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
- AUGUST 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Prison moved 10 of 12 youth offenders out of Death...
Prison moved 10 of 12 youth offenders out of Death Row at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang...
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang Kabutihan (KPK) or Political Movement for the Common Good, was launched in the Philippines offering voters a purported "alternative" for the 2004 polls
- AUGUST 17, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in...
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in the Philippines despite a Supreme Court resolution ordering their transfer to the medium security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill...
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill repealing the death penalty before the first execution of a death convict under the Arroyo administration in October
- AUGUST 13, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Two House committees jointly approved a bill seeking...
Two House committees jointly approved a bill seeking to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 25 counts of death...
The Supreme Court has affirmed the 25 counts of death penalty the Pasig City Regional Trial Court imposed on a man who raped his 13-year-old daughter in 1998, at the time his wife was pregnant with their fifth child
- AUGUST 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (ECPPC)...
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (ECPPC) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) implored President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration to opt for justice that heals and not justice that kills
- AUGUST 8, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive...
An average of six overseas Filipino workers arrive in coffins while others are awaiting beheading in the Middle East
- AUGUST 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A press briefing was held jointly by the human rights...
A press briefing was held jointly by the human rights and revision of laws committees and the Free Legal Assistance Group to react to Col
- AUGUST 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
More than a hundred Philippines death convicts have...
More than a hundred Philippines death convicts have a new lease on life
- AUGUST 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials...
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials to remove 12 minors from Death Row, saying it was against the law to treat youth offenders as hardened criminals
- JULY 31, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Fraudsters who allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars...
Fraudsters who allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars in tax payments in the Philippines can expect harsh penalties, possibly even the death sentence, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said