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
- MARCH 13, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four Philippines congressmen rejected the Senate proposal...
Four Philippines congressmen rejected the Senate proposal seeking to abolish the death penalty and announced plans to gather signatures for a resolution supporting the full implementation of capital punishment
- MARCH 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senators seeking the repeal of the Death Penalty Law...
Senators seeking the repeal of the Death Penalty Law denied the bill they filed was meant to benefit jailed ex-President Joseph Estrada, under trial for plunder
- MARCH 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen senators filed a bill to repeal the Death Penalty...
Fifteen senators filed a bill to repeal the Death Penalty Law and replace capital punishment with 30 years of imprisonment without parole as a penalty for heinous crimes
- MARCH 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Former Philippines president Joseph Estrada, who sparked...
Former Philippines president Joseph Estrada, who sparked an uproar by ordering his entire defence team to quit his corruption trial, said he is sure of getting the death penalty and no lawyer could save him
- MARCH 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine National Police chief Leandro Mendoza considers...
Philippine National Police chief Leandro Mendoza considers "too high" the 99 grams of shabu that the Senate has proposed as the minimum number for imposing the death penalty on anyone caught in possession of the drug
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Gregorio Honasan said he will propose the death...
Senator Gregorio Honasan said he will propose the death penalty against law enforcers and government officials who are found to be selling firearms to criminal syndicates
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
To show the government's resolve in stamping out the...
To show the government's resolve in stamping out the drug menace, the Senate passed a bill that seeks to punish with a lethal injection anyone caught with at least 99 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride, popularly known as shabu
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Congress is well on the way to replacing...
The Philippines Congress is well on the way to replacing the 30-year-old Dangerous Drugs Act with a far more stringent measure that includes the death penalty for possession of a mere five grams of marijuana resin and other illegal drugs
- FEBRUARY 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Human rights advocates accused the military for allegedly...
Human rights advocates accused the military for allegedly violating the rights of five New People's Army rebels who were killed in an encounter in Quirino
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judge Santos Gil of the Regional Trial Court Branch...
Judge Santos Gil of the Regional Trial Court Branch 6 in Tacloban City meted the death penalty on a 45-year-old man for killing a 4-year-old boy in August 1995
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
It may not be perfectly legal, but 12 minors are on...
It may not be perfectly legal, but 12 minors are on death row, according to Bureau of Corrections records
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In celebration of the Day of the Hearts, 26 inmates...
In celebration of the Day of the Hearts, 26 inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) tied the knot with no lesser personality than Justice Secretary Hernando B