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 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Philippines meted out the death sentence...
A court in the Philippines meted out the death sentence to businessman Donaldo Padilla, 40, who arrested in possession of shabu worth about P600,000 in Las Pinas City in December 1995
- JULY 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The first execution under President Gloria Macapagal...
The first execution under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration will likely be conducted sooner than earlier announced
- JULY 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court stressed the importance...
The Philippines Supreme Court stressed the importance of DNA evidence as it denied with finality an appeal by a convicted rapist
- JULY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippine judge, who has earned a reputation in...
A Philippine judge, who has earned a reputation in Cabanatuan City as a "hanging judge," reversed his decision to impose the death penalty on a 43-year-old man charged with rape
- JULY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Barbers wants smugglers classified as...
Senator Robert Barbers wants smugglers classified as "economic saboteurs" and meted out the death penalty
- JULY 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine officials said they would assert their right...
Philippine officials said they would assert their right to prosecute any captured leaders of a Muslim guerrilla group linked to al Qaeda, despite US moves to indict the guerrillas for taking American hostages
- JULY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
For P18,000 a month, you could become a phlebotomist-the...
For P18,000 a month, you could become a phlebotomist-the executioner who delivers the lethal injection to a condemned convict
- JULY 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered an offensive...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered an offensive against the country's top smugglers and said they would be charged with economic sabotage, punishable by death
- JULY 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Death by "mysterious means," not by lethal injection,...
Death by "mysterious means," not by lethal injection, is slowly decimating the ranks of death-row convicts
- JULY 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Crusade Against Violence president Carina Agarao lashed...
Crusade Against Violence president Carina Agarao lashed at the Catholic Church for opposing President Arroyo's decision to forge ahead with the executions of convicts
- JULY 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo said she was ready...
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo said she was ready to set aside her pro-life stance and adopt an "eye-for-an-eye" policy if only to eliminate kidnapping, drug trafficking, and other crimes
- JULY 14, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Malacanang should not commute the death sentences of...
Malacanang should not commute the death sentences of those hardened criminals whose convictions have already been affirmed by the Supreme Court, an administration senator said