News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

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 »

'Naggagaling-galingan': Faeldon admits to P1-B transfer request, denies realignment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 10:46 AM

MANILA - Former Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon denied accusations that he tried to realign the P1 billion funds intended for the improvement of correctional facilities to Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro. Read more »

Sacked prisons chief Faeldon tried to realign P1 billion in funds to home province- Angara

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 12:50 PM

Some P1 billion allocated for the improvement of at least 4 regional correctional facilities were undisbursed after former Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon tried to realign the funds to his home province, Senate Finance Committee chair Sonny Angara said Wednesday. Read more »

'DOJ reborn': Guevarra says justice dept survived GCTA crisis ‘almost unscathed’

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 03:15 PM

"I’d like to say the Department of Justice has been reborn,” said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. Read more »

Guevarra seeks greater DOJ control over BuCor

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 06:26 PM

MANILA – A law that gave stronger powers to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) may have to be reviewed in light of the recent discovery of anomalies at the New Bilibid Prison, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Friday. Read more »

Go wants 'killer' for BuCor head position

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:56 AM

Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go on Wednesday said he wants a "killer" to step in as chief of the embattled Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) after its former head Nicanor Faeldon was sacked last week by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Bureau of Corruptions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 04:00 AM

There are revelations of a different scam in the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). And it looks like we won’t see Nicanor Faeldon in government again. Here are the big stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

Panelo: Pamilya Chiong, dapat pagkatiwalaan si Duterte ukol kay Faeldon

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 08:52 PM

MAYNILA - Pinayuhan ng Malacañang ang pamilya Chiong na makinig at magtiwala kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang pagtingin sa karakter ni dating Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon. Read more »

Lacson sa BuCor legal chief: Nagdodroga ka ba?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 10:04 PM

Bukod sa isyung paggamit daw ng droga ng BuCor official, lumabas din sa pagdinig ang isyu ng mga kontrabando. Read more »

Faeldon unaware of DOJ order requiring clearance for inmates' release

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 08:17 PM

Senator Richard Gordon said it was clear that Nicanor Faeldon did “not know his job” as BuCor chief. Read more »

Duterte 'admires' Faeldon for 'honesty' in cigarette smuggling fight: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 03:06 PM

Duterte last week fired Faeldon from this third post as Bureau of Corrections chief, after a Senate investigation uncovered alleged corruption in the grant of "good conduct" credits for prisoners' early release. Read more »

Faeldon not liable for 'misinterpreting' good conduct law for convicts: legal expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 06:56 PM

Atty. Soledad Mawis, dean of the Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law, said Faeldon can only be held accountable if it can be proven that he had no factual basis to allow the release of convicts for good conduct. Read more »

‘Get a dictionary’: Hontiveros scoffs at Duterte calling Faeldon ‘upright’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 06:31 PM

Sen. Hontiveros (left) says Duterte can't describe Faeldon as upstanding after Bilibid convicts were released mistakenly under the former BuCor chief's term. Read more »

PH prison system a business for corrupt officials: witness

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:48 PM

Former Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon insisted he is unaware of the irregularities but a senator says he's not yet in the clear.  Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Justice chief appoints interim prisons head

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 07:02 PM

MANILA - Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday named a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official as the agency's interim head following the sacking of Nicanor Faeldon. Read more »

Bilibid 'a business' for scalawag officials, says whistleblower

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 02:38 PM

MANILA - The management of the New Bilibid Prisons has become "a business" for scalawag officials, a whistleblower who bared the alleged sale of early release for convicts said Friday. Read more »

PH senator: Prison officials accused of corruption should be suspended

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 10:45 AM

In this interview with #ANCHeadstart, Philippine senator Franklin Drilon wants prisons personnel accused of corruption in the implementation of the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law to be immediately suspended. Drilon believes the measure is needed to prevent further tampering of evidence. Read more »

Faeldon fumes, says it was first time he heard of ‘GCTA for sale’ scheme

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 03:19 AM

Faeldon said the people behind an alleged racket offering the early release of convicts for cash should be punished and deserve to die. Read more »