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.
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- MAY 6, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 2,100 CHILDREN IN JAIL, 20 ON DEATH ROW
there are 2,100 children in jails across the Philippines, 20 of them on death row.
- APRIL 29, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES: 16 MINORS ON DEATH ROW
it was reported that the Philippines Commission on Human Rights Chairman Wilhelm Soriano wanted to know how come there were minors on death row in the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa. He wanted answers immediately after talking to 16 of them, all betwee
- APRIL 29, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES: 16 MINORS ON DEATH ROW
it was reported that the Philippines Commission on Human Rights Chairman Wilhelm Soriano wanted to know how come there were minors on death row in the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa. He wanted answers immediately after talking to 16 of them, all betwee
- APRIL 20, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PEDDLING ECSTASY
two women were meted the death penalty by the Mandaluyong City regional trial court (RTC) for selling ecstasy to agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) three years ago.
- APRIL 15, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT BACKS DEATH PENALTY FOR SMUGGLERS
President Arroyo certified as urgent a bill seeking to impose the death penalty on convicted smugglers.
- APRIL 9, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW CAN THANK POPE, EDITORIAL
“If nobody has been sent to the lethal-injection chamber since 2001, the convicts can thank Pope John Paul II,” stated an editorial in the Philippine daily the Manilla Standard.
- APRIL 8, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. MPS URGE PHILIPPINES TO SPARE CONVICTED RAPIST ON DEATH ROW
a delegation of legislators from Spain urged Philippines President Gloria Arroyo on to spare the life of Paco Larranaga, scion of a Spanish-Filipino clan sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two young women.
- MARCH 15, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT REGRETS SAUDI BEHEADINGS
the Philippines said it regretted the beheadings of four Filipinos convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, but had no complaints about the conduct of the trial.
- MARCH 14, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR FILIPINOS BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
four Filipinos convicted of murdering a compatriot were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi city of Taef. Miguel Fernandez, Sergio Aldana, Wilfredo Batista and Antonio Alviza were convicted of murdering Jaimie de la Cruz.
- MARCH 3, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LAGUNA MAYOR
two men charged with killing a Laguna mayor, his driver, and a policeman were sentenced to death in the Philippines.
- MARCH 2, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CHINESE-FILIPINO WANT DEATH PENALTY RESTORED
members of the Chinese-Filipino community called on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the death penalty following a recent kidnapping incident involving a 3-year-old boy.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
the death penalty will be implemented “only if absolutely required by the times...
the death penalty will be implemented “only if absolutely required by the times...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines ignored...
President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines ignored fresh calls to lift a freeze on capital punishment amid a rising crime rate and granted a reprieve to 14 death row inmates, her chief aide said.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. BAN ON DEATH PENALTY STAYS BUT NOT FOR DRUGS AND KIDNAPPING
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said the moratorium on the implementation of death penalty through lethal injection would stay indefinitely, except for convicted kidnappers and drug traffickers, in order to strike fear among criminal syndica
- FEBRUARY 8, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo granted a 90-day reprieve to 18 death row inmates
President Gloria Arroyo granted a 90-day reprieve to 18 death row inmates
- FEBRUARY 6, 2005BruneiDEATH PENALTY
BRUNEI. PHILIPPINES TO SAVE NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
it was reported that the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will manage to save an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who was sentenced to death in Brunei for murdering his girlfriend.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2005BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Puzone, a Filipino with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Puzone, a Filipino with a history of psychiatric problems, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 27, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Filipino Nelson Tanoja Diana, 50, was sentenced to death
Filipino Nelson Tanoja Diana, 50, was sentenced to death
- 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