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
- APRIL 8, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. MPS URGE PHILIPPINES TO SPARE CONVICTED RAPIST ON DEATH ROW
a delegation of legislators from Spain urged Philippines President Gloria Arroyo on to spare the life of Paco Larranaga, scion of a Spanish-Filipino clan sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two young women.
- MARCH 15, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT REGRETS SAUDI BEHEADINGS
the Philippines said it regretted the beheadings of four Filipinos convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, but had no complaints about the conduct of the trial.
- MARCH 14, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR FILIPINOS BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
four Filipinos convicted of murdering a compatriot were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi city of Taef. Miguel Fernandez, Sergio Aldana, Wilfredo Batista and Antonio Alviza were convicted of murdering Jaimie de la Cruz.
- MARCH 3, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LAGUNA MAYOR
two men charged with killing a Laguna mayor, his driver, and a policeman were sentenced to death in the Philippines.
- MARCH 2, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CHINESE-FILIPINO WANT DEATH PENALTY RESTORED
members of the Chinese-Filipino community called on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the death penalty following a recent kidnapping incident involving a 3-year-old boy.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
the death penalty will be implemented “only if absolutely required by the times...
the death penalty will be implemented “only if absolutely required by the times...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines ignored...
President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines ignored fresh calls to lift a freeze on capital punishment amid a rising crime rate and granted a reprieve to 14 death row inmates, her chief aide said.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. BAN ON DEATH PENALTY STAYS BUT NOT FOR DRUGS AND KIDNAPPING
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said the moratorium on the implementation of death penalty through lethal injection would stay indefinitely, except for convicted kidnappers and drug traffickers, in order to strike fear among criminal syndica
- FEBRUARY 8, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo granted a 90-day reprieve to 18 death row inmates
President Gloria Arroyo granted a 90-day reprieve to 18 death row inmates
- FEBRUARY 6, 2005BruneiDEATH PENALTY
BRUNEI. PHILIPPINES TO SAVE NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
it was reported that the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will manage to save an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who was sentenced to death in Brunei for murdering his girlfriend.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2005BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Puzone, a Filipino with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Puzone, a Filipino with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 27, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Filipino Nelson Tanoja Diana, 50, was sentenced to death
Filipino Nelson Tanoja Diana, 50, was sentenced to death