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
- APRIL 28, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines abstained from the resolution on the...
The Philippines abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 8, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On April 8, a Filipino Norly Abordo was condemned to...
On April 8, a Filipino Norly Abordo was condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for killing a Thai co-worker
- MARCH 4, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino...
On March 4, Melody Zacarias-Dass a 36-year-old Filipino woman, who was suspected of having killed her sons, was charged with two counts of murder and could face the death penalty in Singapore
- FEBRUARY 27, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On 27 February, Sen
On 27 February, Sen
- FEBRUARY 19, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On February 19, President Estrada wrote to Supreme...
On February 19, President Estrada wrote to Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide to ensure that "pauper" litigants in capital cases are given competent lawyers
- FEBRUARY 5, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On February 5, the Philippines Supreme Court rejected...
On February 5, the Philippines Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal to halt the execution, and Leo Echegaray was put to death at 3 p
- JANUARY 30, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 30, a senator said courts had sentenced...
On January 30, a senator said courts had sentenced 51 men to death
- JANUARY 26, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
But on January 26 the Supreme Court said the scheduled...
But on January 26 the Supreme Court said the scheduled February 5 execution by lethal injection could proceed because Congress had been given a chance to review a law that reimposed the death penalty in 1994, and had decided not to do so
- JANUARY 21, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 21, defense lawyers asked the Supreme Court...
On January 21, defense lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the ruling
- JANUARY 20, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 20, trial judge Thelma Ponferrada set February...
On January 20, trial judge Thelma Ponferrada set February 5 as the date for Echegaray's execution but ordered prison officials not to divulge it to him until just hours before his execution by lethal injection at the National Bilibid Prison in Manila
- JANUARY 19, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 19, after a marathon 10-hour session, the...
On January 19, after a marathon 10-hour session, the House of Representatives approved a resolution by Rep
- JANUARY 10, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 10, Cardinal Jaime Sin, Manila's Archbishop...
On January 10, Cardinal Jaime Sin, Manila's Archbishop and one of the most influential leaders in the largely Roman Catholic country, urged the people to seek guidance from the Vatican's teachings opposing the death penalty