Only an arrest warrant can bring GCTA released convicts back to jail – congressman

Sep 13, 2019 | Nation

Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, who is the co-author of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law or Republic Act 10592, insists that only an arrest warrant issued by a judge of the court where the convicted person was sentenced and is now free due...

GCTA: Good intentions, bad implementation

Sep 9, 2019 | In the trenches, Opinion, Top Stories

For several weeks now, the country has been glued on national television, keenly following the latest political controversy focused on what many believed was an inappropriate release of prisoners convicted by the courts for carrying out various heinous crimes. The...

Palace on Faeldon: ‘The president admires him…very honest’

Sep 9, 2019 | Top Stories

The president continues to have full trust and confidence in ex-prisons chief Nicanor Faeldon even if the latter was implicated in the controversy over reduced prison sentences for criminals convicted of heinous crimes, Malacañang said in Monday.Palace spokesman...

Firing Faeldon not enough – prison ministry official

Sep 6, 2019 | Top Stories

An official of the Church’s prison ministry said those responsible for the early release of heinous crimes convicts should be held accountable, and being fired from their positions was insufficient.Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the prison ministry of...

Ombudsman to probe BuCor mess, tells other agencies to stop investigations

Sep 5, 2019 | Top Stories

Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon (left). Ombudsman Samuel Martires has ordered a team of investigators to quiz officials from the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) involved in the release of prisoners under Republic Act 10592 or amendments to the Good Conduct...