“Divorce has been legalized in the Philippines after a bill allowing it was passed by the House of Representatives.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Jan 2025.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
What Vera Files found
Divorce remains illegal in the Philippines. Both chambers of Congress — the House and the Senate — must pass a bill for it to become law.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 January 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 9 January 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.