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
- JANUARY 20, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A spokesman for newly-installed Philippines president...
A spokesman for newly-installed Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said that Philippines leader Joseph Estrada faces the death penalty on corruption charges
- JANUARY 17, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Mary Jane Ramos, a Filipino domestic helper, was saved...
Mary Jane Ramos, a Filipino domestic helper, was saved from execution in a decision issued by the Ras Al Khaima court
- JANUARY 5, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) executed commanders,...
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) executed commanders, Kagui Gani Abdul and Dong Abdul, in Mamasapano, as the two were about to meet government emissaries working out their return to the fold of the law
- JANUARY 1, 2001PhilippinesDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2001PhilippinesDEATH 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, 2001PhilippinesDEATH 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, 2001PhilippinesDEATH 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, 2001PhilippinesDEATH 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, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Under legislation passed in 1994, seven people have...
Under legislation passed in 1994, seven people have been executed by lethal injection for various "heinous crimes
- DECEMBER 10, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with...
Philippine President Joseph Estrada, threatened with removal from office for alleged corruption, ordered all death sentences affirmed by the Supreme Court to be commuted to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 7, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review...
From 1995 to 1999 the Court accelerated its review of capital cases
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca (Saudi...
Four Philippine citizens were executed in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)