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
- OCTOBER 25, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted...
On October 25, Aro Lando Loudinez, a Filipino man convicted of stabbing a taxi driver and robbing him, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 14, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 14, the President commuted to life in prison...
On October 14, the President commuted to life in prison the death penalty sentences of the 3 men who raped a rural schoolteacher before strangling her to death
- OCTOBER 8, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 8, Filipino Carlito Soriya was beheaded...
On October 8, Filipino Carlito Soriya was beheaded in the western city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, for stabbing Ali Hamza al-Mizayni to death following a dispute
- OCTOBER 6, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On October 6, the President halted Esparas' execution...
On October 6, the President halted Esparas' execution by commuting the death sentence imposed by a trial court
- SEPTEMBER 27, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On September 27, President Estrada postponed the Josefina...
On September 27, President Estrada postponed the Josefina Esparas' execution for 20 days to allow the newly created "Conscience Committee" to study her case
- SEPTEMBER 13, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On September 13, the Government disclosed that a 10-year-old...
On September 13, the Government disclosed that a 10-year-old boy was the youngest of 12 children under 14 who are accused of rape
- AUGUST 18, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On August 18, President Estrada announced that all...
On August 18, President Estrada announced that all executions would be suspended until a "Conscience Committee" had been set up to review the cases of prisoners scheduled for execution
- AUGUST 16, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On 16, 17 and 18 August, Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal,...
On 16, 17 and 18 August, Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal, Edwin Mendoza were scheduled for execution by lethal injection, but were given a 30- day presidential reprieve
- AUGUST 16, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On August 16, a court ordered prison officials to execute...
On August 16, a court ordered prison officials to execute by lethal injection Josefina Esparas, 45, a woman convicted of a drug offense
- JULY 22, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999,...
The Philippines signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penal
- JULY 7, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie...
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie Bulan were executed
- JUNE 25, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On June 25, Eduardo Agbayani, who was convicted of...
On June 25, Eduardo Agbayani, who was convicted of the incestuous rape of his daughter was executed