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A long-time opponent of the death penalty, [9] she abolished capital punishment in 2006 after commuting the death sentences of over 1,200 prisoners. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On November 18, 2011, Arroyo was arrested and held at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on charges of electoral sabotage [ 12 ] [ 13 ] but released on bail in July 2012.
The death penalty had been first abolished by Corazon Aquino in 1986, only to be restored later by Fidel Ramos, with the main method changed to lethal injection. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo suspended the death penalty in 2006 following pressure from the Catholic Church, and it remains so to this day.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo served two consecutive terms as 14th President of the Philippines: 2001-2004 and 2004-2010.Her first term started in January 20, 2001, following the Second EDSA Revolution which occurred when she was the Vice President under President Joseph Estrada (in office 1998-2001).
In 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo created Task Force Usig in response to the rising number of murders of journalists and activists. While the supervisory body reportedly accomplished police reform and increased coordination, among other accomplishments, it was criticized by media activists for failure to provide necessary logistics.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Samuel Ong, a former deputy director of the country's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), declared in a June 10, 2005, press conference [5] that he possessed original recordings of a wiretapped conversation between Arroyo and an official of the Commission on Elections, who was alleged to be Virgilio Garcillano.
The political killings in the Philippines, with an estimated death toll of over 1,200 in 2010, began during the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2001. These include extrajudicial harassment, torture, disappearances and murder of civilian non-combatants by the military and police.
Gloria Hunniford has announced the death of her husband of more than 20 years, Stephen Way. The veteran broadcaster, 84, wed the businessman in 1998, and she said he would leave “the most ...
At noon, Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn in by Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. as president of the Philippines. Before Estrada departed from Malacañang, he issued the following press release: At twelve o'clock noon today, Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took her oath as President of the Republic of the Philippines.