Philippines 2004
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News on Philippines in 2004
- DECEMBER 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Filipino expatriate worker was spared beheading in Saudi Arabia
a Filipino expatriate worker was spared beheading in Saudi Arabia
- NOVEMBER 24, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
a judge of the Valenzuela City Regional Trial Court (RTC), the Philippines, sentenced Dima Montanir and Ronald Norva to death
a judge of the Valenzuela City Regional Trial Court (RTC), the Philippines, sentenced Dima Montanir and Ronald Norva to death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
three convicts scheduled to die before the end of the year gained a temporary stay
three convicts scheduled to die before the end of the year gained a temporary stay
- OCTOBER 14, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippines Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez claimed...
Philippines Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez claimed there wasn't a single child on death row at the National Bilibid Prisons
- OCTOBER 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines renewed their...
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines renewed their appeal to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court reaffirmed the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court reaffirmed the death sentence on Gerry H
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawmakers in the Philippines pledged to...
A group of lawmakers in the Philippines pledged to move for the speedy enactment of measures to repeal the Death Penalty Law
- AUGUST 13, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf...
Seventeen members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group were sentenced to death for kidnapping nurses from a hospital in the southern Philippines three years ago
- AUGUST 4, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) would provide...
The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) would provide assistance in the commutation of sentences of minors convicted and sentenced to death
- JULY 25, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that there were seven juvenile convicts...
It was reported that there were seven juvenile convicts on death row at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa, the Philippines, all of them living in misery in cramped cells and denied of sunlight
- JULY 7, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Ten death row inmates were scheduled to be executed...
Ten death row inmates were scheduled to be executed in September, Philippine acting Justice Secretary Merceditas Gutierrez said
- JUNE 10, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve to six convicted rapists who were scheduled to be executed in June, her spokesman Ignacio Bunye said
- MAY 26, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John...
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John Mamarion, Major Rolando Maclang, Juliet Harisco and Charlito Domingo after finding them guilty of kidnapping
- APRIL 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced...
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines after they were found guilty of kidnapping and killing businessman Jonell Mendiola
- APRIL 19, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II said that terrorism could not be...
Pope John Paul II said that terrorism could not be combated with the death penalty but, on the contrary, by the promotion of respect for the dignity of the human person
- APRIL 12, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for
A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for "heinous" crimes.
- MARCH 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larranaga, one of the six convicted...
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larranaga, one of the six convicted perpetrators in the controversial rape-slay of Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in 1997, asked the Supreme Court to reverse its February 3 ruling elevating his sentence from two life terms to death by
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential aspirant Eduardo "Bro
Presidential aspirant Eduardo "Bro
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two Filipinos sentenced...
Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two Filipinos sentenced to death and reprieved four days before their due execution on January 30, were granted a retrial after the country's supreme court said new evidence could prove their innocence
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the...
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the form of a "demarche" before the Department of Foreign Affairs in a bid to stop the scheduled 14 executions due in the Philippines in the month of February
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the...
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the form of a "demarche" before the Department of Foreign Affairs in a bid to stop the scheduled 14 executions due in the Philippines in the month of February
- FEBRUARY 7, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines...
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines could face execution in the next 18 months, an anti-crime group declared
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court raised the life sentences of Francisco...
The Supreme Court raised the life sentences of Francisco Juan Larranaga, Josman Aznar, Rowen Adlawan, Alberto Cano, Ariel Balansag and James Andrew Uy to capital punishment
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish...
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish death penalty in the Philippines following the Supreme Courts one-month suspension on the execution of convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 28, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court granted a stay on the...
The Philippines Supreme Court granted a stay on the executions of two convicted kidnappers who were due to be executed on January 30 in the first execution in the country in four years
- JANUARY 22, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Marivic Genosa, a woman jailed and convicted for the...
Marivic Genosa, a woman jailed and convicted for the murder of her husband, had her death sentence commuted to six years imprisonment by the Philippine's Supreme Court due to "mitigating circumstances"
- JANUARY 20, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines' Supreme Court agreed to consider new...
The Philippines' Supreme Court agreed to consider new evidence that could prove the innocence of Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two men on death row who were convicted of kidnapping and were scheduled for execution on January 30
- JANUARY 19, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An appeal from Pope John Paul II would not stop the...
An appeal from Pope John Paul II would not stop the Philippine government from carrying out the scheduled execution of two convicts this month, President Gloria Arroyo's spokesman, Ignacio Bunye, said
- JANUARY 18, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Santiago, a member of the Philippine parliament...
Joseph Santiago, a member of the Philippine parliament and an anti-death penalty crusader in the country, urged church leaders to seek the intervention of Pope John Paul II to stop the scheduled execution of Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two convicte