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

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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 »

'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 »

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

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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 »

DOJ official: Lawmakers must address loopholes in good conduct law

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Posted at Sep 14 12:25 AM

The government will soon unveil the revised implementing rules and regulations for the good conduct law which has been blamed for the confusion that allowed for the release of heinous crime convicts.  Read more »

Napoles on GCTA list, documents show

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 11:58 PM

On the list, however, the charge attached to Napoles was rape, not plunder. Read more »

Kaanak ng ilang convict masama ang loob sa pagsuspende sa GCTA

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Posted at Sep 08 07:18 PM

Masama ang loob ng mga kamag-anak ng ilang convict sa naantalang paglaya ng kanilang mga mahal sa buhay kasunod ng pagsuspende sa pagbibigay ng good conduct time allowance. Read more »

Palace says not blaming De Lima, Aquino admin over GCTA 'fiasco'

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Posted at Sep 07 06:16 PM

Malacañang on Saturday said they are not blaming Sen. Leila de Lima and the previous Aquino administration for the "fiasco" caused by the controversial good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law which was signed by former President Benigno Aquino III in 2013. Read more »

Duterte admits ordering transfer of inmates to Marines barracks

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Posted at Sep 06 11:50 PM

Senators conducting an inquiry on the implementation of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law have questioned the transfer of high-value inmates to a military facility. Then, President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed that he himself ordered the transfer. Read more »

'Mabuting tao yan': Duterte says he still believes in Faeldon

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Updated as of Sep 06 09:21 PM

"Si Faeldon, mabuting tao yan. I still believe in him," President Duterte said during a groundbreaking ceremony in Naga City, Cebu. Read more »

PH Senator: Probe will not stop with ex-prisons chief Faeldon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 03:36 PM

Philippine Senator Richard Gordon eyes the extensive review of Bureau of Corrections officials, including past bureau chiefs. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 3, 2019

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Posted at Sep 04 12:18 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Malacañang: GCTA ‘mess’ is Aquino administration’s fault

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 10:18 PM

The Palace blamed former Justice Secretary and now Senator Leila De Lima and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas for the“messy” implementing rules and regulations of the GCTA law. Read more »

No deal with Faeldon

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 01:23 PM

Mrs. Elvira Sanchez, wife of former Mayor Antonio Sanchez attends the senate hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law in Pasay City on Tuesday. Read more »

'Why should society suffer?': Gordon wants released convicts thrown back in jail

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Updated as of Sep 02 07:18 PM

MANILA - The government should order released heinous crime convicts to be returned to prison, Sen. Richard Gordon said Monday. Read more »

Anti-Corruption body probes prisons bureau over release of heinous crime convicts

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Updated as of Sep 02 05:18 PM

The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission says it is investigating Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon and officials of the prisons agency after the release of close to two thousand heinous crimes convicts was questioned.  Read more »

Probing good conduct

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 01:28 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon attend the senate probe on the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law (GCTA) in Pasay City on Monday.  Read more »

OPINION: A criminologist's view on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Aug 26 12:25 PM

Raymund Narag, assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, posted an illuminating piece on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Facebook.    Read more »

Good conduct law in peril?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 11:52 AM

In this edition of #MattersofFact, Ilinois-based criminology professor Raymund Narag insists there's nothing wrong with the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law, which grants early release to inmates who have exhibited good behavior. Narag, who helped push for the law and helped the Philippine government with its proper implementation, insists that the law already has clear guidelines on who benefits from early release. Read more »