Philippines 2001
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News on Philippines in 2001
- DECEMBER 28, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Members of various Islamic organizations in Lanao del...
Members of various Islamic organizations in Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte held a rally in Marawi City to protest the recent killing of a Muslim priest
- DECEMBER 17, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge in Tarlac City meted out the death penalty...
A judge in Tarlac City meted out the death penalty to a man for raping his 19-year-old granddaughter in La Paz town in March
- DECEMBER 16, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Renowned international, anti-capital punishment advocate...
Renowned international, anti-capital punishment advocate Roger G
- DECEMBER 12, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Reviving the death penalty may not be enough to deter...
Reviving the death penalty may not be enough to deter kidnappers in the long term, according to the government's top anti-kidnapping officer, Chief Supt
- DECEMBER 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a bid to stop the illegal practice of "recycling"...
In a bid to stop the illegal practice of "recycling" seized drugs, the Justice department asked the Supreme Court to order judges to keep in custody only the minimum quantity of illegal drugs needed for conviction to be used as evidence against accused dr
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty...
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty to two brothers for raping their young niece
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old...
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old man for raping a 5-year-old girl in 1996
- DECEMBER 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Kalinga judge sentenced to death a man for raping...
A Kalinga judge sentenced to death a man for raping and killing his neighbour after DNA tests matched the accused's sperm found on the victim
- DECEMBER 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The government might use Charlie "Atong" Ang and Yolanda...
The government might use Charlie "Atong" Ang and Yolanda Ricaforte as state witnesses in former President Joseph Estrada's plunder case, Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow...
The Philippine Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow to disgraced ex-president Joseph Estrada's hopes when it upheld the plunder law under which he is being tried
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure...
Senators are set to resume deliberations on a measure which seeks to repeal the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 when Congress resumes session
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
An official record from the Philippine police show that 9
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility...
The Justice Department tasked with studying the possibility of de-commuting the death penalty cases defended the Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's turnaround on the death penalty as a matter of duty
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling...
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling Act which seeks to define and penalize the smuggling of firearms in the Philippines
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty,...
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty, according to most independent polls
- OCTOBER 27, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo threw...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo threw her weight behind the execution of kidnappers because some gang leaders continued to operate from their jails using cellular phones
- OCTOBER 26, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard]...
Bishop Ted Bacani [as quoted in the Manila Standard] commented about the apparent inconsistency of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on the death penalty:"
- OCTOBER 23, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A 17-year-old girl sentenced when she was 14 is one...
A 17-year-old girl sentenced when she was 14 is one of 1,020 people who face lethal injection following the Government's decision to resume executing death-row convicts
- OCTOBER 23, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal described President Arroyo's...
The Asian Wall Street Journal described President Arroyo's "support for the death penalty for kidnappers - a measure she previously stood against" as "particularly brave given the popularity and influence Pope John Paul II has in this overwhelmingly Catho
- OCTOBER 23, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 21, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the prisoner swap treaty when they met briefly in Shanghai on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit
- OCTOBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo's reinstatement of the death...
President Gloria Arroyo's reinstatement of the death penalty was criticised by some of her supporters from the Roman Catholic church as well as civil-rights groups which helped to drum up support for a civilian revolt that installed her in power
- OCTOBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
"Executing people will not resolve the rise in crimes...
"Executing people will not resolve the rise in crimes such as kidnapping and drug trafficking," Amnesty International said in response to the President Arroyo 's call for the execution of convicted kidnappers
- OCTOBER 18, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, vowing...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, vowing to resume executing criminals, ordered officials to check if it was possible to reverse decisions to grant clemency to those formerly on death row
- OCTOBER 16, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Legislators greeted President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's...
Legislators greeted President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's call for the execution of convicted kidnappers with mixed reactions
- OCTOBER 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called for the execution of convicted members of kidnap-for-ransom gangs to rid the country of its image as Asia's "kidnap capital
- OCTOBER 11, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Budbud Osting, a 65-year-old member of the tribal organization...
Budbud Osting, a 65-year-old member of the tribal organization in the Philippine Mindoro Oriental province, was beheaded allegedly by soldiers of the Philippine Army's 16th Infantry Battalion
- OCTOBER 1, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Disgraced former Philippine President Joseph Estrada...
Disgraced former Philippine President Joseph Estrada made a late appearance on the first day of his trial on the charge of economic plunder after saying he would not show up
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Juan Flavier strongly suggested that law enforcers...
Senator Juan Flavier strongly suggested that law enforcers who fail to testify in drug-related cases should share the same death penalty imposed on drug pushers
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said her campaign...
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said her campaign against drug trafficking was a fight to the finish and warned the Philippines could become "Asia's Colombia" if the drug menace was not promptly curbed