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(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel probing the problems in the Bureau of Corrections has recommended the establishment of a separate jail facility for convicts of heinous crimes. The Senate committees on justice and human rights, public order and dangerous drugs and finance made the recommendation through Senate Bill No. 1055, which was based on the bills separately filed by Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Richard Gordon and Juan Miguel Zubiri. Sotto’s Senate Bill No. […]
(Eagle News)–Two other convicts in the Chiong rape-slay and whom the Department of Justice described as having been prematurely released have surrendered to authorities. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said Josman Aznar and James Anthony Uy turned themselves in at the New Bilibid Prison around 6:30 p.m. Earlier, fellow convicts Ariel Balansag and Alberto Caño also returned to BuCor custody. Their co-accused are Rowen Adlawan, Paco Larrañaga, and James Andrew Uy, but Larrañaga, of Spanish descent, […]
(Eagle News)–The three resource persons who were cited in contempt by a Senate panel probing the problems in the. Bureau of Corrections have sought the help of the Court of Appeals and filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In filing the petition on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Ramoncito Roque, Fredric Anthony Santos and Ursicio Cenas said the blue ribbon committee violated their right to due process when it supposedly did not give them […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 17, announced a P1 million reward for the arrest of each convict of heinous crime released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. The President made the announcement with two days left before his ultimatum for convicts released under the law that reduces the sentence of inmates for good conduct to surrender. “The P1-million prize is available to all those who can capture them dead or alive but […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 17, welcomed the signing of the revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo lauded Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año for the prompt completion of the revision of the IRR, which did not explicitly exclude convicts of heinous crimes from availing of the benefits of the law that reduces the sentence of inmates for […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, Sept. 17, asked the Ombudsman to spare her from explaining the rules on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law and to instead direct its queries to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior and Local Government. In a three-page letter to Ombudsman Samuel Martires, De Lima said she was, after all, “no longer the Secretary of Justice,” and was “now a Senator of the Republic.” […]
(Eagle News)–Over 600 convicts who were believed to have been prematurely released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered so far. According to Undersecretary Markk Perete, Department of Justice spokesperson, the 692 are now in Bureau of Corrections custody. The convicts released under the law, which reduces the sentence of inmates based on good conduct, have until Sept. 19 to surrender or be treated as fugitives based on President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive. The […]
https://youtu.be/1Dco0X2hyss By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Hindi na kasama ang mga heinous crime convicts sa makakalaya sa ilalim ng Republic Act 10592 o Good Conduct Time Allowance. Ito ay batay sa bagong implementing rules and regulations ng GCTA law na nilagdaan na nina Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra at Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año. Ni-rebisa ng binuong joint Department of Justice (DOJ)-Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) committee […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año have given the joint Department of Justice and Department of the Interior and Local Government panel another 60 days to complete its work. In joint department order number 2, Guevarra and Año said the additional 60 days were for the panel to complete its review of the Uniform Policy and Guidelines on the computation of credits and allowances under Republic Act No. 10592 or the […]
(Eagle News)–Over 600 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have already surrendered to authorities. According to Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, as of 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, 612 inmates are already in Bureau of Corrections custody. The deadline for the surrender of the convicts is Sept. 19, based on President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive. Perete said they were also checking if two of the convicts in the Chiong rape-slay case, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, Sept. 16, called for “sweeping reforms” in the country’s prison system amid the mess at the Bureau of Corrections. In filing SB No. 181, De Lima sought to integrate the management of the Bureau of Corrections, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and of provincial jail services under one agency, the National Commission on Corrections and Jail Management. She said the agency shall “serve as central authority […]
(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 […]
