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
- JULY 2, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Department of Justice argued for the...
The Philippines Department of Justice argued for the lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty, particularly concerning drug convicts, so that the heightened campaign against illegal drugs would have more "impact"
- JUNE 25, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sangki Ara, a 55 year old policeman, was sentenced...
Sangki Ara, a 55 year old policeman, was sentenced to die by lethal injection for selling methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" weighing 26
- JUNE 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked other...
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked other civil society groups to protest the continuing summary executions happening in Davao City purportedly to curb the illegal drugs trade and other criminal activities in the city
- JUNE 6, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Aquilino Q
Senator Aquilino Q
- JUNE 5, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Ten former Muslim guerrillas were sentenced to death...
Ten former Muslim guerrillas were sentenced to death by a court in the Philippines for the abduction of five people in 1999
- MAY 22, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced to death a former member...
The Supreme Court sentenced to death a former member of the Citizen's Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) and his companions after they were found guilty of murder and multiple attempted murder
- MAY 15, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An independent expert body that monitors how countries...
An independent expert body that monitors how countries implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights found violations in five countries
- MARCH 14, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino...
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino convict Andy Baguindah in order to revaluate his case upon request from the Philippine government
- JANUARY 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
House Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Apolinario...
House Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Apolinario Lozada Jr
- JANUARY 21, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines...
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines stated that there were nineteen Filipino nationals awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian prisons
- DECEMBER 31, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Seven death row inmates escaped from the provincial...
Seven death row inmates escaped from the provincial jail of Northern Samar in Bobon town at around 1:30 p
- DECEMBER 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of...
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of a death row inmate after it determined that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for rape and murder