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
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on...
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on the nights of September 30 and October 1 to celebrate the Philippines' decision to suspend death row executions, Rome's city council said
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
93.73% of the 1,010 (as of Sept 25, 2002) death row...
93.73% of the 1,010 (as of Sept 25, 2002) death row convicts come from the marginalized sector who cannot afford to hire competent legal defense due to poverty. Of this total, 47
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Congress vowed to expedite the proceedings on the bill...
Congress vowed to expedite the proceedings on the bill seeking to abolish the death penalty following the Supreme Court (SC) decision allowing the execution of 30 death convicts this year
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court rejected a petition by...
The Philippine Supreme Court rejected a petition by 30 convicts to stop their executions while Congress was debating a proposal to abolish capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops...
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops urged the Philippine government to blacklist Saudi Arabia as a work destination over the scheduled beheadings of Filipinos convicted by Islamic courts there
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Five overseas Filipino workers awaiting execution in...
Five overseas Filipino workers awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian jails have appealed to their government and countrymen to change their fate by raising the "blood money" to exchange for their freedom
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Gungon, one of the two abductors of former...
Roberto Gungon, one of the two abductors of former De La Salle University student Agnes Guirindola was sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court after he was found guilty of kidnapping with serious illegal detention and frustrated murder
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The second suspect in the kidnapping and frustrated...
The second suspect in the kidnapping and frustrated murder of De La Salle student Agnes Guirindola was ordered to die by lethal injection -seven and a half years after the first suspect was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A House resolution supported by 131 congressmen was...
A House resolution supported by 131 congressmen was filed urging the President to declare a moratorium on executions pending deliberations on a bill that would repeal Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law
- AUGUST 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo postponed...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo postponed for three months the scheduled executions of three convicted rapists amid a growing debate in the country over capital punishment
- AUGUST 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a nongovernmental...
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a nongovernmental organization, asked the Supreme Court to declare the death penalty law as unconstitutional and urged it to stop executions scheduled over the next three months
- AUGUST 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine presidential palace reiterated the position...
The Philippine presidential palace reiterated the position of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to implement capital punishment within the year