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
- DECEMBER 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Member of Parliament Augusto Syjuco stated that the...
Member of Parliament Augusto Syjuco stated that the sale, manufacture and distribution of counterfeit medicines should be classified as a crime punishable by death through lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Catanduanes Rep
Catanduanes Rep
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita...
Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita said, despite declared a terrorist by the European Union, communist leader Jose Ma
- OCTOBER 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Ramon Revilla, one of the original proponents...
Sen. Ramon Revilla, one of the original proponents of the death penalty law (Republic Act 7559) said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Congress should rethink their policy and stand on the suspension and repeal of the death penalty law in the view of
- OCTOBER 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Five rookie policemen were charged with murder for...
Five rookie policemen were charged with murder for the summary execution of a man they had mistaken for a drug pusher
- OCTOBER 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judge Silvestre Bello Jr
Judge Silvestre Bello Jr
- OCTOBER 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Barbers, chairman of the Senate committee on...
Senator Barbers, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs filed Senate Bill 2374 prescribing that death by firing squad shall be carried out in public as a means of executing drug traffickers, manufacturers, pushers and the like
- OCTOBER 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta said that under the law elderly...
Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta said that under the law elderly convicts aged 70 years and above could no longer be meted the death penalty. As such, they should be moved to other units in the National Penitentiary
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Church warned President Arroyo against succumbing...
The Church warned President Arroyo against succumbing to pressure from influential Chinese factions lobbying for the execution of death convicts, in particular kidnappers
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An anti-crime group criticized the government of "toying...
An anti-crime group criticized the government of "toying around" with the death penalty law by ordering an indefinite halt to executions
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Committee on Justice endorsed the early...
The Senate Committee on Justice endorsed the early approval of a bill authored by Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suspended...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suspended the execution of all death row convicts while Congress is debating a proposed law abolishing the death penalty, Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said