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At least eight of 24 senators have openly expressed their opposition to the proposed revival of the death penalty in the country even before a joint panel in the Senate starts its deliberations on Tuesday. Six were…
House Deputy Minority Leader Lito Atienza urged all the people, regardless of their religious affiliation, to fight against the bill that seeks to restore the death penalty in the country which is being pushed by House Speaker…
Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma is saddened when he learned that the House committee on justice has approved on first reading the bill that aims to reinstate the death penalty in the country. Palma said he never…
THREE drug suspects died in a shootout with police in Danao City even as militant groups will set up streamers and human-sized dolls at the skywalks of Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City to denounce the continued killings…
A decade after ending the use of the death penalty and taking a lead role in a global campaign to abolish capital punishment, the Philippines is again considering sending prisoners to the gallows. This is deeply concerning…
A PROPOSAL for the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) to support the position of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to re-impose the death penalty was shot down during yesterday’s PB session. The proposal sponsored by PB Member Arleigh Sitoy was…
How much do we respect life? How much do we want to defend the right of innocent people (who are wrongly accused of doing something bad)? Do we give a chance to those who committed crimes and…
It is always a staggering thought, that of many lives lost in a country that has seen its share of violence amid surging criminality. But are the reimposition of the death penalty, a curfew for minors and…
Tough-talking Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte yesterday did not mince words when he talked about his plans to restore death penalty for heinous crimes. “I would lead Congress to restore death penalty,” the presumptive President said…
MANILA, Philippines—In his bid to restore the death penalty, Senator Vicente Sotto III said that the life imprisonment meted to high-profile drug traffickers in the country “does not work.” In an interview with Inquirer Radio 990 AM,…
MANILA, Philippines—Alarmed by the influx of heinous crimes, Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has sought the revival of Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law in the country through lethal injection. In filing Senate Bill 2080…
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