Philippines
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- February 11, 1987
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- mixed legal system of Anglo-Saxon, Islamic, common law, customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Senado) and House of Representatives (Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed for four years by the President on the recommendation of the Council of Judges and Lawyers); Court of Appeals
RELIGIONS
83% Catholics, 9% Protestants, 5% Muslims, 3% Buddhists, and other minorities
From the country
- OCTOBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW EXECUTED IN SAUDI THOUGHT HE WAS TO BE FREED
overseas Filipino worker Jenifer Bedoya, who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia, thought he was about to be released, according to family.
- OCTOBER 13, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW GROUP CONFIRMS DEATH FOR 3 KAPAMPANGAN
Migrante International (Migrante) lamented conflicting statements from the Philippines government on the fate of three Kapampangan natives from Mexico town...
- OCTOBER 1, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAIWANESE WOMAN FOR CASH
a Taiwanese court sentenced a Filipino woman to death for killing a Taiwan woman for money. The Kaohsiung District Court in southern Taiwan passed the sentence on Armia Menecia Panaglima, 39, in the killing of Chiu Mei-yun, 48, in Kaohsiung on September 1
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: ESCUDERO COOL ON ENDORSING RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY
in the Philippines, the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights is not inclined to support a measure that seeks to reimpose capital punishment.
- JULY 23, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FILIPINA NOT SENTENCED TO DEATH, SAYS AMBASSADOR
Ricardo Endaya, Ambassador of the Philippines to Kuwait, stated in an interview with Al Watan Daily that, contrary to reports published by a local English daily, Jakatia Pawa, a Filipina domestic worker accused of murdering the daughter of her employer, w
- JULY 21, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINA’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of a lower court, which sentenced a Filipina housemaid identified as Jakatia Mandon Pawa, 31, of Zamboanga del Norte, to capital punishment for the premeditated murder of her sponsor’s 20 year old daughter a
- JULY 8, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI EMIR COMMUTES FILIPINO’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
the death sentence of May Vecina, a Filipino overseas worker sentenced to death for killing her six year old ward in Kuwait, was commuted to life imprisonment by the Emir of Kuwait, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- JULY 1, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
three overseas Filipino workers...
three overseas Filipino workers...
- MAY 27, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EFFORTS TO SAVE DEATH-ROW FILIPINOS
the Filipino Ambassador to Kuwait, Ricardo Endaya, talked to the Arab Times about three Filipinos, Bienvenido Espino Jr, May Vecina and Jakatia Pawa, who are awaiting the death sentence in Kuwait.
- MAY 20, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: DEATH PENALTY NO SOLUTION TO HEINOUS CRIMES
the death penalty is not the solution to heinous crimes
- MAY 20, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: BISHOP: DEATH PENALTY A 'COSMETIC SOLUTION' TO CRIMES
Bishop Pedro Arigo, head of the Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care of the Catholic Church in the Philippines said killing criminals will not address the root cause of crimes.
- MAY 19, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: ZUBIRI, LACSON WANT TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
two senators in the Philippines called for the restoration of the death ...