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(Eagle News)–Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday, Sept. 4, called for the establishment of “Alcatraz-like prisons” for high-risk prisoners. Zubiri made the pitch for “heinous crime penitentiaries” under his Senate Bill No. 1004, as the Senate blue ribbon and justice committees probed the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. There are now proposals to amend the law for it to explicitly exclude convicts of heinous crimes, following outrage […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Sept. 4, urged Bureau of Corrections Director-General Nicanor Faeldon to take a leave of absence pending the probe into the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law. In a statement, Pacquiao said that while he believes in the “integrity and honesty” of Faeldon, the raging controversy demands his “full and undivided attention.” Pacquiao added that President Rodrigo Duterte was “unnecessarily dragged into this […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon believes there is legal basis to order the re-arrest of convicts of heinous crimes who have been released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Drilon said “it was clearly established” after all that the procedure for the release of 1914 convicts, including three convicted of the rape-slay of the Chiong sisters, was “not followed.” He said the good conduct of convicts was wrongly computed as none of their […]
(Eagle News)–The violations committed by former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez were not reflected in his file folder at the Bureau of Corrections. This was acknowledged by BuCor Chief Nicanor Faeldon, when he faced senators on the second hearing into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Faeldon made the admission under questioning by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who had noted Sanchez had kept an airconditioned “kubol” in the New Bilibid Prison, which is prohibited. […]
Gives four other recommendations (Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday, Sept. 2, wants a standalone provision in Republic Act No. 10592 that says who exactly cannot benefit from the measure. This was one of the recommendations Guevarra gave senators during the Senate hearing the GCTA law, should lawmakers, he said, decide to amend the measure to avoid any legal loopholes. “Provisions of this law should be crafter better, in a better way. The intent […]
(Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon on Monday, Sept. 2, denied he had signed the release order for former Calauan, Laguna Antonio Sanchez. Sanchez was convicted of the rape and murder of Aileen Sarmenta, and of the murder of her friend Allan Gomez. In the hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance before the Senate, Faeldon said he merely signed a memorandum that jumpstarts the process of the release. The memorandum he signed he […]
(Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon has confirmed those convicted in the slay-rape of the Chiong sisters have been released. Faeldon made the admission Josman Aznar, Ariel Balansag and Alberto Caño had been released from the New Bilibid Prison under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law under questioning by Senator Panfilo Lacson during the Senate hearing the GCTA law. The memorandum for release, Lacson said, was signed by Technical Chief Superintendent Maria Fe Marquez. […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Aug. 30, said convicts of heinous crimes who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, or Republic Act 10592, should be sent back to jail. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place, the law, which increases the GCTA given to inmates, is clear it does not apply to convicts of heinous crimes. Panelo said recidivists, escapees and habitual delinquents could also not benefit from the law, […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Aug. 30, said the four Chinese convicts who were released from the New Bilibid Prison will be held if they are still in Bureau of Immigration custody. Guevarra said Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum shall be held until the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 10592, which increases the Good Conduct Time Allowances given to inmates, and the guidelines for […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, Aug. 30, said three more drug lords were released due to the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law or Republic Act 10592. In an interview over radio dzbb, Lacson said a Taiwanese drug lord was released from the Davao Penal Colony, while the other two were released from Palawan. He said the three were apart from the five Chinese drug lords who were released from the New Bilibid Prison in […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, Aug. 29, said the four Chinese drug lords Senator Panfilo Lacson said were released from the New Bilibid Prison in June are detained at the BI’s warden facility. In a statement, the BI said the summary deportation order of Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum was signed and approved by the Board of Commissioners on August 23. The BI said the […]
(Eagle News)–At least four Chinese drug lords were released from the New Bilibid Prison even before reports on the possible release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez came out, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. It was unclear, however, if the four identified as Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che and Wu Hing Sum, were released based on Republic Act No. 10592, or the law on Good Conduct Time Allowances. According to Lacson, the […]
