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Volume IX, No. 094
DOJ to probe ‘GCTA for sale’ in Bilibid By BENJAMIN PULTA
MANILA -- Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday confirmed that an investigation would be undertaken on possible irregularities in the computation of good conduct time allowance (GCTA) on the prisoners’ remaining sentences. In a chance interview, Guevarra said he believes such anomalies happen inside the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) but noted that an investigation will come only after the Senate has concluded its own legislative inquiry. “It’s still in the Senate. So, further investigation is being done to validate the existence of the so-called GCTA for sale. I do not have the facts before me but I tend to believe that is a very real possibility,” he said. “ ( D ) e f i n it e l y. T h at (GCTA irregularities) will be part of the investigation because after we have completed the guidelines or even before that, I intend See PROBE, page 11
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11 convicts heed PRRD’s call to surrender: PNP By CHRISTOPHER LLOYD CALIWAN
PNP chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde. (File
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. (PNA
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MANILA – A total of 11 convicts freed under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law have so far heeded President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s call to surrender to authorities, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, said Friday. “As of this time, many are surrendering while some are going straight to the BuCor (Bureau of Corrections). All of them have voluntarily surrendered. Some are friends with our police officers so they proceeded to the nearest police station,” Albayalde said in a radio interview. The 11 convicts – nine from Cagayan and one each from Cebu and Pasay -- were taken into custody and have undergone documentation, he said. “And of course, it is important that they undergo medical See CALL, page 11
Sen Bong Go issues statement on re-arrest of freed criminals SENATOR Bong Go, in his firm support to President Duterte’s order to rer-arrest freed heinous crime convicts, szaid in a statement issued the other day: “ Monday pa ako nagsabi na heads will roll. Ngayon, nag-order na si Pangulong Duterte na ipahuli ulit ang mga prisoners na pinalaya na hindi naman dapat qualified for GCTA. Sa ngayon, binibigyan sila ng oportunidad na magsurrender. If ayaw nila magsur-
render, considered fugitive na sila at danger to the public so shoot to kill if they resist arrest. I fully support the President’s order for the immediate re-arrest of all recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees, and convicts involved in heinous crimes who were released because of the wrongful application of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) under Republic Act See ISSUES, page 11