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(Eagle News)–Over 500 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have so far surrendered to authorities, the Department of Justice said. According to Justice Undersecretary and spokesperson Markk Perete, the 505 are in Bureau of Corrections custody. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered the convicts released under the law, which reduces the sentence of inmates for good conduct, to surrender or be treated as fugitives. This was following reports GCTA was being sold to […]
(Eagle News)–Two of the three convicts in the Chiong sisters rape-slay who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law have surrendered. Ariel Balansag and Alberto Caño are reportedly already under custody of the Bureau of Corrections. The third, Josman Aznar, has yet to surrender. The others convicted for the crime were Paco Larrañaga, Rowen Wesley Adlawan, James Andrew Uy and James Anthony Uy. Larrañaga, who is of Spanish descent, is serving his sentence in Spain. […]
(Eagle News)–“Not more than ten” convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law surrendered following President Rodrigo Duterte’s ultimatum on Wednesday, Sept. 4. This is according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who shared the information under questioning by Senator Panfilo Lacson during the third Senate hearing on the GCTA law on Thursday, Sept. 5. Guevarra, however, refused to give their names. He said the Department of Justice was also already working on […]
