Philippines 2002
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News on Philippines in 2002
- DECEMBER 31, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Seven death row inmates escaped from the provincial...
Seven death row inmates escaped from the provincial jail of Northern Samar in Bobon town at around 1:30 p
- DECEMBER 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of...
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of a death row inmate after it determined that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for rape and murder
- DECEMBER 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Member of Parliament Augusto Syjuco stated that the...
Member of Parliament Augusto Syjuco stated that the sale, manufacture and distribution of counterfeit medicines should be classified as a crime punishable by death through lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita...
Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita said, despite declared a terrorist by the European Union, communist leader Jose Ma
- OCTOBER 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Ramon Revilla, one of the original proponents...
Sen. Ramon Revilla, one of the original proponents of the death penalty law (Republic Act 7559) said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Congress should rethink their policy and stand on the suspension and repeal of the death penalty law in the view of
- OCTOBER 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Five rookie policemen were charged with murder for...
Five rookie policemen were charged with murder for the summary execution of a man they had mistaken for a drug pusher
- OCTOBER 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judge Silvestre Bello Jr
Judge Silvestre Bello Jr
- OCTOBER 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Barbers, chairman of the Senate committee on...
Senator Barbers, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs filed Senate Bill 2374 prescribing that death by firing squad shall be carried out in public as a means of executing drug traffickers, manufacturers, pushers and the like
- OCTOBER 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta said that under the law elderly...
Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta said that under the law elderly convicts aged 70 years and above could no longer be meted the death penalty. As such, they should be moved to other units in the National Penitentiary
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Church warned President Arroyo against succumbing...
The Church warned President Arroyo against succumbing to pressure from influential Chinese factions lobbying for the execution of death convicts, in particular kidnappers
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An anti-crime group criticized the government of "toying...
An anti-crime group criticized the government of "toying around" with the death penalty law by ordering an indefinite halt to executions
- OCTOBER 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Committee on Justice endorsed the early...
The Senate Committee on Justice endorsed the early approval of a bill authored by Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suspended...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suspended the execution of all death row convicts while Congress is debating a proposed law abolishing the death penalty, Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on...
Rome's Colosseum was to be bathed in golden light on the nights of September 30 and October 1 to celebrate the Philippines' decision to suspend death row executions, Rome's city council said
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
93.73% of the 1,010 (as of Sept 25, 2002) death row...
93.73% of the 1,010 (as of Sept 25, 2002) death row convicts come from the marginalized sector who cannot afford to hire competent legal defense due to poverty. Of this total, 47
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Congress vowed to expedite the proceedings on the bill...
Congress vowed to expedite the proceedings on the bill seeking to abolish the death penalty following the Supreme Court (SC) decision allowing the execution of 30 death convicts this year
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court rejected a petition by...
The Philippine Supreme Court rejected a petition by 30 convicts to stop their executions while Congress was debating a proposal to abolish capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops...
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops urged the Philippine government to blacklist Saudi Arabia as a work destination over the scheduled beheadings of Filipinos convicted by Islamic courts there
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Five overseas Filipino workers awaiting execution in...
Five overseas Filipino workers awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian jails have appealed to their government and countrymen to change their fate by raising the "blood money" to exchange for their freedom
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Gungon, one of the two abductors of former...
Roberto Gungon, one of the two abductors of former De La Salle University student Agnes Guirindola was sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court after he was found guilty of kidnapping with serious illegal detention and frustrated murder
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The second suspect in the kidnapping and frustrated...
The second suspect in the kidnapping and frustrated murder of De La Salle student Agnes Guirindola was ordered to die by lethal injection -seven and a half years after the first suspect was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A House resolution supported by 131 congressmen was...
A House resolution supported by 131 congressmen was filed urging the President to declare a moratorium on executions pending deliberations on a bill that would repeal Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law
- AUGUST 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo postponed...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo postponed for three months the scheduled executions of three convicted rapists amid a growing debate in the country over capital punishment
- AUGUST 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a nongovernmental...
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), a nongovernmental organization, asked the Supreme Court to declare the death penalty law as unconstitutional and urged it to stop executions scheduled over the next three months
- AUGUST 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine presidential palace reiterated the position...
The Philippine presidential palace reiterated the position of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to implement capital punishment within the year
- AUGUST 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Prison moved 10 of 12 youth offenders out of Death...
Prison moved 10 of 12 youth offenders out of Death Row at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang...
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang Kabutihan (KPK) or Political Movement for the Common Good, was launched in the Philippines offering voters a purported "alternative" for the 2004 polls
- AUGUST 17, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in...
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in the Philippines despite a Supreme Court resolution ordering their transfer to the medium security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill...
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill repealing the death penalty before the first execution of a death convict under the Arroyo administration in October