Philippines 2002
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News on Philippines in 2002
- JUNE 7, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim...
Martin Burnham, an American missionary, held by Muslim rebels for more than a year, was shot dead in the Philippines during an operation to free him and his wife, Gracia Burnham who was wounded during the rescue on the southern island of Mindanao
- JUNE 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A daily average of 20 murders were reported to the...
A daily average of 20 murders were reported to the Philippine National Police from January to April 2002, as against only 16 cases in the same period in 2001
- JUNE 2, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die...
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die by lethal injection after finding them guilty of selling almost one kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in 2000
- MAY 29, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court...
A judge of the Valenzuela City regional trial court sentenced to death five men accused in the kidnapping of two sisters in the city three years ago
- MAY 29, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee...
The Senate ratified a bicameral conference committee report re-imposing the death penalty for drug possession and trafficking
- MAY 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie,...
An influential Muslim leader said that Abu Muslim Alghazie, the suspected brains behind the mall bombing that killed 15 persons in General Santos City in April, should be meted the death penalty
- MAY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against...
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte the campaign against illegal drugs would now be directed at big-time local distributors and suppliers from other regions in the Philippines
- MAY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's...
Marie Hilao-Enriquez, National Alliance for People's Rights secretary general, in a media forum held at the University of the Philippines, spoke about on an undeclared military attack in predominantly Muslim southern Sulu province, (Southern Philippines)
- MAY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a tough anti-drug law that would make the possession of a mere 10 grams (0
- MAY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors...
Priests who are undergoing trial for raping minors should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, said a Philippine lawyer
- MAY 6, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the...
A bicameral conference committee hammering out the final version of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 has approved the proposal of opposition Senator Teresa Aquino Oreta to spare from the death penalty minors who are found guilty of drug-related offenses
- MAY 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged...
The Philippines House of Representatives was urged to look into reports that the death penalty has emboldened an increasing number of rapists to cover up their crime by killing their victims
- APRIL 30, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Four suspected Abu Sayyaf members were killed in a...
Four suspected Abu Sayyaf members were killed in a reported encounter
- APRIL 28, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A documentary due to be screened on the Irish television...
A documentary due to be screened on the Irish television channel RTE on April 30, shows how campaigning Irish missionary Father Shay Cullen, working with undercover cops, was 'sold' girls as young as twelve on the streets of Olangapo in the Philippines
- APRIL 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A total of 33 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are...
A total of 33 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are facing the prospect of being sentenced to death in six countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said
- APRIL 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court (SC) confirmed the death...
The Philippines Supreme Court (SC) confirmed the death sentence imposed by an Ormoc court on a farmer who raped and killed Angelina Abapo, a 22-year-old woman, in 1996
- APRIL 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Committees on Revision of Laws and Human Rights...
The Committees on Revision of Laws and Human Rights of the Philippine House of Representatives will meet on April 24 to vote on the abolition of the death penalty law, the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) said
- APRIL 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A survey held in March, showed a 60 percent support...
A survey held in March, showed a 60 percent support for execution, but Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Parish Pastoral Care (ECPPC), said he was confident that the latest Pulse Asia survey would not dampen the con
- APRIL 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a survey on enterprises done by Social Weather Stations...
In a survey on enterprises done by Social Weather Stations resulted that of the 505 companies surveyed from September to December 2001, 52 percent want imprisonment for those guilty of corruption and 20 percent said that corrupt public and private officia
- APRIL 9, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) denied reports...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) denied reports that seven Filipinos in Saudi Arabia were executed on April 5
- APRIL 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said there are actually...
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said there are actually 17 convicts slated for the lethal injection chamber this year
- APRIL 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawyers has cautioned President Arroyo against...
A group of lawyers has cautioned President Arroyo against allowing the execution of convicted kidnappers Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara
- APRIL 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Macapagal-Arroyo rejected appeals to spare...
President Macapagal-Arroyo rejected appeals to spare death convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara this August
- MARCH 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
There is "strong evidence" of human rights violations...
There is "strong evidence" of human rights violations committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the war against the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, said the international peace mission investigating the Philippine-United States Balikatan military e
- MARCH 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
At least 107 Muslim Filipinos, including seven women,...
At least 107 Muslim Filipinos, including seven women, are languishing in jails in the southern Philippines on suspicion of being members or sympathisers of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim separatist group
- MARCH 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said that kidnap-for-ransom...
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said that kidnap-for-ransom convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara would be scheduled for execution by lethal injection starting August this year
- MARCH 23, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Two poultry workers found guilty of murdering their...
Two poultry workers found guilty of murdering their employer were saved from lethal injection when the Supreme Court modified their respective sentences
- MARCH 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
March 22-26: Pulse Asia's March 22-26 survey revealed...
March 22-26: Pulse Asia's March 22-26 survey revealed that 60 percent of respondents from the National Capital Region favor the death penalty while 25 percent are against and 15 percent remain undecided