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
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 4 OFWS AWAITING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA AND MALAYSIA
Philippines Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers, Esteban Conejos, said that 4 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) were awaiting execution abroad.
- JANUARY 30, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. VICE PRESIDENT TO VISIT KUWAIT TO PLEAD FOR LIFE OF CONDEMNED MAID
the Philippine Vice President Noli de Castro was to fly to Kuwait to plead for the life of a Filipina maid who was set to hang for killing her boss there, the foreign department said. Marilou Ranario, a 33 year-old teacher who went to work as a domestic i
- JANUARY 23, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DIPLOMATS TOLD TO SAVE MAID FROM EXECUTION IN KUWAIT
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered Philippine diplomats to do everything they could to save a Filipina teacher who was set to hang in Kuwait for killing her boss there.
- JANUARY 20, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PHILIPPINE COURT SENTENCES JOURNALIST’S KILLER TO DEATH
the Cebu City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced Edgar Belandres to death for fatally shooting a photojournalist in 2004.
- JANUARY 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAP
the Court of Appeals in the Philippines affirmed the death penalty meted by a lower court to Judith Jatulan for kidnapping a five-year-old boy in 1995.
- JANUARY 3, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ‘IMPLEMENT DEATH PENALTY NOW’ SAYS VACC
"We are appealing to President Macapagal-Arroyo to implement the death penalty law," Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) head Dante Jimenez said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 21, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 13 DEATH ROW INMATES RECEIVE STAY OF EXECUTION
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo temporarily stayed the execution of 13 death row inmates including 11 convicted rapists.
- DECEMBER 19, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
a court in Manila, the Philippines, sentenced 8 men to death for kidnapping a Chinese Filipino national.
- DECEMBER 7, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT GRANTS REPRIEVE TO 15 DEATH ROW CONVICTS
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo granted an indefinite reprieve to 15 convicts scheduled for execution in March, the government said.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PHILIPPINE LEADER SAYS SPANISH INMATE WILL NOT BE EXECUTED
Spanish Defence Minister José Bono said he had received assurances from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that a Spanish national sentenced to death by a court in Manila in 2004 would not be executed while she remained in power.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PASSES RESOLUTION ASKING MERCY FOR SPANIARD ON DEATH ROW
the European Parliament adopted a resolution asking the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to exercise her powers by granting an absolute pardon to European citizen Francisco Larranaga, condemned to death for rape and murder.