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US celebrities join online campaign to save Texas death row inmate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 04:35 AM

Nearly 60,000 people, including Hollywood celebrities Kim Kardashian and Susan Sarandon, are petitioning for clemency for a death row inmate in Texas who is set to die in three weeks for a crime he says he didn't commit. Read more »

19 anyos na babae hinalay, pinatay

Nony Basco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 07:40 AM

Natagpuang patay at hubad ang isang 19-anyos na babae sa isang liblib na lugar sa bayan ng Janiuay, Iloilo nitong Sabado ng gabi.   Read more »

Speaker nixes divorce; House to poll members on controversial issues

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 02:43 PM

The House of Representatives will poll its members on their stand on controversial measures like federalism, divorce, and death penalty, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said Wednesday as he revealed his preference for marriage annulment. Read more »

Mary Jane Veloso pinayagan ng Korte Suprema na tumestigo laban sa mga recruiter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 01:34 AM

Umaasa naman ang kaniyang mga abugado na makatutulong ito para tuluyang maialis siya sa death row. Read more »

PH to become int’l ‘lawbreaker’ if death penalty revived: expert

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 11:26 AM

The Philippines will go against its treaty obligations and be regarded as a “lawbreaker” among its peers should it revive the death penalty, an international criminal law scholar cautioned Thursday. Read more »

‘I am a Christian’: QC police official lauded for stand vs death penalty

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 11:23 PM

Lt. Col. Jay Borromeo’s remarks were roundly applauded during the forum that sought to enhance strategies to lobby Congress against resurrecting capital punishment. Read more »

Flawed justice system 'biggest stumbling block' to PH dev't: Diokno

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 09:57 AM

MANILA - The Philippines' flawed justice system is the "biggest stumbling block" to the country's development, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said Thursday. Read more »

Bato on GCTA mess: Death penalty cures everything

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 10:47 AM

MANILA - A lawmaker on Tuesday reiterated the need to restore the capital punishment amid controversy surrounding the early release of heinous crime convicts due to good conduct. Read more »

Shoot them? Hang them? Pacquiao hankers for death penalty return

Neil Jerome Morales and Martin Petty, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 10:20 PM

MANILA - If he gets his way, Filipino senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao would have drug criminals executed by firing squad. Read more »

Angara supports death penalty for heinous crimes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 11:34 AM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Thursday said he would support restoring death penalty for heinous crimes. Read more »

'Spare Duterte from embarrassment': Pacquiao urges Faeldon to take leave

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 01:11 AM

MANILA—Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday urged Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon to take a leave of absence while facing investigation over the alleged questionable application of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. Read more »

Eileen Sarmenta's mom now for life imprisonment over death penalty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 03:40 PM

The mother of Eileen Sarmenta on Monday said she now prefers life imprisonment over death penalty for heinous criminals. Read more »

China executes ride-hailing driver who killed passenger

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 05:20 AM

BEIJING, China—China on Friday executed a man convicted of raping and killing a female passenger last year while he was working as a driver for ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, China's omnipresent answer to Uber. Read more »

US death row inmate challenges January execution

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 05:06 AM

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for one of five federal prisoners scheduled by President Donald Trump's administration for execution have launched a two-pronged legal effort to prevent the government from carrying out the lethal injection slated for January. Read more »

Of Presidents and the Penalty of Death

Joel F. Ariate Jr, VERA Files
Updated as of Aug 15 10:23 AM

President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (December 30, 1965-February 25, 1986) had 32 convicts executed. Sixteen of them were executed after martial law was declared. Read more »

Of Presidents and the Penalty of Death

Joel F. Ariate Jr., VERA Files
Updated as of Aug 12 09:24 AM

A few minutes into his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 22, 2019, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte asked Congress “to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes related to drugs, as well as plunder.” It was the second SONA in which Duterte asked Congress to reimpose capital punishment. Read more »

Leave Jesus Christ out of it: Pacquiao agrees with Sotto on death penalty debate

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 04:35 AM

MANILA—Sen. Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday he agrees with Senate President Vicente Sotto III on leaving Jesus Christ out of the debates on the reimposition of death penalty in the country. Read more »

Senators debate death penalty revival

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 07:30 PM

MANILA - Senators on Tuesday began debates on proposals to revive the death penalty in the Philippines, with minority Sen. Franklin Drilon making good on his promise to fight “tooth and nail” its reimposition. Read more »

Singapore says drug smuggling worsens, even as hangings rise

Fathin Ungku and Anshuman Daga, Reuters
Posted at Aug 01 02:58 PM

SINGAPORE - Drug trafficking into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws, has risen recently, the law minister said on Wednesday, and he defended capital punishment for serious drug crime as reflecting public support. Read more »

Grace Poe against death penalty without judiciary reforms

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 05:00 PM

MANILA - Sen. Grace Poe on Monday said Wednesday she is not keen on supporting the revival of death penalty unless the country’s justice system is fixed. Read more »