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(Eagle News)–The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission will suspend its probe into the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess. The PACC said this was after the Office the President itself ordered the suspension, with a probe into the controversy already being undertaken by the Ombudsman and the Senate. The PACC said the investigation being conducted by the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation is also suspended. The Ombudsman has already suspended over 27 Bureau of […]
(Eagle News)–Over 2000 persons deprived of liberty have surrendered to authorities following the 15-day deadline imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte, a figure the Department of Justice said was bloated because it includes even those who turned themselves in even if they were not released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. In a press conference on Friday, Sept. 20, Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the figure as of 5 a.m. today, Sept. 20, was 2009. […]
(Eagle News)–The re-arrest of convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law and who did not surrender within the deadline will continue. This is according to the Department of Justice itself, which earlier requested that the re-arrest be put on hold pending the release of a cleansed Bureau of Corrections list that would serve as the police guide in their operations. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, Department of Justice spokesperson, said President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive […]
(Eagle News)–As far as Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra is concerned, Rolito Go, who was convicted of the 1991 killing of a Dela Salle University student in a road rage incident in San Juan City, does not need to be re-arrested. According to Guevarra, Go, after all, has served his sentence in full after it had been commuted, and not only because of the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Go was sentenced to reclusion perpetua or […]
1717 convicts surrendered before the deadline, DOJ says (Eagle News)–Over 1700 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered, as the deadline imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte for them to do so lapsed at midnight. With the final figure of 1717 as of 11 p.m., Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the Department of Justice would now firm up its list of those who have yet to surrender, and which would be submitted […]
(Eagle News)–Over 1600 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have so far surrendered to authorities, the Department of Justice said. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the 1665 who are now in Bureau of Corrections custody is as of 8 p.m. today, over three hours before the deadline for their surrender. It was President Rodrigo Duterte who gave the convicts released under the GCTA law 15 days to turn themselves in or be […]
Roxas responds to Ombudsman (Eagle News)–Ombudsman Samuel Martires has warned Senator Leila de Lima against refusing to answer his queries on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. “Ayoko mamilosopo, pero ‘pag pinilit ako mamilosopo, mamimilosopo rin ako,” Martires said. Martires made the remark after De Lima told the Ombudsman to direct its queries on the implementing rules and regulations of the law that reduces the sentence of inmates for good conduct to the Department of […]
(Eagle News)–The “remedial move” of revising the implementing rules and regulations of the Good Conduct Time and Allowance law is but a mere “cover-up” of the “most scandalous incident of corruption” in the Menardo Guevarra-led Department of Justice and this administration. This is according to Senator Leila de Lima, who issued the statement following the signing of the IRR revised by a joint DOJ and Department of the Interior and Local Government panel given the […]
(Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Officer 3 Veronica Buño on Thursday, Sept. 19, admitted she messaged the partner of a New Bilibid Prison inmate who paid P50,000 for the release of her loved one under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Buño, who was among those tagged in the GCTA-for-sale scheme, made the admission under questioning by Senator Richard Gordon. Buño initially denied any exchange even after National Bureau of Investigation director Dante Gierran said that […]
(Eagle News)–Persons deprived of liberty who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law can surrender without any sanctions up to 11:59 p.m. today, Sept. 19. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said after 11:59 p.m., those who did not surrender will be re-arrested. “This day, we will be transmitting a new list to the (Department of the Interior and Local Government) which will serve as their guide in implementing the rearrest of those who didnt […]
(Eagle News)–Over 1000 persons deprived of liberty who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered to authorities, the Department of Justice said. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the 1025 PDLs were as of 2:27 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18. The figure does not include the two convicts in the rape-slay of the Chiong sisters in Cebu in the 1990s who recently surrendered to authorities. James Anthony Uy and Josman Aznar surrendered past […]
(Eagle News)–Over 500 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have so far surrendered to authorities, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said the 579 convicts were as of 6 a.m. today, Sept. 19, the day the deadline for surrender imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte was set to lapse. Of the 579, the PNP said 162 were murder convicts, 160 were convicted of rape, 60 of homicide, 56 of robbery with homicide, […]
