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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh4-E738Sp8 (Editor’s Note: In an interview with Eagle News Service in July 2019, former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III gives his views about several issues. We are re-publishing this exclusive interview to share the insights of the late President Noynoy Aquino who passed away on June 24, 2021. In this part of the video interview, he shares that in his younger years, he was for the death penalty, and would often even have […]
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Virginia on Wednesday became the first southern US state to abolish the death penalty and the 23rd state in the country to end capital punishment. Democratic Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation repealing the death penalty in Virginia, saying it was “the moral thing to do.” Virginia is the first of the southern states that made up the Confederacy during the 1861-65 US Civil […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Anti-Crime Commission chair Dante Jimenez passed away Friday night, Jan. 29, 2021, due to aortic aneurysm, his family said in a statement. Jimenez is also the founding chair of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC). He was also appointed as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs alongside Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino in February last year. “With deep sorrow, the Family announces the passing […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 27, renewed his call for the passage of a death penalty law. The President in particular called for a law that revived the death penalty via lethal injection for crimes committed under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. President Duterte noted afterwards, however, that there was not as much applause at the Batasang Pambansa after he made the call. “I suppose they are not interested,” he said, […]
(Eagle News)–The recommended revised implementing rules and regulations of the Good Conduct Time Allowance law now include a specific definition of heinous crimes to avoid any other interpretation of the terms. According to Justice spokesperson Markk Perete, who gave a radio interview on Sunday, Sept. 15, apart from the definition, the IRR revised by a joint Department of Justice and Department of the Interior and Local Government panel, and which have been submitted to Justice […]
(Eagle News)–The mother of Eileen Sarmenta is no longer in favor of the death penalty. Maria Clara Sarmenta made the revelation during a Senate hearing on Monday, Sept. 2, on Republic Act 10592 that increases the GCTA given to inmates. The hearing was called following public outrage over the reported release under the law of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted for the murder and rape of Aileen and the murder of […]
(Eagle News)–Was the “premature, reckless” announcement of the “impending” release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Sanchez meant to be “a propaganda blitz to drumbeat support for the death penalty?” This was the question posed by Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, August 24, a day after the Palace clarified Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta, and of the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990, was not […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Ronald dela Rosa on Thursday, Aug. 22, clarified he himself wants former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez hanged because of his crime. A visibly irked Dela Rosa made the statement during a Senate hearing on the proposal to make ROTC mandatory to select students, after a resource person, Raoul Manuel, President of the National Union of Students of the Philippines, hit him for his statement the former mayor, who was convicted of the […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Manny Pacquiao believes the proposed return of the death penalty for heinous crimes would pass hurdles in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Pacquiao even wants the “firing squad” for those convicted for illegal drug trafficking. “Sa tingin ko malaki ang chance na mapasa yung death penalty lalo dito sa drugs. Kasi walang tigil hindi sila natatakot walang matinding pamalo ang batas natin. Kailangan matakot sila,” the senator who recently […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is “most likely” to certify as urgent the bill reinstating the death penalty for crimes related to illegal drugs and plunder. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a press conference on Tuesday, July 23, a day after Duterte urged Congress to revive the policy in his fourth State of the Nation Address. “Ang feeling ni Presidente yan ang pinakamabigat na problema natin. One is corruption; number […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, July 23, the minority would fight the death penalty “tooth and nail,” as it called the policy “anti-poor.” According to Drilon, the minority–composed of only 4 senators–believes the death penalty was not the solution to the country’s illegal drugs and corruption problems since the justice system was flawed and prone to error. “What we need to do is to strengthen our justice system and show […]
(Eagle News)–For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the imposition of death penalty “may somehow deter the commission of serious crimes.” According to Guevarra, while “it is difficult to measure or prove a negative proposition” since it was difficult to determine “how many crimes did not happen because of the fear of the death penalty,” ordinary human behavior “indicates that the fear of being put to death for the commission of a crime will naturally prompt a […]
