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(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Sept. 6, slammed Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo for blaming the Aquino administration for the Good Conduct Time Allowance law mess. The implementing rules and regulations of the GCTA law or Republic Act 10592 that are the subject of a review by a joint Department of Justice and Department of the Interior and Local Government panel were crafted and passed in 2017, when De Lima was justice secretary, and […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Manny Pacquiao said all other Bureau of Corrections officers who had a hand in the release of convicts under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law should resign or take a leave of absence. Pacquiao issued the call after President Rodrigo Duterte himself sacked BuCor Chief Nicanor Faeldon, following the release of some convicts of heinous crimes, including three convicted for the rape-slay of the Chiong sisters, and the near-release of former Calauan, Laguna […]
(Eagle News)–The partner of an inmate at the New Bilibid Prison testified on Thursday, Sept. 5, that she paid P50000 to Bureau of Corrections officers to secure his freedom. According to Yolanda Camelon, who faced senators during the third hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance, the amount was given to Major Mabel Bansil and Staff Sgt. Ramoncito Roque. “Sabi ko in what way, ‘yon nga lang magastos. May binanggit siyang certain amount na P50K. […]
(Eagle News)–“I’ve never been happier now.” This was the message of Nicanor Faeldon to reporters on Thursday, Sept. 5, when asked how he felt after being sacked as Bureau of Corrections Director-General by President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Faeldon, who had refused to answer questions from the media prior to the hearing, “wala nang yoke sa balikat.” “You can soundly sleep,” he said. President Duterte announced the dismissal of Faeldon in a speech on Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News)–Sacked Bureau of Corrections Director-General Nicanor Faeldon has “no hard feelings” for President Rodrigo Duterte. This is according to his lawyer, Jose Diño, who accompanied the former Marine at the Senate where he attended the third hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Thursday, Sept. 5. Faeldon refused to speak to the media at that time. “Ganun ang Marino. They follow orders. No hard feelings. Tinatanggap mo yun,” Diño said. He noted […]
(Eagle News)–Nicanor Faeldon surfaced at the Senate on Thursday, Sept. 5, a day after he was sacked by President Rodrigo Duterte as Bureau of Corrections director-general and after his lawyer told senators hearing the Good Conduct Time Allowance law that the former Marine had begged off from attending the same. When asked by reporters, Jose Diño, Faeldon’s lawyer, said his client was “insistent” on attending the hearing, where Senate President Tito Sotto’s “A1” intel report […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to re-arrest the 1700 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law is based on jurisprudence, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. Guevarra in particular noted People of the Philippines vs. Fidel Tan, and City Warden of the Manila City Jail vs. Raymond S. Estrella, where the Supreme Court ordered the re-arrest of inmates after the GCTA credited to them were found to be “invalid.” In the first […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of the Interior and Local Government wants the 1700 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance to be placed on the Immigration watchlist. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the DILG will request the Department of Justice for this. He said Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has also ordered the Philippine National Police to form tracker teams to locate the convicts. Año, Malaya said, has urged the convicts to surrender themselves immediately […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, Sept. 5, announced the deployment of tracker teams to locate the 1700 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Albayalde made the announcement following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order for them to surrender in 15 days or be treated as fugitives. “As fugitives from justice, these convicts can be subjected to warrantless arrest,” Albayalde said. He also directed all police units nationwide to […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 4, ordered convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law to surrender within 15 days. The President said if they do not do this and register with the Bureau of Corrections within that span of time, they would be treated as fugitives. “I will give you 15 days, liberty. Provided you make yourself available anytime that you will be called for investigation, to have a recomputation,” Duterte […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 4, ordered Bureau of Corrections Director-General Nicanor Faeldon to resign. The President gave the order in a speech in Malacañang. “I am demanding the resignation of Faeldon, immediately,” he said, noting that the BuCor official “disobeyed (his) order.” Asked later if he was firing Faeldon, he said “Yes.” Duterte also ordered over 1000 convicts of heinous crimes released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law to surrender, and […]
