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
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow...
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow to disgraced ex-president Joseph Estrada's hopes when it upheld the plunder law under which he is being tried
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure...
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure which seeks to repeal the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 when Congress resumes session
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility...
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility of de-commuting the death penalty cases defended the Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's turnaround on the death penalty as a matter of duty
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling...
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling Act which seeks to define and penalize the smuggling of firearms in the Philippines
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty,...
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty, according to most independent polls
- OCTOBER 27, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo threw...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo threw her weight behind the execution of kidnappers because some gang leaders continued to operate from their jails using cellular phones
- OCTOBER 26, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard]...
Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard] commented about the apparent inconsistency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on the death penalty:"
- OCTOBER 23, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A 17-year-old girl sentenced when she was 14 is one...
A 17-year-old girl sentenced when she was 14 is one of 1,020 people who face lethal injection following the Government's decision to resume executing death-row convicts
- OCTOBER 23, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal described President Arroyo's...
The Asian Wall Street Journal described President Arroyo's "support for the death penalty for kidnappers - a measure she previously stood against" as "particularly brave given the popularity and influence Pope John Paul II has in this overwhelmingly Catho
- OCTOBER 23, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 21, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the prisoner swap treaty when they met briefly in Shanghai on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit