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ALAMIN: Mga panukalang inaasahang tatrabahuhin sa 18th Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:08 PM

Mga panukalang reporma sa buwis, charter change, at pagbabalik ng death penalty ang ilang kasama sa listahan. Read more »

How we kill: Notes on the death penalty in the Philippines (Part 2)

Joel F. Ariate Jr, VERA Files
Posted at Jul 14 02:23 PM

The history of the death penalty in the Philippines in the 20th century is the history of the state’s pursuit to clinically execute convicts. Read more »

How we kill: Notes on the death penalty in the Philippines

Joel F. Ariate Jr, VERA Files
Updated as of Jul 14 11:36 PM

A week after assuming office, neophyte senators Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa proposed the reinstatement of the death penalty. Read more »

Locsin on death penalty: It doesn’t work, it only degrades society

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 04:21 AM

As a few senators work to legislate capital punishment, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes the death penalty will not work the way lawmakers imagine it would. Read more »

Lacson on execution by firing squad: ‘Brutal naman masyado’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 10:46 PM

Senators Lacson and Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa have filed their respective bills seeking to reimpose the death penalty. Read more »

Dela Rosa: Why search for proof that death penalty deters crime?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 10:01 AM

Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa took a swipe at critics of his bid for the revival of capital punishment Monday, saying searching for proof that it deters crime would lead the country nowhere. Read more »

'Bato' wants death penalty for Customs men who support drug rings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 09:36 AM

Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa also wants employees of the Bureau of Customs involved in illegal drugs subject to the death penalty.   Read more »

Panukalang death penalty muling binuhay sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 09:24 PM

Isinusulong ng 4 na senador ang pagbabalik ng parusang kamatayan. Read more »

'Bato' files bill reimposing death penalty, asks Church for understanding

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 05:20 PM

Dela Rosa said if it were up to him, he would also opt for a public firing squad for drug convicts. Read more »

Death penalty revival’s chance now higher: Sotto

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 03:53 PM

The chance of reviving the death penalty is now higher under the 18th Congress as long as it would be imposed on “high-level” drug traffickers, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Wednesday. Read more »

Sri Lanka reinstates death penalty for drug crimes ahead of polls

Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 06:47 AM

Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday signed death sentences for four people convicted of drug-related offences in a decision analysts said is aimed at boosting his chances of re-election later this year.   Read more »

'Bitay, bitay, bitay': Bato wants death by firing squad for convicted drug traffickers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 03:02 PM

Senator-elect Ronald Dela Rosa on Wednesday said he would push for death by firing squad for convicted drug traffickers.  Read more »

Rights body hopes ‘open mind, heart’ from new Senators

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 04:29 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is hoping to withstand another half of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term despite brewing challenges with the upcoming dominance of his allies in the Senate which was then in defense of the body. Read more »

US envoy ready to work with newly-elected PH lawmakers

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 12:00 PM

MANILA – The United States envoy to the Philippines on Thursday said Washington is ready to work with Manila’s newly-elected lawmakers, a roster dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's allies seen to consolidate his power and push for his legislative priorities in Congress. Read more »

French drug smuggler sentenced to death in Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 01:53 AM

Indonesia on Monday sentenced a French drug smuggler to death by firing squad, in a shock verdict after prosecutors had asked for a long prison term. Read more »

Rights body, Catholic church urge new senators to reject death penalty

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 08:58 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) are expressing fears that the new composition of the Senate would just become a rubber stamp for President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative priorities, including their much-criticized death penalty. Read more »

Poised to enter Senate, Dela Rosa says to push for death penalty vs narco cops

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 12:57 PM

MANILA - Expected to soon cement his electoral victory, administration senatorial bet Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Saturday said he would push for the revival of the death penalty against drug traffickers and police officials who are linked to the illegal drug trade.   Read more »

‘Not yet the time’: PNP lukewarm to reviving death penalty

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 09:47 PM

But the PNP said it would be open to reimposing the death penalty on crimes connected with illegal drugs. Read more »

Sotto says death penalty for drug trafficking possible in new Senate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 12:42 AM

MANILA - Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said the revival of the death penalty for those convicted of high-level drug trade is possible with the incoming set of senators. Read more »

'Political calculations,' Duterte popularity seen to determine Senate independence

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 12:59 PM

MANILA - “Political calculations” and the administration’s popularity will determine how independent senators of the incoming 18th Congress will be on crucial matters, analysts have said.  Read more »