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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, […]
(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)–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)–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 […]
(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 […]
