WIRE — MANILA, Philippines—More Filipino couples are putting off marriage and optong for "live-in" arrangements instead amid "shifting economic realities," the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) said on Tuesday, In a statement, CPD noted that the number of registered marriages in the country has decreased by 13.5 percent over the past 10 years, from 429,723 in
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