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
- APRIL 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A documentary due to be screened on the Irish television...
A documentary due to be screened on the Irish television channel RTE on April 30, shows how campaigning Irish missionary Father Shay Cullen, working with undercover cops, was 'sold' girls as young as twelve on the streets of Olangapo in the Philippines
- APRIL 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A total of 33 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are...
A total of 33 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are facing the prospect of being sentenced to death in six countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said
- APRIL 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court (SC) confirmed the death...
The Philippines Supreme Court (SC) confirmed the death sentence imposed by an Ormoc court on a farmer who raped and killed Angelina Abapo, a 22-year-old woman, in 1996
- APRIL 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Committees on Revision of Laws and Human Rights...
The Committees on Revision of Laws and Human Rights of the Philippine House of Representatives will meet on April 24 to vote on the abolition of the death penalty law, the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) said
- APRIL 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A survey held in March, showed a 60 percent support...
A survey held in March, showed a 60 percent support for execution, but Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Parish Pastoral Care (ECPPC), said he was confident that the latest Pulse Asia survey would not dampen the con
- APRIL 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a survey on enterprises done by Social Weather Stations...
In a survey on enterprises done by Social Weather Stations resulted that of the 505 companies surveyed from September to December 2001, 52 percent want imprisonment for those guilty of corruption and 20 percent said that corrupt public and private officia
- APRIL 9, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) denied reports...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) denied reports that seven Filipinos in Saudi Arabia were executed on April 5
- APRIL 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said there are actually...
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said there are actually 17 convicts slated for the lethal injection chamber this year
- APRIL 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawyers has cautioned President Arroyo against...
A group of lawyers has cautioned President Arroyo against allowing the execution of convicted kidnappers Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara
- APRIL 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Macapagal-Arroyo rejected appeals to spare...
President Macapagal-Arroyo rejected appeals to spare death convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara this August
- MARCH 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
There is "strong evidence" of human rights violations...
There is "strong evidence" of human rights violations committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the war against the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, said the international peace mission investigating the Philippine-United States Balikatan military e