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		<title>Comment on Divorce and Annulment in the Philippines by gali</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pls. can I ask for Pokwang's email add or contact number? Her blog is enlightening and I would like to contact her. Can I leave my email here for her? Thanks. Gali.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pls. can I ask for Pokwang&#8217;s email add or contact number? Her blog is enlightening and I would like to contact her. Can I leave my email here for her? Thanks. Gali.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Annulment in the Philippines: Questions and Answers (Part 3) by pokwang</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to all of you folks who might be interested in this article. i came across on this on the web. its kind of very interesting.

SO YOU WANT AN ANNULMENT? Of course you do!  Thanks to him you’re physically, emotionally and mentally abused. You’re tired of working your butt off, earning a living to put food on the table while he goes squandering his paycheck on booze and cheap women. Enough is enough, right? So you pack your bags, your kid, even your cat and left. But still, if he had gone after you, you would have given him a second chance. After all, there is no divorce in the Philippines and you’re married to the pig! But did he go running after you? Hell, no! Instead he celebrated his newfound freedom. No more wifey to ask him where he’s been when he’s supposed to be looking for a job. Why would he care if you leave? There’s still his mom to care for him and as for sex he can get that anywhere.

Yep…that’s my fairy tale. No living happily ever after.  

It didn’t take long for me to realize that I made a grave mistake of marrying my ex-husband we’ll call under the pseudonym, Manoy. After the separation, I vowed never to trust another man again. If men can use women for pleasure, why can’t women, right? But I wasn’t ready to be a slut. What’s the next best thing? ON-LINE DATING. At least in the chatroom, these men don’t have any other choice but to talk. Plus, I can be anybody I want to be on the internet. Ahhhh…..the power of the internet is in my hands. Dating has never been so much fun! 

I should be thankful Manoy didn’t try to get me back after I left him. If he had, I wouldn’t have met the man who will restore all my faith in the opposite sex. Eventually, I met my fiancé, on-line, in one of the penpal websites. We will call my “My Teddy” J He swept me away with his intelligent words, honesty and sincerity. Plus he wanted to meet me. He was willing to travel halfway around the world, where foreigners are being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf to meet me. Now…that, is something. 

We fell in love and pretty soon we knew that we wanted to be together. One problem. Although I’ve been living as a single mother for two years when we met, I am still legally married to Manoy. No way My Teddy is going to live here in the Philippines. He can’t get a job here, he won’t survive the weather and most important of all, he has an 8-year-old son he will miss terribly. The only solution is for me and my son to join him in the UK. Here is where the annulment comes in. So many have offered advise on how to get me to the UK. To go to the UK as a tourist and then divorce Manoy there is the most popular. Apparently, it would be easier to go there as a tourist and then disappear than to actually file for an annulment. But My Teddy won’t have that. We both want everything to be legal and I definitely will not leave without my son. My Teddy is willing to pay whatever it cost to get me an annulment but first, he has to go back to the UK.  

So off I went to see a lawyer and I have good-naturedly enumerated his advice for all you people still reading this : 

1/ GROUNDS – PSYCHOLOGICALLY INCAPACITATED 

This is the ONLY one that works. I won’t bother explaining why. If one of you is loony then it’s unfair for the other one to be in the marriage. But there’s a catch to it. It has to be proven that the lunacy had been there even before the marriage.  

2/ IT HAS TO BE UNCONTESTED 

The reason why annulments drag on is that one party will file a counter affidavit. Because the Philippine Family Code’s mission is to “preserve the Filipino family”, a counter affidavit is seen as an indication that the marriage can still be saved. This also means, I had to go see Manoy to convince him that an annulment is best for us, more for him, because he already has a girlfriend.  At that time, he doesn’t know I have My Teddy. He’s got to gain more from it to make him agree. More than anything else, he’s going to get an annulment absolutely free. I agreed to cover all expense. Because I know that he will never admit that he is the cause of the break-up and that he will never agree to be the loony party, I had to be the respondent to the case and because I’m the respondent, I can guarantee that it will definitely be UNCONTESTED. Now, why would I file a counter-affidavit, right?  

3/  PROOF THAT THERE WAS NO COLLUSION  

The court will want to know that the annulment is not scripted. That is why it is important that the respondent never show his or her (in my case, my face) in court. They don’t want to make it too obvious that they were not really following proper court procedure. Later on I will tell you that this is all bs!  

