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
- FEBRUARY 20, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: 78 FILIPINO'S ON DEATH ROW IN CHINA
Filipino Foreign Assistant Secretary J. Eduardo Malaya said that there were 78 Filipino's on currently death row in China for drug smuggling. The DFA also said 72 other Filipinos facing death sentences had been given two-year reprieves.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DELAYS EXECUTION OF PHILIPPINE DRUG MULES
China postponed the execution of three Filipinos found guilty of drug smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE 3 PINOYS AS DRUG TRAFFICKERS
three Filipinos convicted for drug trafficking in China had their death sentences upheld by the Supreme People's Court, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said.
- JANUARY 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Judge Mahmud, Yunus and Hj Ma’ah of the Court of Appeal in Kota
- JANUARY 1, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty.
On June 24, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: ANOTHER FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS IN CHINA
Filipino Vice President Jejomar Binay learnt that a Filipina had been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Filipino pub singer Jacqueline Quiamno, 25, to death for trafficking in 3.903kg of cocaine at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on June 28, 2005.
- OCTOBER 11, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: FILIPINA GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN INDONESIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Filipino woman found in possession of 2.6 kilograms of heroin was sentenced to death by a lower court in Yogyakarta court, Indonesia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) belatedly reported. She was arrested at Yogyakarta Airport on April 25.
- JULY 19, 2010PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: 102 ACTIVE OFW DEATH PENALTY CASES
as of July 2010, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring 102 active death penalty cases around the world.
- MAY 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PINOY SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI FILES APPEAL
overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta, from Pampanga province...
- MAY 1, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN JEDDAH
an overseas Filipino worker was sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for killing an Indian national and wounding another in February 2009, a report the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah said. Alberto del Rosario has appealed to the Court of Ca
APRIL 17, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: OFW SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LANDLORD
a Filipino male overseas worker identified only as Joseph from Mexico, Pampanga, was sentenced