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
- JUNE 2, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die...
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die by lethal injection after finding them guilty of selling almost one kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in 2000
- MAY 29, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court...
A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court sentenced to death five men accused in the kidnapping of two sisters in the city three years ago
- MAY 29, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee...
The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee report re-imposing the death penalty for drug possession and trafficking
- MAY 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie,...
An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie, the suspected brains behind the mall bombing that killed 15 persons in General Santos City in April, should be meted the death penalty
- MAY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against...
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against illegal drugs would now be directed at big-time local distributors and suppliers from other regions in the Philippines
- MAY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's...
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's Rights secretary general, in a media forum held at the University of the Philippines, spoke about on an undeclared military attack in predominantly Muslim southern Sulu province, (Southern Philippines)
- MAY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a tough anti-drug law that would make the possession of a mere 10 grams (0
- MAY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors...
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, said a Philippine lawyer
- MAY 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the...
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the final version of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 has approved the proposal of opposition Senator Teresa Aquino Oreta to spare from the death penalty minors who are found guilty of drug-related offenses
- MAY 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged...
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged to look into reports that the death penalty has emboldened an increasing number of rapists to cover up their crime by killing their victims
- APRIL 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four suspected Abu Sayyaf members were killed in a...
Four suspected Abu Sayyaf members were killed in a reported encounter