Act 11642 or the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act of 2022. “Under our law, same-sex marriage is […]…

Keep on reading: Can LGBTQ Filipinos adopt despite same-sex marriage ban in PH?

Just days after issues of unauthorized deductions from the accounts of its users, popular e-wallet platform GCash again experienced another incident. On Friday afternoon, the Ayala-backed company announced its bank transfer feature via BancNet was having issues, although the cause was unclear. BancNet is the Philippine interbank network connecting the automated teller machine networks of […]…

Keep on reading: GCash e-wallet platform gets balances issue again 

LEGAZPI, Albay — Speaker Martin Romualdez has urged “some senators” opposing the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap) to talk to the people so that they can understand its significance. “Yes, we heard that some people in the Senate do not understand [Akap’s huge impact] because they rarely engage with the people,” he told […]…

Keep on reading: Talk to our people, House tells Senate on Akap program

The country’s largest cooperative and Korean company Safe Zone have agreed to develop the country’s first modern survival school. The ACDI Multi-Purpose Cooperative and Safe Zone agreed to build the school in the Calabarzon region which will be funded by Korean investors to fund the facilities. ACDI chair retired Maj. Gen. Gilbert Llanto and Park […]…

Keep on reading: PH co-op, Korean firm eye survival school

Mikha Fortuna will be opening defense of her ICTSI The Country Club Match Play Invitational against one of the tour’s rising young stars in Jiwon Lee of South Korea. And she’s more than willing to take on the challenge. “I totally love playing match play,” said Fortuna, the former University of Oklahoma standout who thumped […]…

Keep on reading: Fortuna draws tough Lee to open TCC Match Play defense