‘Death penalty a sorrowful event’ – Bataan bishop

BALANGA City, Bataan: The bishop of the Diocese of Balanga on Wednesday described the approval in the House of Representatives of death penalty as a sad and sorrowful event in the country.

“They took the matters in their hands and blood will be in their hands,” Bishop Ruperto Santos said of the lawmakers who voted for the revival of the death penalty on third and final reading in the chamber.