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De Lima slams appointment of 'killer' as BuCor chief

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 09:11 PM

MANILA - Opposition Sen. Leila de Lima on Wednesday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice of a former jail official with pending homicide charges as the new chief of the Bureau of Corrections. Read more »

De Lima's drug case hearing deferred due to lawyer's no-show

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Posted at Sep 18 11:38 AM

A Muntinlupa Court postponed on Wednesday a hearing into the illegal drug trafficking case against detained Sen. Leila De Lima after the lawyer of a witness against her failed to attend the proceeding. 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 »

Unfair to say De Lima to blame for GCTA mess: Escudero

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Updated as of Sep 17 04:09 PM

MANILA - Former senator now Sorsogon Governor Francis Escudero on Tuesday said it is unfair to pin the blame on the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess on Sen. Leila de Lima alone.   Read more »

Senators seek De Lima's side on GCTA mess

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Posted at Sep 16 03:56 PM

At least three colleagues of detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Monday said she should be given the opportunity to explain her side on the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) issue that allowed the early release of convicts. Read more »

Pangilinan: De Lima should be allowed to defend self over GCTA mess

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Posted at Sep 16 10:04 AM

Detained Sen. Leila De Lima should have a chance to defend herself in connection with the release of heinous crime convicts due to the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law, the implementing rules and regulations of which were drafted during her stint as justice secretary, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said Monday.  Read more »

Ex-CIDG chief Magalong to appear before Senate hearing on GCTA mess

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Updated as of Sep 14 12:47 PM

MANILA - Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong on Saturday confirmed that he is set to appear in the Senate hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) mess next week. Read more »

De Lima on Bilibid mess: Why me?

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 11:34 PM

MANILA - Detained Sen. Leila de Lima slammed her fellow senators Panfilo Lacson, Richard Gordon, and Francis Tolentino for putting the focus on her in the discussion of the alleged abuses in the grant of good conduct time allowance (GCTA) for prisoners. Read more »

Roxas: GCTA law's implementing rules not to blame for early release of convicts

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Posted at Sep 10 07:52 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman is asking two Aquino administration cabinet members, former justice chief and now Sen. Leila de Lima and former interior secretary Mar Roxas, to explain the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. This amid the controversy surrounding the early release of heinous crime prisoners under the 2013 measure.    Read more »

Ombudsman wants De Lima, Roxas to clarify GCTA rules for convicts

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Updated as of Sep 10 07:56 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — The Office of the Ombudsman has asked Sen. Leila de Lima and former Interior secretary Mar Roxas to clarify the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) that they drafted for the early release of prisoners based on good conduct credits. Read more »

De Lima says witnesses against her transferred to 'prepare' for court testimony

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Posted at Sep 09 03:33 PM

Sen. Leila de Lima claimed Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the transfer of high-profile convicts to a detention facility of the Philippine Marines to "prepare" them for their impending court testimony against her, which Malacañang denied. Read more »

Only courts have jurisdiction over prisoners' transfer: human rights lawyers

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Updated as of Sep 09 09:54 AM

Only the courts have jurisdiction over the transfer of prisoners, human rights lawyers said Monday following the move of 10 high-profile convicts from the national penitentiary to a Philippine Marines facility. Read more »

Palace: No VIP treatment for high-profile convicts in Marines barracks

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Posted at Sep 07 11:59 PM

Duterte said he ordered the transfer because he was afraid that people of detained Sen. Leila de Lima would get to the convicts at the Bilibid. 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 »

DOJ chief: President has power to order prisoner transfers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 09:23 PM

MANILA – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Saturday said the President has the power to order the transfer of convicts to another facility, amid questions surrounding his directive to move 10 high-profile convicts from the national penitentiary to a Philippine Marines facility. 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 »

'Takot kay De Lima': Duterte dinepensahan ang paglipat sa 10 Bilibid inmates

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Posted at Sep 06 08:31 PM

Dinepensahan ni Pangulong Duterte ang paglilipat sa Marines ng kustodya ng 10 Chinese at Pinoy inmates mula Bilibid. Read more »

'Pinalipat ko': Duterte admits ordering transfer of 10 convicts to Marines barracks

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Updated as of Sep 07 03:05 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte admitted Friday he ordered the transfer of 10 high-profile convicts, including drug dealer Peter Co, to a detention facility of the Philippine Marines in Taguig City.  Read more »

De Lima says high-profile convicts moved for ‘coaching’ in drug cases vs her

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 05:36 PM

Detained Sen. Leila De Lima denounced Friday the transfer of several high-profile convicts serving as witnesses in the drug cases against her, saying the move was meant to pressure them to stick to their “perjured testimonies.” Read more »

DOJ chief: 10 high-profile convicts moved to marine barracks over security threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 03:58 PM

MAYNILA - Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday said there was “nothing irregular” in the transfer of 10 Bilibid inmates to a detention facility of the Philippine Marines for as long as a court approval was secured. Read more »