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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 4, ordered convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law to surrender within 15 days. The President said if they do not do this and register with the Bureau of Corrections within that span of time, they would be treated as fugitives. “I will give you 15 days, liberty. Provided you make yourself available anytime that you will be called for investigation, to have a recomputation,” Duterte […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 4, ordered Bureau of Corrections Director-General Nicanor Faeldon to resign. The President gave the order in a speech in Malacañang. “I am demanding the resignation of Faeldon, immediately,” he said, noting that the BuCor official “disobeyed (his) order.” Asked later if he was firing Faeldon, he said “Yes.” Duterte also ordered over 1000 convicts of heinous crimes released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law to surrender, and […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has monitored a low pressure area off Surigao del Sur. PAGASA said the LPA was located 860 kilometers east northeast of Hinatuan. Meanwhile, typhoon “Liwayway” was located 420 km northeast of Basco, Batanes,with maximum sustained winds of 140 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph. “Liwayway” is moving northeast at 10 kph. The southwest monsoon is also affecting Northern Luzon. Ilocos Region, […]
(Eagle News) – The official theme song of the Southeast Asian Games 2019 was finally revealed during the press launch on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Noted Filipina singer and actress Lea Salonga, who is also best known for her roles in musical theaters and plays, sang the 2019 SEA Games official theme song, “We Win as One” which was composed by Philippine National Artist for Music maestro Ryan Cayabyab and written by Palanca awardee Floy […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, Sept. 4, said he received an “A-1” intelligence report “millions” of pesos were being paid for the release of some convicts under the Good Credit Time Allowance Law in the Bureau of Corrections. Sotto did not say who gave him the information, but said the person was very credible. Neither did Sotto say who exactly received the supposed payoffs, only noting that there were go-betweens. He added the […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, Sept. 4, said the fact that he did not recommend former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez for executive clemency meant he had distanced himself from the issue. Panelo, Sanchez’s former counsel, said in an interview over CNN Philippines that Sanchez also failed to secure a recommendation from President Rodrigo Duterte and from Senator Bong Go despite a letter of request for the same from the former mayor’s daughter, […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo believes failure to pay court-ordered damages to the kin of a victim will lengthen the jail time of a convict. Panelo shared his legal opinion in an interview over CNN Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 4, a day after Elvira Sanchez, wife of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez, said her family had no intention of paying the P12.67 million in damages to the families of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, Sept. 4, urged her fellow lawmakers not to repeal Republic Act No. 10592 even with the release of convicts of heinous crimes, including those convicted for the rape-slay of the Chiong sisters, under its retroactive application. “Let not the legitimacy and the well-settled wisdom of the law be clouded or demolished by its misapplication, abuses in enforcement or wrongdoings on the part of the designated implementors of the […]
Is expected to exit PAR between tomorrow afternoon and evening (Eagle News)–Weather conditions are expected to improve with Typhoon “Liwayway” forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility between tomorrow afternoon and evening. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Liwayway,” which is located 345 kilometers northeast of Basco, Batanes, continues to decelerate as it moves over the Philippine Sea. It is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 130 kph near the […]
(Eagle News)–The family of Antonio Sanchez will not pay the P12.67 million awarded by the court to the families of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, insisting the former Calauan, Laguna mayor was innocent. This was revealed by Elvira Sanchez, the wife of the former mayor who was convicted of killing and raping Sarmenta and of killing her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990s, during the Senate hearing the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Tuesday, […]
(Eagle News)–Three senators are moving to repeal in its entirety the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, following the release under the same of convicts of heinous crimes. In filing Senate Bill No. 993 that seeks to repeal the amendments in Articles 29, 94, 97, 98 and 99 of the Revised Penal Code as contained under the GCTA law or Republic Act 10592, Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon noted that […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday, Sept. 4, called for the establishment of “Alcatraz-like prisons” for high-risk prisoners. Zubiri made the pitch for “heinous crime penitentiaries” under his Senate Bill No. 1004, as the Senate blue ribbon and justice committees probed the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. There are now proposals to amend the law for it to explicitly exclude convicts of heinous crimes, following outrage […]
