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Death penalty 1st bill filed in House

The proposed measure to reimpose death penalty on  drug traffickers was the first bill to be filed at the House of Representatives   on Thursday. At...

‘Capital punishment a form of retribution’

PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday the reimposition of capital punishment was not aimed at deterring crime but at having the criminal elements pay for...

UN raps Duterte on bounties

DAVAO CITY—The head of the UN High Commission for Human Rights on Tuesday reminded President-elect Rodrigo Duterte that he is mandated under international law...

Pro-life lawmaker supports Rody, but not death penalty

A PRO-life lawmaker said Sunday he supports President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s tough anti-crime stance, but warned Congress against a “mad rush” to revive the death...

Death penalty needs a law

THE restoration of the death penalty will require the enactment of a law by Congress, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said Friday. She made the...

Senators lock horns on death penalty

Reelected Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III  is reviving his pitch for  the restoration of the death penalty,   bolstered by the fact that  President-elect...

Lawyers blast shoot-to-kill policy

The Free Legal Assistance Group has criticized the plans of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to revive the death penalty and adopt a shoot-to-kill policy among...

Still no to the death penalty

First, a legal reason. In 2007, after a long period of hesitation, we acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil...

No to death

There are many ways to argue against the death penalty, which presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte says he will bring back to stem the alarming...

Death penalty revival bucked

A plan by Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to restore the death penalty faces strong opposition, including from the dominant Roman Catholic Church, officials and...

‘Public hanging for criminals’

A DUTERTE Presidency will see the return of the death penalty and the public hanging of convicted criminals to end criminality and corruption, Davao...

Death to alien drug offenders eyed

A panel in the House of Representatives that  has approved a measure imposing death on foreign nationals found guilty of engaging in drug-related activities...
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