Migs Pilapil

Ended a taxing midterm week by presenting our group research papers at the Communication Research International Conference (#CRIC2023) and finishing my first race at #TheGreatUPRun. Fill the unforgiving minute!

The #SupremeCourtPH has ruled that only the injured spouse – not the one who knowingly entered a bigamous marriage  – can ask the court to nullify it.   In a Decision written by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, the Supreme Court En Banc denied a Filipina’s petition to declare her second marriage void for being bigamous.  The petitioner first married a Chinese national in Hong Kong and the Philippines. While working in Hong Kong, she had an affair with a Filipino whom she later married when she returned to the Philippines.   Her first husband later obtained a divorce in Hong Kong, which a Parañaque court recognized, effectively dissolving their marriage.       After 14 years, she separated from her second husband and sought to nullify their marriage, arguing that it was void for being bigamous. She also requested permission to remarry. Denying her petition, the Supreme Court stated that only the aggrieved or innocent spouse from either marriage has the right to petition for the annulment of a second marriage. In this case, it was the petitioner’s first husband who held that right, but he lost it after obtaining a divorce. This right did not transfer to the petitioner, who is considered the guilty spouse. Read the full text of the Press Release at sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-guilty-spou…. Read the full text of the Decision at sc.judiciary.gov.ph/g-r-259520/ Copying of this content is subject to the SC PIO’s Credit Attribution Policy: sc.judiciary.gov.ph/credit-attribu….

John Cena and legendary WWE cameraman, Stu shared a moment at the #RoyalRumble last weekend. Cena x Stu, a bond that can never be broken. ❤️ Hopefully Stu will get his rightful flowers in Cena’s eventual Hall of Fame speech.