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James Robert M. Cataluña
James Robert M. Cataluña
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James Wall
Dulcesima Bacan Baa peacefully joined our Creator
on Jul 5, 2013 at the age of 63.
She is the mother of Ronald Baa, a 4th year student of
Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English and a
member of Capitol University Glee Club.
Rudyard D. Demata passed away last July 18, 2013 at
the age of 68 at Butuan City.
He is the father of Dr. Ma. Nenita Caño, Dean of the
College of Criminology of this University.
Pedro Jose Sutacio Sr. passed away last July 23,
2013 at Iloilo city.
He is the father of Prof. Pedro Jose Sutacio Jr. of the
College of Education, board member of CU Alumni and a
former Editor in Chief of Capitol Chronicle.
Chemonnete L. Apas peacefully joined our creator last
June 28, 2013 at the age of 18. She died at Maria Reyna
Hospital.
Ms Apas is a 4th year BSBA student, major in Financial
Management of this institution.
Nickielou Nipaya Cahoy, 25 peacefully joined our
Creator on August 12, 2013.
Nickielou is a 4th year Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration major in Marketing student in this institution.
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ension caused by the proposal of the divorce bill in
congress is still on. More so, it has unintentionally divided the lawmakers and the nation. With the Gabriella Partylist, spearheading the amendment of this bill, it
was refiled in the 16th Congress. Still recovering from
the passing of the RH Law, the Catholic Church is yet to
face another a fortiori, deploring the possibility of defeating the
sanctity of marriage especially that the Philippines along with
the Vatican state are the only countries who remain negative
with divorce.
We all know that marriage is one of the holy
activities of people in the world. Marriage, as a sacred activity,
seems to be unsacredly practiced by couples nowadays. Viewing the bigger picture out of it, married couples nowadays can,
anytime, file a complaint in court when there is unsatisfaction
or at least there is no ‘Love’ anymore between them. Where is
now the sense of accepting each other at the very first place of
exchanging vows in the church upon the sight of God and men
that whatsoever the circumstances may be, they will always live
the phrase ‘till death do us part’. Yet for a divorce bill, I believe
it is unrighteous that by just a sign of a pen, an intimate relationship through marriage can end rather than it is supposed to
be a lifetime decision. I believe marriage should not be like that.
It should never be that way.
Take a closer look at people who are in a broken family
caused by an unsuccessful marriage. Take time to feel their sentiments and conditions. I have never heard someone say that he
is happy with his stepmother or stepfather. But I can be wrong
and actually there is, I believe the possibility that the feeling will
still be different with that of having a biological family that you
can be with on a dinner table on a cold Christmas day.
I can understand those people seeking refuge after their
marriage got devastated by psychological incapacity, unreasonable behavior, and/or desertions of their partner. What I
cannot take is the fact that people tend to use those aforementioned reasons as grounds to leave their family and to marry
again for the sake of their own comfort. They only care for their
own happiness not considering that the problem can still be
solved through in-depth talk and less-pride conversations.
For a divorcing-couple it is not the conflicting parents who
will be most affected emotionally and psychologically but the
children themselves, which is very crucial to their mind-setting
as they might be bringing it in their future families too. Remember that a family is the fiber of the society. If this will be taken
for granted, I am sure moral values would be in oblivion.
I want to emphasize that if ever this bill will turn into a
law, the people will no longer bother on thinking on who to
marry for the rest of their life, knowing that they can just end
it up through a court decision. And people will no longer treat
marriage as holy as it is. I guess this bill is just a personal avenue among Filipinos who find annulment as hassle, costly, and
time-consuming. A Divorce law, by definition, is the process of
making a legal marriage ineffective which is very unacceptable
to the Filipino family. We need not mimic the 1st world countries
who have legalized it. We need not worry if we are one of the
only two remaining countries without the said law. We just need
to show to them how important it is to have an intact family.
Even if technology is fast transforming, there is always no room
for the modernization of values.
Our nation can prosper without the intervention of the divorce bill and any individual can
find happiness and satisfaction in marriage
through appreciating its very essence. As a
part of this generation, I say we will also
have our own family someday. And by
that, I do not want that this will change
the essence of our having a family, so
as the essence of marriage, to the
next generation of Filipino families.
I add my voice to the opposition of
the divorce bill.
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