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VACC founding chair bats for death penalty

The founding chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Monday reiterated their call for the reimposition of the death penalty in the...

CBCP tells govt: Reject death penalty

Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Thursday called on the government to find alternative ways to fight crime but ruled out death penalty, which...

Pinoys supportive of death penalty revival–Pulse Asia

MOST Filipinos remain supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte’s bid to reinstate capital punishment despite a significant 14-point drop recorded in less than a year...

Alvarez hails SWS survey on death penalty

SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday hailed the recent Social Weather Station survey showing that majority of Filipinos were for death penalty. “The survey result is...

Death penalty unlikely in Senate

BUHAY Rep. Joselito Atienza said on Sunday  the fear of losing the  support of the Catholic Church in the 2019 elections could influence senators...

‘61% Oks House proposal to reimpose death penalty’

THREE of five Filipinos approve the revival of the death penalty, described previously by then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte as not a crime deterrent...

Arroyo junks speakership

“I’M NOT interested,” Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Thursday when asked if, indeed, she was being groomed to replace Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez in...

Amnesty: China remains world’s top executioner

BEIJING"•China executed more people last year than the rest of the world combined, Amnesty said Tuesday, defying a global decline with thousands of killings...

Death penalty restoration opposed by Duterte critics

THE proposed restoration of the death penalty and three other measures being pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies would be opposed  by...

EU hits Duterte remarks

THE European Union summoned the Philippine envoy based in Brussels to explain President Rodrigo Duterte’s “unacceptable” comments that he would be happy to hang...

Speaker to critics: Pull trigger, give your best shot

“PULL the trigger and give your best shot,” Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said Tuesday following the rumors his critics wanted him replaced after he purged...

CBCP, others in efforts to stop death reimposition

THE Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and anti-death advocates vowed to exert efforts to stop the reimposition of the capital punishment, by courting...

Ric Saludo and the death penalty

Ric Saludo is one writer I have long respected—and frequently read.   And he has just written on a topic that seems to be as...

Erap: Death for drug raps ‘is no issue’

Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada is supporting the bill in Congress imposing the death penalty on drug-related offenses, saying he has no issue on...
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