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Senate panel recommends filing charges vs Faeldon, BuCor officials over GCTA mess

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 06:35 PM

MANILA - A Senate panel has recommended the filing of charges against former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon and 6 other officials in the national penitentiary for violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act after they allegedly accepted payments for the early release of some inmates.    Read more »

Gordon urges Ombudsman to 'cast wider net', 'prosecute Faeldon' in GCTA mess

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 08:16 PM

MANILA - The Ombudsman should "cast a wider net" and prosecute high-ranking officials tagged in the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) for sale scheme, Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Richard Gordon on Wednesday said, hours after 3 prison officials were charged with graft and bribery cases. Read more »

3 BuCor execs face graft, direct bribery raps over GCTA controversy

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 07:08 PM

Three Bureau of Corrections officials will face direct bribery and graft charges in connection with a P50,000 bribe they supposedly demanded and received for the release of an inmate over the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Read more »

BuCor relieves some 300 Bilibid guards

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 09:33 PM

Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag ordered the relief of some 300 guards at the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. Read more »

Bersamin confirms SC seeks respondents' comment on petition vs. revised GCTA rules

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 10:47 PM

Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Thursday confirmed the Supreme Court (SC) en banc has required respondents in the petition questioning the validity of the revised implementing rules and regulations of RA 10592 or the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law to file their comments to the petition within 10 days. Read more »

DOJ releases 37 more surrenderers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:33 PM

The Department of Justice on Tuesday said it has released the fourth batch of convicts who surrendered under President Duterte's ultimatum. Read more »

Albayalde testifies

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 01:12 PM

Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde speaks to reporters as he attends the Senate probe on the Good Conduct Time Allowance on Tuesday.  Read more »

DOJ: 35 more surrenderers released

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:53 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said it has released the third batch of convicts who surrendered under President Rodrigo Duterte's ultimatum. Read more »

52 convicts released again following surrender under Duterte ultimatum, DOJ confirms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 10:58 AM

MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday confirmed the release of 52 convicts who got out of prison early but surrendered after President Rodrigo Duterte issued an ultimatum on heinous crime prisoners granted early release on good conduct. Read more »

DILG official wary about merging 'rotten' BuCor with BJMP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 04:50 PM

MANILA - Suggestions to integrate the Bureau of Corrections with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) may not be a good idea at this time.   Read more »

Scores of convicts surrender 2 days after Duterte deadline passed

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »