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
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bill which aims to set comprehensive amendments to...
A bill which aims to set comprehensive amendments to the existing law on dangerous drugs is ready for floor debates, Rep
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal...
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal injection for the abduction of a Chinese businessman in 1998
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular...
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular among the affluent, will soon be among the list of offences meriting the death penalty, Senate President Franklin M
- JANUARY 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 300 members of militant groups in Nueva Ecija...
About 300 members of militant groups in Nueva Ecija demanded justice for the 24 victims of unsolved killings in three towns in Nueva Ecija
- JANUARY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption called...
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption called on government to mete out the death penalty on seven Chinese arrested recently for allegedly running a shabu laboratory in San Juan
- JANUARY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Lawyer and political analyst Emil P
Lawyer and political analyst Emil P
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Under Philippine law, all death sentences have to be...
Under Philippine law, all death sentences have to be reviewed by the Supreme Court
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine penal code says defendants over the...
The Philippine penal code says defendants over the age of 70 are exempted from capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Dangerous Drugs Act provides the maximum penalty...
The Dangerous Drugs Act provides the maximum penalty of death on those found in possession of the following quantities: 40 grams or more of opium; 40 grams or more of morphine; 200 grams or more of shabu; 40 grams of heroin; 750 grams or more of marijuana
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987,...
A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for "heinous" crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Cases decided by the Supreme Court have to be reviewed...
Cases decided by the Supreme Court have to be reviewed by the Presidential Conscience Committee, which was created by former President Joseph Estrada