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Garcia vs. Drilon (RTC Judge of Bacolod City)

JESUS C. GARCIA, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE RAY ALAN T. DRILON, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court-Branch 41, Bacolod City, and ROSALIE JAYPE-GARCIA, for herself and in behalf of minor children, namely: JO-ANN, JOSEPH EDUARD, JESSE ANTHONE, all surnamed GARCIA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179267 | 2013-06-25

EN BANC 
 
DECISION 
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.: 
 
Hailed as the bastion of Christianity in Asia, the Philippines boasts of 86.8 million Filipinos- or 93 percent of a total population of 93.3 million-adhering to the teachings of Jesus Christ. 1 Yet, the admonition for husbands to love their wives as their own bodies just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her2 failed to prevent, or even to curb, the pervasiveness of violence against Filipino women. The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) reported that, for the years 2000-2003, "female violence comprised more than 90% of all...