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 28, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Executive Secretary Ronaldo B
Executive Secretary Ronaldo B
- MARCH 26, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Speaker Manuel B
Speaker Manuel B
- MARCH 24, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Estrada declared an 11 month moratorium on...
President Estrada declared an 11 month moratorium on 18 out of 959 death convicts awaiting execution by lethal injection out of respect for the world-wide celebration of the Jubilee Year
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld a death penalty sentence for...
The Supreme Court upheld a death penalty sentence for Henry Lagarto and Ernesto CorderoVictim Alquiza
- JANUARY 25, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Robert Z
Senator Robert Z
- JANUARY 5, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Briton Albert Wilson, 47, who was on death row for...
Briton Albert Wilson, 47, who was on death row for child rape, was freed after the Supreme Court squashed his conviction
- JANUARY 4, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Alex Bartolome, 41, was executed by lethal injection...
Alex Bartolome, 41, was executed by lethal injection shortly after dawn
- JANUARY 1, 2000PhilippinesDEATH 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, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Under legislation passed in 1993, seven people have...
Under legislation passed in 1993, seven people have been executed by lethal injection for various "heinous crimes
- DECEMBER 18, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On December 18, President Estrada approved the execution...
On December 18, President Estrada approved the execution of Alex Bartolome scheduled for January 4, 2000
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In November, speaking at the Third Committee of the...
In November, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), the representative of the Philippines said his country could not support any resolution calling for the progressive abolition of capital p
- OCTOBER 26, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
But on October 26, 1999, Estrada upheld the death sentence...
But on October 26, 1999, Estrada upheld the death sentence on another man who raped a provincial student and killed her, smashing her face with concrete blocks to hide her identity