Fewer Filipinos are saying ‘I do’ and it’s not always about money

They say it’s easy to get married, but hard to stay married. And in the Philippines, it seems harder just to say “I do” at the altar. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show that marriages declined for the second consecutive year in 2024, down 10.2 percent to 371,825 from 414,000 in 2023—well