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(Eagle News)–Officials of the Aquino administration should not be blamed for the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law or Republic Act No. 10592. This was according to now-Senator Leila de Lima and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, who issued separate statements after the Ombudsman asked them to explain why the GCTA law’s implementing rules and regulations they crafted in 2014 excluded some categories of inmates who could not […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility that has developed into a tropical depression. PAGASA said as of 2 a.m., the center of the tropical depression was estimated at 1355 kilometers east of Visayas, and is expected to enter PAR today. PAGASA said Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, and the provinces of Quezon and Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 10, said he would abide by the Supreme Court ruling in the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. “We will just follow the law. If the (Presidential) Electoral Tribunal says Robredo is the rightful occupant, then we will just have to follow the final order of the Supreme Court,” he said. The President issued the remark after the SC, sitting as […]
(Eagle News)–“Mr. Referral.” This was how President Rodrigo Duterte described Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, Sept. 10, following his admission he referred the executive clemency bid of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez to the Board of Pardons and Parole. The President made the joke during a ceremony for outstanding government officials. ” Maupo po kayo. Salamat. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the Mr. Referral,” he had said. Duterte has […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired the executive director of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission for alleged corruption. Apart from Jose Antonio Goitia, Duterte said he would sack another official handling an “economic office” this time due to poor performance. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Goitia’s termination was made “pursuant to the President’s continuing mandate to eradicate graft and corruption, and to ensure that public officials and employees conduct themselves in a manner worthy of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will not be appointing sacked Bureau of Corrections director-general Nicanor Faeldon to a new government post. In fact, President Duterte said on Tuesday, Sept. 10, that Faeldon has already been hired by a private corporation. The President made the statement following speculations he would give Faeldon another appointment. Prior to his stint as BuCor chief, Faeldon was Customs chief until he resigned following the discovery of P6.8-billion worth of shabu smuggled […]
(Eagle News)–At least eight convicted drug lords avail of the hospital passes being sold by some unscrupulous Bureau of Corrections personnel at the New Bilibid Prison to continue operating their illegal drug trade. This is according to Senator Bong Go, who said he received the information from a “high-profile” NBP inmate. He said the inmates availed of the passes because their movements were not restricted in the hospital. “Most of these illegal drug transactions take […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 10, welcomed the suspension of 27 Bureau of Corrections officials over the Good Conduct Time Allowance law mess. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the remark in a press conference as he reiterated the Palace’s stand that “heads will roll” following the release of some convicts of heinous crimes, and the near-release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez under the law. Sanchez was convicted of the rape and murder […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has concluded its recount and revision of ballots in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. The PET said case member-in-charge Justice Alfredo Caguioa submitted on Monday, Sept. 9, his report on the recount covering the three test provinces of Iloilo, Negros Oriental and Camarines Sur, or 5415 precincts. The tribunal has, however, yet to act on the report. “The tribunal would like to […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice will order the “immediate” implementation of the suspension order issued by the Ombudsman against 27 Bureau of Corrections officials over the Good Conduct Time Allowance law mess. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, however, that he would “confer with the OIC and find ways to continue normal operations with the least disruption.” He was referring to Assistant Secretary Melvin Ramon Buenafe, whom he designated to the BuCor post following the sacking […]
(Eagle News)–Ombudsman Samuel Martires has asked former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas to explain their Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Martires, who is conducting a probe into the law that was used by the Bureau of Corrections as a basis to release some convicts of heinous crimes, particularly wants to know why the IRR Roxas and De Lima crafted in 2014 did not […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law declaring July 25 as National Campus Press Freedom Day. In signing Republic Act No. 11440, Duterte noted that it is the State’s policy to “promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press.” “As part of the media, the campus press is an important institution in promoting and protecting the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression,” […]