4/ MONEY TALKS….BIG TIME 

One year after we took the first three items into consideration, and the case was still sitting at someone’s desk gathering dust. My lawyer, upon my instructions, “secretly” talked to the court clerk and asked him exactly how much it is going to take to get the annulment over and done with. Take note : the court clerk acts as the spokesperson for the judge and everybody else involved in that case. That way, if someone decides to squeal on them, the top guys don’t get into trouble. It was at this point that my lawyer was given a figure, 100 thousand pesos to get it final by December. It was October that time.  

The 100 Thousand pesos will pay for the judge, solicitor general and initial investigator, everybody involved in the case. This will say that there was no collusion and that there are no objections to the annulment. So didn’t I tell you this was all bs?  

5/ GAMBLE 

Now, I’ve never gambled in my life. I was ready to back out. I was sure it was a scam. It will all be under the table. That means no receipts involved. It’s not my money I’m spending here, it’s My Teddy’s, his hard-earned money and he is not exactly rich, you know. But he said go for it. If it’s a scam then we lost a big amount of money and then we will have to think of another way to get you to the UK but if they turn out to be true to their word, then we won’t have any more problems. That’s when I know he really loves me.  

The court finally pulled through and delivered their end of the bargain. My annulment case was over just one month after the pay-off. I should have thought about offering the grease money much much earlier!  All in all, we spent P175 thousand for the annulment. Now, because of my annulment, my lawyer and the court are the best of buddies.  My lawyer can give anybody an annulment in just one month for Two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00). That’s right! It’s now as easy as buying aspirin at the drugstore.  

So where am I now? 

I am now in the process of waiting for my son’s and my UK visa. Two years ago when my fiancé and I started to live together, he took the time to register himself at the British Embassy and myself as the person responsible for him while he’s here. He took the time to know the people who might help things easier for me for when the time comes for me to file my application. He went back to the UK and did everything required to show that he has the means to take care of both my son and I and that means a proper home, a well-paying stable job and a fat bank account. He sent me letters every month, which I kept safe and he did the same for all his phone bills. He calls me every week. In the two years he’s been in the UK, he’s come to visit me four times, three weeks each time, not counting the 4-months he stayed here with me hoping we could wait out the annulment together.  Our two-year relationship is well document and there is no reason to doubt that we are for real.  

I’m now hoping we don’t encounter any more problems. We have gone through a lot. We’re in love and just want to be together. I hope that if I write another article it will be about my life as wife of my nice Brit guy in the UK. So….wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to all of you folks who might be interested in this article. i came across on this on the web. its kind of very interesting.</p>
<p>SO YOU WANT AN ANNULMENT? Of course you do!  Thanks to him you’re physically, emotionally and mentally abused. You’re tired of working your butt off, earning a living to put food on the table while he goes squandering his paycheck on booze and cheap women. Enough is enough, right? So you pack your bags, your kid, even your cat and left. But still, if he had gone after you, you would have given him a second chance. After all, there is no divorce in the Philippines and you’re married to the pig! But did he go running after you? Hell, no! Instead he celebrated his newfound freedom. No more wifey to ask him where he’s been when he’s supposed to be looking for a job. Why would he care if you leave? There’s still his mom to care for him and as for sex he can get that anywhere.</p>
<p>Yep…that’s my fairy tale. No living happily ever after.  </p>
<p>It didn’t take long for me to realize that I made a grave mistake of marrying my ex-husband we’ll call under the pseudonym, Manoy. After the separation, I vowed never to trust another man again. If men can use women for pleasure, why can’t women, right? But I wasn’t ready to be a slut. What’s the next best thing? ON-LINE DATING. At least in the chatroom, these men don’t have any other choice but to talk. Plus, I can be anybody I want to be on the internet. Ahhhh…..the power of the internet is in my hands. Dating has never been so much fun! </p>
<p>I should be thankful Manoy didn’t try to get me back after I left him. If he had, I wouldn’t have met the man who will restore all my faith in the opposite sex. Eventually, I met my fiancé, on-line, in one of the penpal websites. We will call my “My Teddy” J He swept me away with his intelligent words, honesty and sincerity. Plus he wanted to meet me. He was willing to travel halfway around the world, where foreigners are being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf to meet me. Now…that, is something. </p>
<p>We fell in love and pretty soon we knew that we wanted to be together. One problem. Although I’ve been living as a single mother for two years when we met, I am still legally married to Manoy. No way My Teddy is going to live here in the Philippines. He can’t get a job here, he won’t survive the weather and most important of all, he has an 8-year-old son he will miss terribly. The only solution is for me and my son to join him in the UK. Here is where the annulment comes in. So many have offered advise on how to get me to the UK. To go to the UK as a tourist and then divorce Manoy there is the most popular. Apparently, it would be easier to go there as a tourist and then disappear than to actually file for an annulment. But My Teddy won’t have that. We both want everything to be legal and I definitely will not leave without my son. My Teddy is willing to pay whatever it cost to get me an annulment but first, he has to go back to the UK.  </p>
<p>So off I went to see a lawyer and I have good-naturedly enumerated his advice for all you people still reading this : </p>
<p>1/ GROUNDS – PSYCHOLOGICALLY INCAPACITATED </p>
<p>This is the ONLY one that works. I won’t bother explaining why. If one of you is loony then it’s unfair for the other one to be in the marriage. But there’s a catch to it. It has to be proven that the lunacy had been there even before the marriage.  </p>
<p>2/ IT HAS TO BE UNCONTESTED </p>
<p>The reason why annulments drag on is that one party will file a counter affidavit. Because the Philippine Family Code’s mission is to “preserve the Filipino family”, a counter affidavit is seen as an indication that the marriage can still be saved. This also means, I had to go see Manoy to convince him that an annulment is best for us, more for him, because he already has a girlfriend.  At that time, he doesn’t know I have My Teddy. He’s got to gain more from it to make him agree. More than anything else, he’s going to get an annulment absolutely free. I agreed to cover all expense. Because I know that he will never admit that he is the cause of the break-up and that he will never agree to be the loony party, I had to be the respondent to the case and because I’m the respondent, I can guarantee that it will definitely be UNCONTESTED. Now, why would I file a counter-affidavit, right?  </p>
<p>3/  PROOF THAT THERE WAS NO COLLUSION  </p>
<p>The court will want to know that the annulment is not scripted. That is why it is important that the respondent never show his or her (in my case, my face) in court. They don’t want to make it too obvious that they were not really following proper court procedure. Later on I will tell you that this is all bs!  </p>
<p>4/ MONEY TALKS….BIG TIME </p>
<p>One year after we took the first three items into consideration, and the case was still sitting at someone’s desk gathering dust. My lawyer, upon my instructions, “secretly” talked to the court clerk and asked him exactly how much it is going to take to get the annulment over and done with. Take note : the court clerk acts as the spokesperson for the judge and everybody else involved in that case. That way, if someone decides to squeal on them, the top guys don’t get into trouble. It was at this point that my lawyer was given a figure, 100 thousand pesos to get it final by December. It was October that time.  </p>
<p>The 100 Thousand pesos will pay for the judge, solicitor general and initial investigator, everybody involved in the case. This will say that there was no collusion and that there are no objections to the annulment. So didn’t I tell you this was all bs?  </p>
<p>5/ GAMBLE </p>
<p>Now, I’ve never gambled in my life. I was ready to back out. I was sure it was a scam. It will all be under the table. That means no receipts involved. It’s not my money I’m spending here, it’s My Teddy’s, his hard-earned money and he is not exactly rich, you know. But he said go for it. If it’s a scam then we lost a big amount of money and then we will have to think of another way to get you to the UK but if they turn out to be true to their word, then we won’t have any more problems. That’s when I know he really loves me.  </p>
<p>The court finally pulled through and delivered their end of the bargain. My annulment case was over just one month after the pay-off. I should have thought about offering the grease money much much earlier!  All in all, we spent P175 thousand for the annulment. Now, because of my annulment, my lawyer and the court are the best of buddies.  My lawyer can give anybody an annulment in just one month for Two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00). That’s right! It’s now as easy as buying aspirin at the drugstore.  </p>
<p>So where am I now? </p>
<p>I am now in the process of waiting for my son’s and my UK visa. Two years ago when my fiancé and I started to live together, he took the time to register himself at the British Embassy and myself as the person responsible for him while he’s here. He took the time to know the people who might help things easier for me for when the time comes for me to file my application. He went back to the UK and did everything required to show that he has the means to take care of both my son and I and that means a proper home, a well-paying stable job and a fat bank account. He sent me letters every month, which I kept safe and he did the same for all his phone bills. He calls me every week. In the two years he’s been in the UK, he’s come to visit me four times, three weeks each time, not counting the 4-months he stayed here with me hoping we could wait out the annulment together.  Our two-year relationship is well document and there is no reason to doubt that we are for real.  </p>
<p>I’m now hoping we don’t encounter any more problems. We have gone through a lot. We’re in love and just want to be together. I hope that if I write another article it will be about my life as wife of my nice Brit guy in the UK. So….wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Divorce and Annulment in the Philippines by pokwang</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to all folks who might be interested on this article. i came across on this on the web and it is very fascinating. 

SO YOU WANT AN ANNULMENT? Of course you do!  Thanks to him you’re physically, emotionally and mentally abused. You’re tired of working your butt off, earning a living to put food on the table while he goes squandering his paycheck on booze and cheap women. Enough is enough, right? So you pack your bags, your kid, even your cat and left. But still, if he had gone after you, you would have given him a second chance. After all, there is no divorce in the Philippines and you’re married to the pig! But did he go running after you? Hell, no! Instead he celebrated his newfound freedom. No more wifey to ask him where he’s been when he’s supposed to be looking for a job. Why would he care if you leave? There’s still his mom to care for him and as for sex he can get that anywhere.

Yep…that’s my fairy tale. No living happily ever after.  

It didn’t take long for me to realize that I made a grave mistake of marrying my ex-husband we’ll call under the pseudonym, Manoy. After the separation, I vowed never to trust another man again. If men can use women for pleasure, why can’t women, right? But I wasn’t ready to be a slut. What’s the next best thing? ON-LINE DATING. At least in the chatroom, these men don’t have any other choice but to talk. Plus, I can be anybody I want to be on the internet. Ahhhh…..the power of the internet is in my hands. Dating has never been so much fun! 

I should be thankful Manoy didn’t try to get me back after I left him. If he had, I wouldn’t have met the man who will restore all my faith in the opposite sex. Eventually, I met my fiancé, on-line, in one of the penpal websites. We will call my “My Teddy” J He swept me away with his intelligent words, honesty and sincerity. Plus he wanted to meet me. He was willing to travel halfway around the world, where foreigners are being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf to meet me. Now…that, is something. 

We fell in love and pretty soon we knew that we wanted to be together. One problem. Although I’ve been living as a single mother for two years when we met, I am still legally married to Manoy. No way My Teddy is going to live here in the Philippines. He can’t get a job here, he won’t survive the weather and most important of all, he has an 8-year-old son he will miss terribly. The only solution is for me and my son to join him in the UK. Here is where the annulment comes in. So many have offered advise on how to get me to the UK. To go to the UK as a tourist and then divorce Manoy there is the most popular. Apparently, it would be easier to go there as a tourist and then disappear than to actually file for an annulment. But My Teddy won’t have that. We both want everything to be legal and I definitely will not leave without my son. My Teddy is willing to pay whatever it cost to get me an annulment but first, he has to go back to the UK.  

So off I went to see a lawyer and I have good-naturedly enumerated his advice for all you people still reading this : 

1/ GROUNDS – PSYCHOLOGICALLY INCAPACITATED 

This is the ONLY one that works. I won’t bother explaining why. If one of you is loony then it’s unfair for the other one to be in the marriage. But there’s a catch to it. It has to be proven that the lunacy had been there even before the marriage.  

2/ IT HAS TO BE UNCONTESTED 

The reason why annulments drag on is that one party will file a counter affidavit. Because the Philippine Family Code’s mission is to “preserve the Filipino family”, a counter affidavit is seen as an indication that the marriage can still be saved. This also means, I had to go see Manoy to convince him that an annulment is best for us, more for him, because he already has a girlfriend.  At that time, he doesn’t know I have My Teddy. He’s got to gain more from it to make him agree. More than anything else, he’s going to get an annulment absolutely free. I agreed to cover all expense. Because I know that he will never admit that he is the cause of the break-up and that he will never agree to be the loony party, I had to be the respondent to the case and because I’m the respondent, I can guarantee that it will definitely be UNCONTESTED. Now, why would I file a counter-affidavit, right?  

3/  PROOF THAT THERE WAS NO COLLUSION  

The court will want to know that the annulment is not scripted. That is why it is important that the respondent never show his or her (in my case, my face) in court. They don’t want to make it too obvious that they were not really following proper court procedure. Later on I will tell you that this is all bs!  

4/ MONEY TALKS….BIG TIME 

One year after we took the first three items into consideration, and the case was still sitting at someone’s desk gathering dust. My lawyer, upon my instructions, “secretly” talked to the court clerk and asked him exactly how much it is going to take to get the annulment over and done with. Take note : the court clerk acts as the spokesperson for the judge and everybody else involved in that case. That way, if someone decides to squeal on them, the top guys don’t get into trouble. It was at this point that my lawyer was given a figure, 100 thousand pesos to get it final by December. It was October that time.  

The 100 Thousand pesos will pay for the judge, solicitor general and initial investigator, everybody involved in the case. This will say that there was no collusion and that there are no objections to the annulment. So didn’t I tell you this was all bs?  

5/ GAMBLE 

Now, I’ve never gambled in my life. I was ready to back out. I was sure it was a scam. It will all be under the table. That means no receipts involved. It’s not my money I’m spending here, it’s My Teddy’s, his hard-earned money and he is not exactly rich, you know. But he said go for it. If it’s a scam then we lost a big amount of money and then we will have to think of another way to get you to the UK but if they turn out to be true to their word, then we won’t have any more problems. That’s when I know he really loves me.  

The court finally pulled through and delivered their end of the bargain. My annulment case was over just one month after the pay-off. I should have thought about offering the grease money much much earlier!  All in all, we spent P175 thousand for the annulment. Now, because of my annulment, my lawyer and the court are the best of buddies.  My lawyer can give anybody an annulment in just one month for Two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00). That’s right! It’s now as easy as buying aspirin at the drugstore.  

So where am I now? 

I am now in the process of waiting for my son’s and my UK visa. Two years ago when my fiancé and I started to live together, he took the time to register himself at the British Embassy and myself as the person responsible for him while he’s here. He took the time to know the people who might help things easier for me for when the time comes for me to file my application. He went back to the UK and did everything required to show that he has the means to take care of both my son and I and that means a proper home, a well-paying stable job and a fat bank account. He sent me letters every month, which I kept safe and he did the same for all his phone bills. He calls me every week. In the two years he’s been in the UK, he’s come to visit me four times, three weeks each time, not counting the 4-months he stayed here with me hoping we could wait out the annulment together.  Our two-year relationship is well document and there is no reason to doubt that we are for real.  

I’m now hoping we don’t encounter any more problems. We have gone through a lot. We’re in love and just want to be together. I hope that if I write another article it will be about my life as wife of my nice Brit guy in the UK. So….wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to all folks who might be interested on this article. i came across on this on the web and it is very fascinating. </p>
<p>SO YOU WANT AN ANNULMENT? Of course you do!  Thanks to him you’re physically, emotionally and mentally abused. You’re tired of working your butt off, earning a living to put food on the table while he goes squandering his paycheck on booze and cheap women. Enough is enough, right? So you pack your bags, your kid, even your cat and left. But still, if he had gone after you, you would have given him a second chance. After all, there is no divorce in the Philippines and you’re married to the pig! But did he go running after you? Hell, no! Instead he celebrated his newfound freedom. No more wifey to ask him where he’s been when he’s supposed to be looking for a job. Why would he care if you leave? There’s still his mom to care for him and as for sex he can get that anywhere.</p>
<p>Yep…that’s my fairy tale. No living happily ever after.  </p>
<p>It didn’t take long for me to realize that I made a grave mistake of marrying my ex-husband we’ll call under the pseudonym, Manoy. After the separation, I vowed never to trust another man again. If men can use women for pleasure, why can’t women, right? But I wasn’t ready to be a slut. What’s the next best thing? ON-LINE DATING. At least in the chatroom, these men don’t have any other choice but to talk. Plus, I can be anybody I want to be on the internet. Ahhhh…..the power of the internet is in my hands. Dating has never been so much fun! </p>
<p>I should be thankful Manoy didn’t try to get me back after I left him. If he had, I wouldn’t have met the man who will restore all my faith in the opposite sex. Eventually, I met my fiancé, on-line, in one of the penpal websites. We will call my “My Teddy” J He swept me away with his intelligent words, honesty and sincerity. Plus he wanted to meet me. He was willing to travel halfway around the world, where foreigners are being kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf to meet me. Now…that, is something. </p>
<p>We fell in love and pretty soon we knew that we wanted to be together. One problem. Although I’ve been living as a single mother for two years when we met, I am still legally married to Manoy. No way My Teddy is going to live here in the Philippines. He can’t get a job here, he won’t survive the weather and most important of all, he has an 8-year-old son he will miss terribly. The only solution is for me and my son to join him in the UK. Here is where the annulment comes in. So many have offered advise on how to get me to the UK. To go to the UK as a tourist and then divorce Manoy there is the most popular. Apparently, it would be easier to go there as a tourist and then disappear than to actually file for an annulment. But My Teddy won’t have that. We both want everything to be legal and I definitely will not leave without my son. My Teddy is willing to pay whatever it cost to get me an annulment but first, he has to go back to the UK.  </p>
<p>So off I went to see a lawyer and I have good-naturedly enumerated his advice for all you people still reading this : </p>
<p>1/ GROUNDS – PSYCHOLOGICALLY INCAPACITATED </p>
<p>This is the ONLY one that works. I won’t bother explaining why. If one of you is loony then it’s unfair for the other one to be in the marriage. But there’s a catch to it. It has to be proven that the lunacy had been there even before the marriage.  </p>
<p>2/ IT HAS TO BE UNCONTESTED </p>
<p>The reason why annulments drag on is that one party will file a counter affidavit. Because the Philippine Family Code’s mission is to “preserve the Filipino family”, a counter affidavit is seen as an indication that the marriage can still be saved. This also means, I had to go see Manoy to convince him that an annulment is best for us, more for him, because he already has a girlfriend.  At that time, he doesn’t know I have My Teddy. He’s got to gain more from it to make him agree. More than anything else, he’s going to get an annulment absolutely free. I agreed to cover all expense. Because I know that he will never admit that he is the cause of the break-up and that he will never agree to be the loony party, I had to be the respondent to the case and because I’m the respondent, I can guarantee that it will definitely be UNCONTESTED. Now, why would I file a counter-affidavit, right?  </p>
<p>3/  PROOF THAT THERE WAS NO COLLUSION  </p>
<p>The court will want to know that the annulment is not scripted. That is why it is important that the respondent never show his or her (in my case, my face) in court. They don’t want to make it too obvious that they were not really following proper court procedure. Later on I will tell you that this is all bs!  </p>
<p>4/ MONEY TALKS….BIG TIME </p>
<p>One year after we took the first three items into consideration, and the case was still sitting at someone’s desk gathering dust. My lawyer, upon my instructions, “secretly” talked to the court clerk and asked him exactly how much it is going to take to get the annulment over and done with. Take note : the court clerk acts as the spokesperson for the judge and everybody else involved in that case. That way, if someone decides to squeal on them, the top guys don’t get into trouble. It was at this point that my lawyer was given a figure, 100 thousand pesos to get it final by December. It was October that time.  </p>
<p>The 100 Thousand pesos will pay for the judge, solicitor general and initial investigator, everybody involved in the case. This will say that there was no collusion and that there are no objections to the annulment. So didn’t I tell you this was all bs?  </p>
<p>5/ GAMBLE </p>
<p>Now, I’ve never gambled in my life. I was ready to back out. I was sure it was a scam. It will all be under the table. That means no receipts involved. It’s not my money I’m spending here, it’s My Teddy’s, his hard-earned money and he is not exactly rich, you know. But he said go for it. If it’s a scam then we lost a big amount of money and then we will have to think of another way to get you to the UK but if they turn out to be true to their word, then we won’t have any more problems. That’s when I know he really loves me.  </p>
<p>The court finally pulled through and delivered their end of the bargain. My annulment case was over just one month after the pay-off. I should have thought about offering the grease money much much earlier!  All in all, we spent P175 thousand for the annulment. Now, because of my annulment, my lawyer and the court are the best of buddies.  My lawyer can give anybody an annulment in just one month for Two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000.00). That’s right! It’s now as easy as buying aspirin at the drugstore.  </p>
<p>So where am I now? </p>
<p>I am now in the process of waiting for my son’s and my UK visa. Two years ago when my fiancé and I started to live together, he took the time to register himself at the British Embassy and myself as the person responsible for him while he’s here. He took the time to know the people who might help things easier for me for when the time comes for me to file my application. He went back to the UK and did everything required to show that he has the means to take care of both my son and I and that means a proper home, a well-paying stable job and a fat bank account. He sent me letters every month, which I kept safe and he did the same for all his phone bills. He calls me every week. In the two years he’s been in the UK, he’s come to visit me four times, three weeks each time, not counting the 4-months he stayed here with me hoping we could wait out the annulment together.  Our two-year relationship is well document and there is no reason to doubt that we are for real.  </p>
<p>I’m now hoping we don’t encounter any more problems. We have gone through a lot. We’re in love and just want to be together. I hope that if I write another article it will be about my life as wife of my nice Brit guy in the UK. So….wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted.</p>
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		<dc:creator>pokwang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>our muslim brothers and foreigners have more rights than the christian citizens of this country. there’s a divorce law in the muslim world and divorced foreigners are legally recognized. this makes the rest of the citizens of the republic of the philippines a bunch second class citizens of their very own country. this is really very distressing. why in the world there’s not a single lawyer who will petition the supreme court on the inequality and the unconstitutionality of the situation? the philippine constitution have guaranteed that all citizens of the republic of the philippines should have their basic equal rights. why can our muslim brothers have a divorce law and the rest have none? does this mean that the rest of the citizens of this country are all dumb? this is the only country on this planet who gives more better treatment to foreigners than its own citizens. recognizing their divorce while the rest of the citizens have to go through hell just to get an annulment. no wonder this country is going nowhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>our muslim brothers and foreigners have more rights than the christian citizens of this country. there’s a divorce law in the muslim world and divorced foreigners are legally recognized. this makes the rest of the citizens of the republic of the philippines a bunch second class citizens of their very own country. this is really very distressing. why in the world there’s not a single lawyer who will petition the supreme court on the inequality and the unconstitutionality of the situation? the philippine constitution have guaranteed that all citizens of the republic of the philippines should have their basic equal rights. why can our muslim brothers have a divorce law and the rest have none? does this mean that the rest of the citizens of this country are all dumb? this is the only country on this planet who gives more better treatment to foreigners than its own citizens. recognizing their divorce while the rest of the citizens have to go through hell just to get an annulment. no wonder this country is going nowhere.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Effects of Foreign Divorce on Filipino Spouse by pokwang</title>
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		<dc:creator>pokwang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>our muslim brothers and foreigners have more rights than the christian citizens of this country. there’s a divorce law in the muslim world and divorced foreigners are legally recognized. this makes the rest of the citizens of the republic of the philippines a bunch second class citizens of their very own country. this is really very distressing. why in the world there’s not a single lawyer who will petition the supreme court on the inequality of the situation? the constitution has guaranteed that all citizen of the republic of the philippines should be treated equally and yet what we have now is a clear violation of the said provision. why can our muslim brothers have a divorce law and the rest have none? does this mean that the rest of the citizens of this country are all dumb? this is the only country on this planet who gives more better treatment to foreigners than its own citizens. recognizing their divorce while the rest of the citizens have to go through hell just to get an annulment. no wonder this country is going nowhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>our muslim brothers and foreigners have more rights than the christian citizens of this country. there’s a divorce law in the muslim world and divorced foreigners are legally recognized. this makes the rest of the citizens of the republic of the philippines a bunch second class citizens of their very own country. this is really very distressing. why in the world there’s not a single lawyer who will petition the supreme court on the inequality of the situation? the constitution has guaranteed that all citizen of the republic of the philippines should be treated equally and yet what we have now is a clear violation of the said provision. why can our muslim brothers have a divorce law and the rest have none? does this mean that the rest of the citizens of this country are all dumb? this is the only country on this planet who gives more better treatment to foreigners than its own citizens. recognizing their divorce while the rest of the citizens have to go through hell just to get an annulment. no wonder this country is going nowhere.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Proposed Divorce Law in the Philippines by pokwang</title>
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		<dc:creator>pokwang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>our muslim brothers and foreigners have more rights than the christian citizens of this country. there's a divorce law in the muslim world and divorced foreigners are legally recognized. this makes the rest of the citizens of the republic of the philippines a bunch second class citizens of their very own country. this is really very distressing. why in the world there's not a single lawyer who will petition the supreme court on the inequality of the situation? why can our muslim brothers have a divorce law and the rest have none? does this mean that the rest of the citizens of this country are all dumb? this is the only country on this planet who gives more better treatment to foreigners than its own citizens. recognizing their divorce while the rest of the citizens have to go through hell just to get an annulment. no wonder this country is going nowhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>our muslim brothers and foreigners have more rights than the christian citizens of this country. there&#8217;s a divorce law in the muslim world and divorced foreigners are legally recognized. this makes the rest of the citizens of the republic of the philippines a bunch second class citizens of their very own country. this is really very distressing. why in the world there&#8217;s not a single lawyer who will petition the supreme court on the inequality of the situation? why can our muslim brothers have a divorce law and the rest have none? does this mean that the rest of the citizens of this country are all dumb? this is the only country on this planet who gives more better treatment to foreigners than its own citizens. recognizing their divorce while the rest of the citizens have to go through hell just to get an annulment. no wonder this country is going nowhere.</p>
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		<link>http://jlp-law.com/blog/christmas-bonus-vs-13th-month-pay/#comment-11871</link>
		<dc:creator>Christmas Bonus vs. 13th Month Pay &#124; Bum No More</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Venue of Petitions for Annulment or Declaration of Nullity by faith09</title>
		<link>http://jlp-law.com/blog/venue-for-petitions-for-annulment-or-declaration-of-nullity/#comment-11867</link>
		<dc:creator>faith09</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>atty, 

