Tag: Fredric Santos

Lacson: Manner of killing of BuCor legal officer “shows how cheap life has become” in drug war

(Eagle News)–The manner in which Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos was killed “shows how cheap life has become in the government’s war on drugs,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said. According to Lacson, this is whether it was ” stage-managed or perpetrated by drug syndicates.” “Either way, it is on the law enforcement agencies to bear the burden of finding the solution to this impunity,” Lacson said. “It is another big challenge to law enforcement […]

Gordon gives two possible reasons behind BuCor legal officer’s killing

(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon believes Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos was killed due to either one of two things. He knew a lot about the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess or he made promises that were broken. “Siyempre marami siyang nalalaman. Tandaan mo lahat ng papel ng mga preso siya ang nagnonotaryo. Malapit siya sa mga preso,” Gordon said in a radio interview on Friday, Feb. 21. According to Gordon, it was also […]

Guevarra: Killing of Santos “very likely” connected to GCTA issue

(Eagle News)–The killing of Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos is “very likely” connected to the Good Conduct Time Allowance controversy. This is according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who made the remark a day after Santos was gunned down in Muntinlupa just as he was about to fetch his daughter from school. Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the killing of Santos, who, according to Senate President Tito […]

Sotto: Slain BuCor official was ready to tell all on GCTA mess

(Eagle News)–Suspended Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos had expressed readiness to tell all on the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess before he was killed, Senate President Tito Sotto said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. According to Sotto, Santos gave this information to him through Senator Panfilo Lacson. “Yes. The  Department of Justice should get to the bottom of this dastardly act,” Sotto said. Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the blue ribbon committee that probed […]