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 28, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. MANILA COURT SENTENCES THREE MILITANTS TO DEATH
a Philippine court sentenced three Muslim militants, including an Indonesian, to death for the bombing of a bus that killed four people in Manila on February 14, 2005.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CBCP RESTATES CALL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
reiterating its call for the government to abolish death penalty, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Prison and Pastoral Care (CBCP-ECPPC) pushed for reforms in the current penal system and called on the faithful to
- OCTOBER 24, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for
A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for "heinous" crimes.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Philippine national Marilou Ranario
Philippine national Marilou Ranario
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 12 DEATH ROW CONVICTS GET 90-DAY REPRIEVE
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted 12 death row convicts a 90-day reprieve, rescheduling their date of execution by lethal injection from October to January 2006. In a memorandum to Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez and Bureau of Corrections Director
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QCRTC), the Philippines, sentenced to death eight of nine kidnappers convicted of abducting the son of a wealthy businessman in Batangas.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 24 FILIPINOS FACE DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA
twenty-four Filipino workers were facing the death penalty for murder and drug-related cases, the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH FOR 4 IN BUSINESSWOMAN'S ABDUCTION
four out of 14 people accused of abducting Chinese-Filipino businesswoman Michelle Siu Ragos were sentenced to death, seven others were sentenced to life, while three were acquitted, according to a decision by Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Las Piñas
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH FOR 4 IN BUSINESSWOMAN'S ABDUCTION
four out of 14 people accused of abducting Chinese-Filipino businesswoman Michelle Siu Ragos were sentenced to death, seven others were sentenced to life, while three were acquitted, according to a decision by Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Las Piñas
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY URGED
despite the death penalty, at least 18 murders were being committed every day in the Philippines.
- JUNE 22, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. COURT SENTENCES SEVEN MILITANTS TO DEATH
a Philippine court sentenced to death seven suspected members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for the kidnapping and murder of farmers on the southern island of Basilan in 2001.
- JUNE 21, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH PENALTY FOR POLL CHEATERS SOUGHT
Senator Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada had filed a bill seeking to amend the Omnibus Election Code (OEC) whereby capital punishment would be imposed on candidates found to have engaged in election fraud.