The good conduct time allowance and heinous crime

Fernando Fajardo 09/04/2019

Most of us are not lawyers but given that most of our actions or inaction may transgress any of the existing laws in the country, it is just right for us to know a modicum of our…

CCPO to closely monitor prisoners released under GCTA law

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will closely monitor convicted persons released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. This is the pledge of Police Colonel Gemma Vinluan, CCPO director, following the…

BuCor chief confirms release of 3 convicts in Chiong sisters rape-slay case

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 09/02/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon on Monday confirmed that three of the seven men convicted for the rape and murder of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong have been released under the good…

Marcos on heinous crime convicts released through GCTA: We can stick them back in

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Parang nalusotan naman tayong lahat!” (It seems that they had put one over all of us!) This was how Senator Imee Marcos described the release of almost 2,000 convicts of heinous crimes, including…

A barefaced lie

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/01/2019

  “It is not a secret if it is known by three people,” is an Irish proverb that warns of the dangers of sharing secret stories but it also applies to the way top officials of the…

Thelma Chiong: GCTA may endanger the families of heinous crimes’ victims

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Crusade Against Violence Visayas (CAVV) head Thelma Chiong is calling on the families of the victims of heinous crimes to rally behind their cause against the implementation of the good conduct time…

Thelma Chiong: Chiong 7, who were on death row, should not be eligible for GCTA

Rosalie Abatayo 08/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “What has happened to our justice system?” This was the question of Thelma Chiong who was reacting to the possibility that the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA), which provides for the early release…

CPDRC converts mess hall to sleeping quarters

Carmel Loise Matus 05/01/2016

IN order to decongest the detention cells at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), the mess hall has been converted into a new “brigada” or sleeping quarters. Marco Toral, consultant on jail management of the…

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