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
- MAY 26, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John...
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John Mamarion, Major Rolando Maclang, Juliet Harisco and Charlito Domingo after finding them guilty of kidnapping
- APRIL 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced...
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines after they were found guilty of kidnapping and killing businessman Jonell Mendiola
- APRIL 19, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II said that terrorism could not be...
Pope John Paul II said that terrorism could not be combated with the death penalty but, on the contrary, by the promotion of respect for the dignity of the human person
- APRIL 12, 2004PhilippinesDEATH 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.
- MARCH 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larranaga, one of the six convicted...
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larranaga, one of the six convicted perpetrators in the controversial rape-slay of Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in 1997, asked the Supreme Court to reverse its February 3 ruling elevating his sentence from two life terms to death by
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential aspirant Eduardo "Bro
Presidential aspirant Eduardo "Bro
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two Filipinos sentenced...
Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two Filipinos sentenced to death and reprieved four days before their due execution on January 30, were granted a retrial after the country's supreme court said new evidence could prove their innocence
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the...
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the form of a "demarche" before the Department of Foreign Affairs in a bid to stop the scheduled 14 executions due in the Philippines in the month of February
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the...
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the form of a "demarche" before the Department of Foreign Affairs in a bid to stop the scheduled 14 executions due in the Philippines in the month of February
- FEBRUARY 7, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines...
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines could face execution in the next 18 months, an anti-crime group declared
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court raised the life sentences of Francisco...
The Supreme Court raised the life sentences of Francisco Juan Larranaga, Josman Aznar, Rowen Adlawan, Alberto Cano, Ariel Balansag and James Andrew Uy to capital punishment
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish...
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish death penalty in the Philippines following the Supreme Courts one-month suspension on the execution of convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan