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
- JULY 12, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
2 PINOYS ESCAPE DEATH ROW IN CHINA
two unidentified Filipinos had their death sentences with two year reprieves commuted to life imprisonment in China by the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) quoted the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai as
- JULY 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CHINA SENTENCES FILIPINA TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
an unidentified Filipina teacher was sentenced to death
- JUNE 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW FILIPINO MAY BE SAVED BY BLOOD MONEY
the Saudi Arabian Reconciliation Committee (SRC) announced
- JUNE 19, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: MIGRANTE TO PNOY: SAVE 8 OFWS ON SAUDI DEATH ROW
a migrants rights group Migrante-Middle East called on the Aquino government of the Philippines to intensify its efforts to save the lives of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on death row in Saudi Arabia.
- JUNE 13, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PINAY SAVED FROM DEATH BY STONING
the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh reported that a Filipina who was sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia was granted a royal clemency.
- JUNE 8, 2011Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
HONG KONG: PINOY SAVED FROM DEATH
an unidentified Filipino national was acquitted of double murder charges by the seven-man jury of the High Court of Hong Kong handed down a unanimous not guilty.
- APRIL 17, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI KING PARDONS FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the king of Saudi Arabia pardoned a Filipino overseas worker sentenced to death for drug smuggling.
- APRIL 5, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO WOMAN ON CHINA DEATH ROW GETS 2-YEAR REPRIEVE
Filipino woman Myrna San Pedro, on death row in China...
APRIL 1, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ALLEGED CHINESE CRIMINAL RINGLEADER EXTRADITED FROM PHILIPPINES
An alleged criminal ringleader in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality was extradited
- MARCH 31, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BINAY ASKED TO HELP SAVE 8 FILIPINOS ON SAUDI DEATH ROW
Migrante-Middle East, a Saudi Arabia-based overseas Filipino workers’ advocacy group...
MARCH 30, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE FILIPINOS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Filipinos were executed in China, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay.
- MARCH 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 3 PINOYS TO BE EXECUTED MARCH 30
three Filipinos whose execution in Shenzhen, China, on February 20 and 21 was put off will be executed for drug smuggling on March 30.