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Anti-corruption body suspends GCTA probe, defers to Senate, Ombudsman

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Posted at Sep 21 11:49 AM

MANILA - The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) on Saturday said it has suspended its parallel investigation into the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) mess. Read more »

DOJ: Only Duterte can suspend rearrest of freed convicts

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 01:42 AM

Despite recommending a halt to the manhunt of convicts “prematurely released,” a DOJ official Friday conceded the President’s verbal order to rearrest them stands. Read more »

GCTA-freed inmates convicted of lesser crimes also surrender

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Posted at Sep 21 01:19 AM

The holding area of the National Bilibid Prison is now crowded, as inmates convicted of lesser crimes and released through the good conduct law turned themselves in, too. Read more »

'Listahan ng mga pinasusukong convict nakitaan ng mga pagkakamali'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 11:41 AM

Ayon kay Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, nakakita ang DOJ ng higit 40 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) o mga nakapiit na hindi dapat kasama sa listahan. Read more »

Manhunt for GCTA freed convicts on hold, says NCRPO chief

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Updated as of Sep 20 01:01 PM

MANILA - Metro Manila police chief Guillermo Eleazar said they would heed the order to suspend police operations for now against heinous crime convicts released under the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law who have yet to surrender. Read more »

Rolito Go not among heinous crime convicts ordered to surrender: Guevarra

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Updated as of Sep 20 04:07 PM

MANILA - Murder convict Rolito Go is not covered by the surrender order to prisoners prematurely released based on the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. Read more »

Number of surrenderers exceeded heinous crime convicts list - DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 11:02 AM

MANILA - The secretary of justice on Friday described as "phenomenal" the number of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) released early on good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law who voluntarily surrendered following the ultimatum set by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Errors in GCTA list: DOJ orders stop to arrests of freed convicts

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Updated as of Sep 20 10:39 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Department of Justice on Friday ordered a stop to re-arrests of heinous crime convicts who have allegedly been freed due to good conduct time allowance after spotting errors in the list of convicts submitted by the Bureau of Corrections.  Read more »

The ANC Brief: From behind bars

ANC
Posted at Sep 20 05:28 AM

The drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison is alive and well. Here are the big stories making the headlines on ANC today:   Read more »

Metro Manila cops launch manhunt for 176 GCTA-freed convicts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 03:15 AM

MANILA—The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said Thursday it would start going after freed heinous crime convicts who failed to surrender within the 15-day ultimatum given by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

DOJ: Mga heinous crime convicts na hindi susuko, ituturing na pugante

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Posted at Sep 20 01:39 AM

Ayon sa DOJ, pagpatak ng 12 a.m., ituturing ng pugante ang mga hindi tumupad sa deadline ng pangulo. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 19, 2019

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Posted at Sep 20 12:49 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Ex-CIDG chief appears at Senate probe on BuCor corruption

Bulitt Marquez, AP
Updated as of Sep 19 09:24 PM

Former Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong gestures as he testifies during the resumption of the Senate probe on alleged corrupt practices inside the state penitentiary at the Senate building in Pasay City on Thursday.  Read more »

Good conduct credits on review under new implementing rules - DOJ

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 08:44 PM

MANILA - Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said Thursday the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is in the process of recomputing good conduct credits on the basis of revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the law granting expanded good conduct time allowance (GCTA).  Read more »

Last day to surrender or else...

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 03:12 PM

Former prisoners freed by the Bureau of Corrections under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) scheme return to the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa on Thursday, the last day of President Duterte's 15-day period to surrender. Read more »

LOOK: NBI serves court order to BuCor official to open mobile phone

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Updated as of Sep 19 01:44 PM

MANILA - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday served a court order to a Bureau of Corrections personnel to access her mobile phone during the Senate hearing on the good conduct time allowance mess. Read more »

Chinese drug lords manage drug trade from Bilibid: ex-CIDG chief

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 12:38 PM

MANILA - Rogue policemen recycled illegal drugs and kidnapped Chinese drug lords for ransom in an underground business that leads all the way to the Philippines’ state penitentiary, a former police general told a Senate investigation Thursday. Read more »

Text messages show transaction over prison credits: NBI probe

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 12:12 PM

MANILA - Two prison officers appeared to have transacted with the common-law wife of an inmate for his early release, an examination into their mobile phones showed, as senators sought to tighten the noose around officials tagged in the alleged sale of good conduct credits. Read more »

Roxas says implementing rules 'consistent' with GCTA law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 09:52 AM

Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday said the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law was "consistent" with the policy. Read more »

Fear and sadness prevail among surrendered convicts: priest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 09:32 AM

Most convicts who surrendered under President Rodrigo Duterte's ultimatum turned themselves in out of fear even though they were not guilty of heinous crimes, a priest said Thursday. Read more »