Capital punishment in the Philippines was abolished in 2006. The death penalty as a form of state-sponsored repression was introduced and widely practiced by the Spanish East Indies government in the
New Bilibid Prison once held male death row inmates
An old Philippine embarkation card (erroneously) warning visitors of the death penalty for drug trafficking after the abolition. The caveat has since been deleted in subsequent versions.
2020 Tarlac shooting
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On December 20, 2020, a shooting incident occurred in Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines, when a police officer, Jonel Nuezca, fatally shot two of his neighbors, Sonia and Frank Gregorio, after a heated arg
Capital punishment in the Philippines
…2019, bills seeking to reinstate capital punishment in the Philippines were revived in the Senate ahead of the opening of the 18th Congress. After the 2020 Tarlac shooting, Senators Ronald dela Rosa and Manny Pacquiao urged considering the revival of the death penalty. In 2025, Zamboanga City 1st District representative…
A still image of a video taken by one of the victims' relatives showing Nuezca (right) trying to arrest Frank (center) while his mother Sonia (left) is shielding him, moments before Nuezca fatally shoots both Frank and Sonia.
Barangay Cabayaoasan in Paniqui, where the shooting incident took place
Indignation rally in response to Tarlac shooting incident, December 21, 2020, Boy Scout Circle, Quezon City.
President Rodrigo Duterte portrait