     i want to talk to you privately, im looking for a lawyer because i want to file an annulment.  How can i get in touch with you, i am an ofw. 

     thans!


faith</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>atty, </p>
<p>     i want to talk to you privately, im looking for a lawyer because i want to file an annulment.  How can i get in touch with you, i am an ofw. </p>
<p>     thans!</p>
<p>faith</p>
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		<title>Comment on Reproductive Health Bill: Fact Sheet and Explanatory Note by elhsa_enaj</title>
		<link>http://jlp-law.com/blog/reproductive-health-bill-fact-sheet-and-explanatory-note/#comment-11866</link>
		<dc:creator>elhsa_enaj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Facts?!! all of us know that the Philippines is NOT "YET" OVERPOPULATED, these people regarding their recommendations about Contraception, LACK the SPIRIT of TRUE VIRTUES and wants to remove it in minds of the young!

The specific SOLUTIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE is simple.

-first of all this country doesn't and wont need corruption!
-the money to be spent for this bill should be used for a PROPER and for a "MORAL" education of our people.
-they should always tell the people about its TRUE EFFECTS in our country and to US.
-INSTEAD OF KILLING THE POPULATION GROWTH, IT IS MORE LIKELY TO USE IT FOR ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS! 

EFFECTS OF THE RH BILL

-the DISSOLUTION and Removal of the SIGNIFICANCE and IMPORTANCE of a proper family and matrimony.
-increase of PROSTITUTION and ABUSES!
-the loss of moral values or virtues towards our youth.
-women will loose their socio-cultural pregnancy and motherhood as to men.
- the consideration of the/our body ONLY as SEX OBJECTS!
-INCREASE in homosexuality
-Euthanasia of the Philippines
-more killings
-DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER!

FOR DISCUSSIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE RH BILL EFFECTS, YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT; elhsa_enaj@yahoo.com THANK YOU...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Facts?!! all of us know that the Philippines is NOT &#8220;YET&#8221; OVERPOPULATED, these people regarding their recommendations about Contraception, LACK the SPIRIT of TRUE VIRTUES and wants to remove it in minds of the young!</p>
<p>The specific SOLUTIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE is simple.</p>
<p>-first of all this country doesn&#8217;t and wont need corruption!<br />
-the money to be spent for this bill should be used for a PROPER and for a &#8220;MORAL&#8221; education of our people.<br />
-they should always tell the people about its TRUE EFFECTS in our country and to US.<br />
-INSTEAD OF KILLING THE POPULATION GROWTH, IT IS MORE LIKELY TO USE IT FOR ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS! </p>
<p>EFFECTS OF THE RH BILL</p>
<p>-the DISSOLUTION and Removal of the SIGNIFICANCE and IMPORTANCE of a proper family and matrimony.<br />
-increase of PROSTITUTION and ABUSES!<br />
-the loss of moral values or virtues towards our youth.<br />
-women will loose their socio-cultural pregnancy and motherhood as to men.<br />
- the consideration of the/our body ONLY as SEX OBJECTS!<br />
-INCREASE in homosexuality<br />
-Euthanasia of the Philippines<br />
-more killings<br />
-DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER!</p>
<p>FOR DISCUSSIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE RH BILL EFFECTS, YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT; <a href="mailto:elhsa_enaj@yahoo.com">elhsa_enaj@yahoo.com</a> THANK YOU&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Comment on Annulment, Divorce and Legal Separation in the Philippines: Questions and Answers by guardians08</title>
		<link>http://jlp-law.com/blog/annulment-divorce-legal-separation-in-the-philippines-questions-and-answers/#comment-11865</link>
		<dc:creator>guardians08</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Attorney, my brother's wife has already lost her interest in being a mother in the house because she is always thinking about her parents and her brothers due to fact that her parents are sick and her wife's brother brainwashed her that it is better to live with her parents than her husband and child. She sometimes leave her family and go to her parents in the province just to see them. If she in their house with her husband and son, she will not do anything and depend it all to her husband, and that cause quarrel and chaos inside their house. My brother is working and a small business in which his wife is the one who manage it but sometimes it will be closed because his wife has no interest already. Can my brother file an legal separation?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attorney, my brother&#8217;s wife has already lost her interest in being a mother in the house because she is always thinking about her parents and her brothers due to fact that her parents are sick and her wife&#8217;s brother brainwashed her that it is better to live with her parents than her husband and child. She sometimes leave her family and go to her parents in the province just to see them. If she in their house with her husband and son, she will not do anything and depend it all to her husband, and that cause quarrel and chaos inside their house. My brother is working and a small business in which his wife is the one who manage it but sometimes it will be closed because his wife has no interest already. Can my brother file an legal separation?</p>
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