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Overseas Filipinos and the death penalty: Cases that made headlines

Jan 25, 2017 - 8:47 PM

This is not the first time the country has mourned the execution of a fellow Filipino abroad

Executed OFW’s family to get blood money with donors’ approval

Feb 29, 2016 - 8:15 PM

Senator Cynthia Villar says she will work to provide scholarship to the two children left behind by Joselito Zapanta who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia

SENATE INQUIRY. Senator Cynthia Villar leads an inquiry on the blood money for executed OFW Joselito Zapanta on February 29. Photo from the Office of Senator Cynthia Villar

Should blood money for executed OFW be given to his family?

Feb 02, 2016 - 8:29 PM

Where should the P23 million blood money raised for executed OFW Joselito Zapanta go?

EXECUTED. 35-year-old OFW Joselito Zapanta was executed in Saudi Arabia on December 29, 2015.

Villar seeks probe into P23-M blood money raised for OFW

Feb 01, 2016 - 7:11 PM

UPDATED Senator Cynthia Villar asks: should Joselito Zapanta s family be given the amount that government raised in the attempt to save his life in Saudi Arabia?

FREE ASSISTANCE. Senator Cynthia Villar (3rd from left) provides livelihood assistance to the Zapanta family on February 1. Photo from the Office of Senator Cynthia Villar

VLOG: PH gov't exhausted all means to save Joselito Zapanta – Binay

Jan 05, 2016 - 7:56 PM

Zapanta s family wasn t able to raise the blood money demanded by Saudi Arabia

Binay: No gov’t shortcomings in effort to save Joselito Zapanta

Jan 05, 2016 - 6:39 PM

UPDATED The Vice President wants to give part of the blood money to the bereaved family of the OFW but Joselito Zapanta s mother asks what s the use?

FAMILY VISIT. Vice President Jejomar Binay looks at the photo of OFW Joselito Zapanta, who was executed in Saudi Arabia in December 2015. Photo from OVP

35-year-old Filipino executed in Saudi Arabia

Dec 29, 2015 - 3:13 PM

2nd UPDATE A father of two Joselito Lidasan Zapanta is executed in Saudi Arabia because of a case of murder with robbery

BLOOD MONEY. Joselito Zapanta's children earlier appealed for 'blood money' to save their father. File photo by Migrante International

Aquino forms committee on OFWs needing blood money

Feb 10, 2014 - 7:02 PM

The permanent body consists of the Vice President the Executive Secretary and the secretaries of justice foreign affairs budget health labor and social welfare

BLOOD MONEY. Joselito Zapanta's children appeal for 'blood money' to save their father. File photo by Migrante International

PH still hopes to save convict on Saudi death row

Nov 03, 2013 - 5:19 PM

The government is asking the Sudanese ambassador in Saudi Arabia to help convince the family of the landlord killed by Joselito Zapanta in a rental dispute in 2009 to extend the deadline for the payment of blood money DFA said

BLOOD MONEY. Joselito Zapanta's children appeal for 'blood money' to save their father. File photo by Migrante International

PH asks for money to save Pinoy in Saudi death row

Apr 18, 2013 - 7:02 PM

Saudi Arabia extends anew the deadline for the payment of blood money for the release of Joselito Zapanta

BLOOD MONEY to save their dad. Zapanta's children appeal for 'blood money'. File photo courtesy of Migrante International

Filipino on Saudi death row wins short reprieve

Mar 12, 2013 - 7:20 PM

Saudi s King grants a short reprieve to laborer Joselito Zapanta giving him 3 months to raise blood money

BLOOD MONEY to save their dade. Zapanta's children appeal for 'blood money'. Photo courtesy of Migrante Ingternational

P55-M to save OFW on death row

Nov 12, 2012 - 3:57 PM

An OFW will be executed in Saudi unless his family can raise P55 M in blood money