Palma: Church leaders will continue to oppose bloody war on drugs, death penalty

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/09/2017

CEBU CITY–President Rodrigo Duterte just can’t silence bishops and priests. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma on Thursday said Catholic Church leaders would continue to speak out and oppose the administration’s bloody war on drugs as well as plans…

Senate starts death penalty talks today

Inquirer.net 02/06/2017

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…

Atienza seeks support vs death penalty

Nestle L. Semilla 01/21/2017

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…

Palma: Death penalty is not a deterrent to crimes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/08/2016

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 killed as militants denounce killings

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Rene Alima 07/24/2016

  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…

On every level, death penalty is wrong

07/21/2016

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…

Bid for PB support on Digong’s stand on death penalty junked

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/30/2016

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…

Palma: Respect life; no to death penalty

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza 05/18/2016

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…

The problem with death penalty

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza, Rhobie A. Ruaya, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/17/2016

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…

Digong to lead Congress to restore death penalty

05/17/2016

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…

Sotto: Life imprisonment does not work; restore death penalty

01/29/2014

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,…

Sotto bill revives death penalty

01/28/2014

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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