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
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
- JULY 24, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KUWAITI BOY
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a Filipina maid to death after she was convicted of killing...
- JULY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNIDENTIFIED MAN FROM PHILIPPINES SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA
Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said that an unidentified man from the Philippines was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
- JULY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTION AWAITS 2 PHILIPPINE WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA
two Philippine women, whose identities were withheld...
- JUNE 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO, YEMENI NATIONAL BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Filipino and a Yemeni national convicted of murdering a Pakistani and a Saudi man, the Interior Ministry said.
- MAY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER FREED AFTER 15 YEARS IN JAIL
a Filipino maid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for the 1992 murder of her employer was freed after a US$533,000 settlement was paid to the victim’s family...
- APRIL 22, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR DOHA COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
in Qatar, a Doha court of appeal commuted the death penalty of a Philippine expatriate convicted of murder to 10 years in jail.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR PHILLIPINE MAID
the Kuwait Appeals Court upheld the death sentence of a Phillipine maid convicted of murdering her Kuwaiti boss in January 2005.
- JANUARY 1, 2007PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty.
On June 24, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EUROPE HAILS THE PHILIPPINES FOR ‘TURNING ITS BACK’ ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union hailed the Philippine government for “turning its back” on capital punishment and now counts on the latter to urge more countries to do the same, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs reported.
- JUNE 24, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty on the eve of her trip to the Vatican, but vowed she will not relent in battling terrorists and criminals.
- JUNE 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Manila Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, imposed a death sentence on eight men after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 12-year-old Chinese-Filipino student and his maid on March 15, 1999.