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    Question Davao laws

    Hi all...want to book a hotel in Davao for me and my pinay gf. I am white and younger than her, I have heard morals are strict in Davao is there any legal problem with us sharing a hotel room?


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    Quote Originally Posted by jims45 View Post
    Hi all...want to book a hotel in Davao for me and my pinay gf. I am white and younger than her, I have heard morals are strict in Davao is there any legal problem with us sharing a hotel room?
    Hi Jim,
    There are no rules about that as far as I know of, except perhaps within her family.

    Have you met before?

    The first time I met my now ex Filipina wife, she had booked a hotel room for me, and came too along with some of her brothers and sisters.

    Mick.


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    Shouldn't be a problem unless your girlfriend has been married before.


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    Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
    Shouldn't be a problem unless your girlfriend has been married before.
    I think you mean 'still married.' Adultery is against the law in Phil

    Adultery is illegal in the Philippines, where it incurs a jail sentence of at least seven years.

    Last updated at 00:12 04 January 2008

    A British man was hiding on a tropical island last night to avoid being jailed for adultery.

    David Scott and his Filipina partner Cynthia Villamor are being hunted by authorities in her home country.

    Police say Miss Villamor became pregnant with Mr Scott's child before she officially separated from her ex-husband.





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    Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
    Shouldn't be a problem unless your girlfriend has been married before.
    Do Filipina morals not normally come into a first meeting at least?

    I did not expect my then girl friend I was meeting for the first time to jump into bed with me

    Of course if she is happy to fair enough
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    Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
    I think you mean 'still married.' Adultery is against the law in Phil

    Adultery is illegal in the Philippines, where it incurs a jail sentence of at least seven years.

    Last updated at 00:12 04 January 2008

    A British man was hiding on a tropical island last night to avoid being jailed for adultery.

    David Scott and his Filipina partner Cynthia Villamor are being hunted by authorities in her home country.

    Police say Miss Villamor became pregnant with Mr Scott's child before she officially separated from her ex-husband.



    I did! Thank you!
    The problem is you will sometimes meet Filipino's that have been separated for a very long time. Most westerner's will presume they are divorced. Usually they are not.


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    Quote Originally Posted by jims45 View Post

    I have heard morals are strict in Davao is there any legal problem with us sharing a hotel room?
    Hmm ... that's a bit "rich", coming (as it would APPEAR to) from certain lawmakers in Davao who're reputed to "maintain [sometimes] several mistresses"!!!

    Personally, I feel that "what goes on" [sexually] between a man and woman "behind closed doors", so to speak, is NOBODY else's business, and OUGHT to be for the couple themselves to decide - within reason - so long as it's mutually consensual.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post

    Personally, I feel that "what goes on" [sexually] between a man and woman "behind closed doors", so to speak, is NOBODY else's business, and OUGHT to be for the couple themselves to decide - within reason - so long as it's mutually consensual.
    Jim ... on that note, I wish you and your girlfriend every success in your budding relationship.

    However, for all practical purposes I'd like to urge you to "make a point" of taking things slowly at the outset. Thereafter ... SHOULD the occasion "arise" for you BOTH (metaphorically speaking) then good luck with "doing [the] what comes naturally".


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    Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post

    Adultery is illegal in the Philippines, where it incurs a jail sentence of at least seven years.

    Last updated at 00:12 04 January 2008
    ... NOT so, it seems ... if you're a politician!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    ... NOT so, it seems ... if you're a politician!
    Ist of all arthur,there needs to be a complaint made to the Police by the husband.
    Secondly the complaint MUST be against both offending parties...
    After that they can be held until the court case.. Bit Draconian perhaps but thats the law here.


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    thanks for the replies


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    I've heard of paranoid westerners going out in Davao all clothed up with just their eyes on show. Apparently it's a good disguise that does the trick but if you're 6'5 with a protruding snout that tactic might not work.

    I've never heard of it being labelled as strict though. It's not an islamic stronghold, that part of Mindanao so I would imagine it to be the same as anywhere else in Luzon and the Visayas. It's meant to be pretty safe by all accounts.


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