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Scores of convicts surrender 2 days after Duterte deadline passed

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Posted at Sep 21 07:07 PM

Some 130 convicts freed for supposed good conduct surrendered two days past President Duterte's deadline, the justice department said Saturday. Read more »

DOJ: 2,139 convicts released early for good conduct have surrendered

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 05:49 PM

More prisoners released early due to good conduct surrender to authorities. Department of Justice Spokesperson Undersecretary Markk Perete says as of Saturday morning (September 21, 2019), 130 more surrendered, bringing the total number prison returnees to 2,139. Read more »

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 »

'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 »

Convicted murderer Rolito Go hinahanap ng mga pulis

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Posted at Sep 20 05:37 AM

MAYNILA—Pinuntahan ng mga pulis Biyernes ng hatinggabi ang bahay ni Rolito Go, isa sa mga high-profile convict na nasa listahan ng mga dapat muling arestuhin ngayong tapos na ang palugit ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. 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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Dala ng takot: Ilang crime convicts balik-Bilibid bago ang deadline ni Duterte

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Posted at Sep 19 07:31 PM

Pinagbigyan ni Duterte ang mga crime convict na sumuko bago mag-hatinggabi ng Biyernes, Agosto 20. 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 »

The ANC Brief: Walking back the President’s words

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Posted at Sep 19 04:02 AM

The president caused another ruckus when he talked about the ambush of a former mayor. Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

2 more convicts in Chiong sisters' rape-slay surrender under Duterte ultimatum

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 09:44 PM

Two convicts in the 1997 rape-slay of sisters Jacqueline and Marijoy Chiong have surrendered to authorities, a justice official said Wednesday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga kontrobersiyang kinasangkutan ng bagong BuCor chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 07:33 PM

Maraming nagtaas ng kilay sa pagkakatalaga kay Gerald Bantag bilang bagong pinuno ng Bureau of Corrections.  Read more »

2 freed convicts want to surrender to Sotto

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 12:29 PM

MANILA - Senate President Vicente Sotto III said two convicts who were freed through the good conduct time allowance want to surrender to him. Read more »

'Dead or alive': Duterte vows P1M bounty for capture of GCTA-freed convicts

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 10:08 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said he will push through with his plan to offer P1 million for the capture of each of the convicts who failed to surrender to authorities before September 19. Read more »

'Mga heinous crime convicts kasama talaga sa makikinabang sa GCTA law'

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Updated as of Sep 17 09:40 PM

Nilinaw ni dating Sen. Chiz Escudero na hindi intensiyong itakwil ng bagong good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law ang mga nahatulan ng heinous crimes.    Read more »

Ex-mayor Sanchez still eligible for early release under revised IRR of GCTA law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 06:50 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra says convicted rapist and killer Antonio Sanchez and other heinous crime convicts may still be released early under the recently revised implementing rules of the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Read more »

De Lima to Ombudsman: Ask Guevarra, not me, about GCTA rules

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 03:58 PM

MANILA - Detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Tuesday told the Office of the Ombudsman to ask Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, not her, about the implementing rules and regulations of a controversial law which expanded the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) for prisoners. Read more »

Ex-CIDG chief on prison officials' denial of 'hospital pass for sale' scheme: 'They're lying'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 03:46 PM

The controversy surrounding the good Conduct Time Allowance -- due to take the back seat in Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong's upcoming Senate testimony this Thursday. Read more »