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(Eagle News) — The controversial convict former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez has died, the Bureau of Corrections announced Saturday, 27 March 2021. Mayor Sanchez, convicted in 1995 for the June 1993 rape-slay of 19-year old University of the Philippines Los Banos student Mary Eileen Sarmenta and the killing of her boyfriend UPLB student Allan Gomez, was found unresponsive in his cell at around 7 a.m., Saturday. He was then brought to the New […]
(Eagle News) — Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of two University of the Philippines students in the 1990s, has been transferred to the Jose Rizal Memorial Medical Center for further tests. In a Facebook post, the Bureau of Corrections said the former mayor of Calauan, Laguna was transferred for referral to a nephrologist and a sputum exam on the evening of Friday, September 4. BuCor said the transfer was made […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has approved the creation of separate prison facilities for convicts of heinous crimes who were sentenced to life imprisonment, Senate President Tito Sotto said. According to Sotto, Senate Bill No. 1055 that aims to establish three “prison farms” on the islands of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, was approved on third and final reading on Monday, Dec. 16. Based on the approved measure co-authored by Sotto and Senators Richard Gordon and […]
(Eagle News)–At least 65 convicts of heinous crimes have surrendered to the Philippine National Police since President Rodrigo Duterte gave his 15-day ultimatum. According to PNP records, as of Sunday, Sept. 8, 8 a.m., of the 65, 24 surrendered to the Police Regional Office 2, 11 to the Police Regional Office 4B, seven to the Police Regional Office 7, and five to the Police Regional Office 5. Four each surrendered to the Police Regional Office […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Saturday, Sept. 7, defended his use of the Malacañang letterhead in referring the executive clemency bid of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez to the Board of Pardons and Parole. According to Panelo, while he “take(s) note” of the comments of Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, “we assume that the good Senator knows that official correspondence to a government office requires nothing less than an official response thereto and […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Friday, Sept. 6, rejected Inquirer.net’s apology over its social media reports on his referral of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez’s executive clemency bid to the Board of Pardons and Parole. In rejecting the online news outfit’s apology, Panelo noted that the apology, which was published on the site early in the day, was “prefaced” with “an alleged clarification from me of what I meant in referring the letter […]
(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)–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)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, Sept. 3, said he would file libel charges against Inquirer.net and Rappler for their claims he endorsed the executive clemency bid of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez. “Those articles they’re reeking with not only irresponsibility but with malice,” Panelo said, referring to the Rappler story “Panelo endorsed Sanchez’s letter for executive clemency,” and an Inquirer.net Tweet saying the same. But Panelo has said he merely “referred” the […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Tuesday, Sept. 3, admitted referring Antonio Sanchez family’s letter requesting executive clemency for the former Calauan, Laguna mayor to the Board of Pardons and Parole, but added this was what he did with all the other letters he received. “And I refer all kinds of letters, the same. I don’t want to be accused by anyone that just because I’m a lawyer I would be not doing anything for […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo referred the letter of request for executive clemency of former Calauan, Laguna Antonio Sanchez’s family to the Board of Pardons and Parole. This is according to BPP executive director 3 Reynaldo Bayang, who faced the Senate blue ribbon and justice commitees hearing the Good Conduct and Time Allowance law. “In line with the President’s commitment for good governance, transparency and immediate action on matters that affect the welfare of the […]
(Eagle News)–The violations committed by former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez were not reflected in his file folder at the Bureau of Corrections. This was acknowledged by BuCor Chief Nicanor Faeldon, when he faced senators on the second hearing into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Faeldon made the admission under questioning by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who had noted Sanchez had kept an airconditioned “kubol” in the New Bilibid Prison, which is prohibited. […]
