Philippines
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The leader of Crusade Against Violence, Carina Agarao,...
- News items in the archive
- 556
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Philippines is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 556 news items on Philippines, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MAY 19, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES. JUSTICE CHIEF REJECTS PROPOSED REVIVAL OF DEATH PENALTY
in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez rejected proposals to revive the death penalty
- MAY 12, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: ANOTHER PINOY GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN KUWAIT
Kuwait's Court of First Instance handed the death sentence to Filipino national Bienvenido Espino Jr for killing Jhias Gumapac, a fellow Filipino contract worker.
- MAY 9, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES NO DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘SALVAGERS’
the House of Representatives Committee on Justice in the Philippines rejected the restoration of the death penalty for salvage that was contained in a bill.
- APRIL 1, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. HIGH COURT AFFIRMS FILIPINA'S DEATH SENTENCE
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against an overseas Filipino
- JANUARY 6, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: SC AFFIRMS RAPE CONVICTION OF 2 MEN
the Philippine Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of two sexual offenders who were both found guilty of incestuous rape, but downgraded the penalty imposed on them from death to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 1, 2008PhilippinesDEATH 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 18, 2007PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
the Philippines voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
the Philippines voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 11, 2007PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: 27 OTHER OFWS IN DEATH-PENALTY CASES
the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said five overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are presently on death row, with another 22 charged in cases where the punishment is death
- DECEMBER 9, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT'S EMIR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF FILIPINA MAID
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah agreed to commute the death sentence on a Filipina maid
- NOVEMBER 27, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINO MAID'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
a Kuwaiti appeals court upheld the death sentence of a Filipino maid convicted of murdering her employer, her lawyer said.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO SPARED FROM DEATH IN TAIF REUNITED WITH FAMILY
Ronilo Arandia, a Filipino driver working in Saudi Arabia, who was spared from execution in Taif, arrived back in the Philippines.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAIWANESE WOMAN FOR CASH
a Taiwan prosecutor sentenced a Filipino woman to death for killing a Taiwanese woman for money.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
- JULY 24, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KUWAITI BOY
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a Filipina maid to death after she was convicted of killing...
- JULY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNIDENTIFIED MAN FROM PHILIPPINES SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA
Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said that an unidentified man from the Philippines was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
- JULY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTION AWAITS 2 PHILIPPINE WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA
two Philippine women, whose identities were withheld...
- JUNE 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO, YEMENI NATIONAL BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Filipino and a Yemeni national convicted of murdering a Pakistani and a Saudi man, the Interior Ministry said.
- MAY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER FREED AFTER 15 YEARS IN JAIL
a Filipino maid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for the 1992 murder of her employer was freed after a US$533,000 settlement was paid to the victim’s family...
- APRIL 22, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR DOHA COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
in Qatar, a Doha court of appeal commuted the death penalty of a Philippine expatriate convicted of murder to 10 years in jail.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR PHILLIPINE MAID
the Kuwait Appeals Court upheld the death sentence of a Phillipine maid convicted of murdering her Kuwaiti boss in January 2005.
- JANUARY 1, 2007PhilippinesDEATH 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.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EUROPE HAILS THE PHILIPPINES FOR ‘TURNING ITS BACK’ ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union hailed the Philippine government for “turning its back” on capital punishment and now counts on the latter to urge more countries to do the same, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs reported.
- JUNE 24, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law abolishing the death penalty on the eve of her trip to the Vatican, but vowed she will not relent in battling terrorists and criminals.
- JUNE 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
the Manila Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, imposed a death sentence on eight men after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 12-year-old Chinese-Filipino student and his maid on March 15, 1999.
- JUNE 20, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a regional trial court in Bacolod City, the Philippines, meted out the death penalty to 28-year-old Guillermo Manayon Rama Jr. for the rape and killing of a 17-year-old high school student.
- JUNE 14, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. EVANGELICALS TO ABANDON ARROYO OVER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
a Catholic Church prelate said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may lose the support of the Philippine Council for Evangelical Churches (PCEC) and other religious groups and organizations in favour of capital punishment should she approve the abolition o
- JUNE 12, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CATHOLIC PRIESTS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the Butuan Diocesan Council, the Philippines, stated its support for the law abolishing the death penalty. Fr. Joecilo Amalla of the Butuan Diocesan Council said that as a Christian country, "we should not inflict death penalty."
- JUNE 12, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. SC INSISTS ECHEGARAY EXECUTION WAS CORRECT
the Philippines Supreme Court stood firm on its 1996 ruling that sent convicted rapist Leo Echegaray to his death, in light of a brewing storm over a public statement by Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban that the court may have committed an irreversible “j
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS END OF DEATH PENALTY IN PHILIPPINES, PRESSES OTHERS
the European Commission welcomed the adoption of a bill by Philippine legislators to abolish capital punishment, saying it hoped other countries in the region would follow suit.
- JUNE 8, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP HAILS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its agreement to the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines.