Manila - A Filipino overseas worker convicted of killing a Saudi Arabian national was executed Tuesday, a senior Philippine official said.
Foreign Undersecretary Esteban Conejos said Jenifer Bidoya was beheaded after his death sentence was affirmed by the Saudi Arabia Supreme Court.
Conejos said Bidoya was sentenced to death by the Jeddah Sharia Grand Court in April 2007 for killing a Saudi national guardsman.
Bidoya's execution was carried out despite the appeal for clemency of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
Conejos said the family of the victim refused to forgive Bidoya and insisted on the imposition of the death penalty.
Manila- The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as unconstitutional a territorial deal between the government and Muslim secessionist rebels.
The high tribunal in early August stopped the signing of the agreement that would have expanded the existing autonomous Muslim region in the strife-torn southern island of Mindanao because of questions over its constitutionality.
The deal reached between government peace negotiators and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was eventually scrapped by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Manila - Activists filed on Monday a new impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the fourth in the past four years.
The complaint was filed before the House of Representatives secretary-general's office by the anti-corruption group Black and White Movement and leftist labour group May First Movement.
The complaint sought the ouster of Arroyo for betrayal of public trust for allegedly allowing the government to enter into a corruption-tainted 330-million dollar national broadband project with Chinese firm ZTE
Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday urged leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea to discuss measures to cushion the effects of the global financial crisis.
Arroyo said the leaders of the 10-country ASEAN, China, Japan and South Korea can meet on the sidelines of the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting to be held next week in Beijing.
Manila- The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as unconstitutional a territorial deal between the government and Muslim secessionist rebels.
Manila - Philippine shares soared by 7.31 per cent Tuesday as the leaders of developed countries made efforts to address the global financial turmoil.
Activists filed on Monday a new impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the fourth in the past four years.
Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday urged leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea to discuss measures to cushion the effects of the global financial crisis.
