Tag: Good Conduct Time Allowance

Joint DOJ-DILG panel to review IRR of RA 10592, guidelines for computing, processing GCTA

Computation, processing of GCTA suspended for ten days  (Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Aug. 29, ordered the creation of a joint committee that will review the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act 10592 and the guidelines on the computation and processing of Good Conduct Time Allowances. The order was contained in  Joint Department Order No. 1, which also directs the temporary suspension of the processing and computation […]

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Guevarra: Approval of SOJ required before convicts sentenced to life in prison, reclusion perpetua are released

(Eagle News)–The approval of the Justice Secretary is required before an inmate who was  sentenced to life imprisonment or reclusion perpetua and who has served his sentence can be released. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, this is according to a department order issued by then-Justice Secretary Alfredo Caguioa in 2015. Caguioa is now a Supreme Court justice. According to Guevarra, the department order also affirmed the authority of the Bureau of Corrections director general  […]

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Gordon files bill aiming to “improve” RA 10592 in light of Antonio Sanchez case

(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon is proposing to “improve” Republic Act 10592 that increases the Good Conduct Time Allowances given to inmates. In filing Senate Bill No. 974, Gordon noted there was a need to do this so that the “meritorious principle of the law upon which it is based can be implemented,” and the law can be safeguarded from “abuse of powerful personalities whose years of imprisonment have not changed a bit the crooked and […]

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Guevarra: Palace requested a hold in processing of Sanchez’s case amid factual, legal issues

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to “hold the processing” of the case of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez “until all the factual and legal issues have been fully threshed out.” Guevarra himself confirmed this after Senator Bong Go revealed in a television interview that Duterte had ordered Guevarra and Bureau of Corrections director Nicanor Faeldon to refrain from releasing the former mayor, who was convicted of the rape and […]

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De Lima: Was “premature, reckless” announcement of Sanchez’s “impending release” just “propaganda blitz” for death penalty?

(Eagle News)–Was the “premature, reckless” announcement of the “impending” release of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Sanchez  meant to be  “a propaganda blitz to drumbeat support for the death penalty?” This was the question posed by Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, August 24, a day after the Palace clarified Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta, and of the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990, was not […]

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Palace: Antonio Sanchez not eligible for early release under RA 10592

Says law excludes recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees and persons charged with heinous crimes (Eagle News)–Former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez is not eligible for release under the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law. This was the statement of the Palace, amid public outrage over the possibility the former mayor who was convicted of the murder and rape of Aileen Sarmenta and the murder of her friend Allan Gomez in the 1990s, could be released. This was […]

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IBP to DOJ: Make evaluation of prisoners’ conduct, computation of good conduct time allowances transparent

(Eagle News)–The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has urged the Department of Justice to make the basis for and evaluation of prisoners’ good conduct, and the computation of Good Conduct Time Allowances “transparent.” For this, the  IBP suggested these be uploaded on the websites of the Department of Justice and of penal institutions. The IBP said informing the “private offended parties” and their families “much earlier” would also be “welcome.” The IBP issued the statement […]

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In light of Sanchez case, Sotto wants RA 10592 amended to ensure only “deserving” prisoners benefit from it

(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto is seeking a review of Republic Act 10592 that increases the Good Conduct Time Allowance given to inmates. In seeking to amend the law, Sotto, in Resolution No. 107, said there was a need to ensure that the prisoners who “truly deserve” the  benefits of the law, which was passed during the time of then-President Noynoy Aquino in 2013, are granted the same. According to Sotto, a provision on the […]

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Drilon wants inquiry into reported eligibility for early release of Antonio Sanchez

Aims for “remedial legislation” to RA 10592 (Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon is seeking an inquiry into the reported eligibility of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez for an early release from prison. In filing Resolution No. 106, Drilon noted the pronouncement by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra Sanchez and over 10,000 other inmates may be released soon after the Supreme Court ruled in June that RA 10592, which increases the  Good Conduct Time Allowance […]

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BuCor Chief Faeldon to public: Don’t assume Antonio Sanchez will already be released from jail

(Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Director Nicanor Faeldon on Thursday, Aug. 22, urged the public not to assume former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez will be released from jail. In an interview over GMA’s Unang Hirit, Faeldon said the BuCor has yet to compute Sanchez’s good conduct time allowances. Faeldon issued the remark following outrage on social media over what was believed to be the impending release of Sanchez, who was convicted of  raping Aileen Sarmenta […]

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