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 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, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH 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, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH 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, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO WOMAN ON CHINA DEATH ROW GETS 2-YEAR REPRIEVE
Filipino woman Myrna San Pedro, on death row in China...
APRIL 1, 2011ChinaDEATH 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, 2011ChinaDEATH 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.
- MARCH 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD
China's Supreme People's Court upheld the death sentences of Filipino nationals Ramon Credo...