Rappler's latest stories on crime convicts in the Philippines
From 1,914 to 19: PNP resumes hunt vs GCTA-freed convicts
The Philippine National Police resumes its Tokhang-style hunt for convicts freed through the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance law
Guevarra: Surrender of qualified convicts 'phenomenal'
Around 25 convicts who surrendered will be freed Thursday after verification they are qualified for release
DOJ scrambling to release qualified convicts 'who should not have surrendered'
The Department of Justice says it will give second priority to convicts who were either acquitted or granted parole
New IRR could risk GCTA of qualified convicts
'That is the burden that the implementors of the law would have to assume,' says Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete
Qualified convicts surrender, won't leave Bilibid without clearance
'They are asking for a certification from the BuCor that they will no longer be the subject of rearrest,' says Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete
Confusion abounds as DOJ rushes final arrest list of convicts
The Department of Justice is counting on the promise of the Philippine National Police that it will carry out the rearrests peacefully
DOJ suspends rearrest of convicts, but cops already picked up a few
Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete announces on the radio early Friday morning that the rearrest should be suspended, but cops already started rearresting at midnight
With Duterte’s blessing, cops hunt convicts with defective arrest list
Without warrants, police commence their hunt for convicts freed through the GCTA with a rushed and unchecked list from the Bureau of Corrections
Prepare for Tokhang: Cops begin hunting convicts
Reminiscent of the controversial Oplan Tokhang, cops will go to the addresses of the remaining hundreds of GCTA-freed heinous crime convicts, knock on their doors, and arrest them
Ombudsman Martires: Convicts can be rearrested without warrant
The Ombudsman agrees with the position of the Duterte government – contrary to various legal opinions that a rearrest must have a court order
Senate panels push for separate jail for heinous crime convicts
A total of 15 senators sign the committee report recommending 3 maximum penal institutions for heinous crime convicts – one each in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao
PH gears for manhunt of over 900 heinous crime convicts
Duterte is offering P1 million in exchange for the heads of heinous crime convicts 'dead or alive.' His men are quick to clarify that the President does not mean it literally.
In new IRR, heinous crime convicts after 2013 cannot avail of any GCTA
Those charged with heinous crimes and detained before 2013 can avail of the much lesser good conduct time allowance under the Revised Penal Code. Issues of equal protection and the ex-post facto law may come up.
Over 500 GCTA-freed convicts back in jail
The update comes 9 days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered prisoners released through the controversial GCTA law to surrender or be hunted down by cops
IN NUMBERS: The freed 1,914 heinous crime convicts
Rappler obtains and analyzes the list of 1,914 heinous crime convicts the Duterte government says were released because of the GCTA law. This is what we found.
At least 15 foreigners jailed for heinous drug crimes freed through GCTA
It’s not only the 4 ‘Chinese drug lords’ named by Senator Panfilo Lacson
PNP also rearrests prisoners not convicted of heinous crimes
Freed prisoners convicted of carnapping and robbery – which are not heinous crimes – are arrested again
2 Chiong murder convicts out on GCTA surrender to authorities
The 3rd freed convict is expected to turn himself in next week, Justice Secretary Guevarra says
IN NUMBERS: Freed convicts rearrested amid GCTA mess
(3rd UPDATE) After the threat of police pursuit from President Rodrigo Duterte himself, released heinous crime convicts surrender to the Philippine National Police across the Philippines
Legal issues hound Duterte order for 1,914 convicts to surrender
Justice Secretary Guevarra says convicts freed under the GCTA law can be considered evading sentence, but law professor Ted Te says the government must go to court to go after the convicts
Heinous crime convicts still entitled to lesser GCTA – Guevarra
Heinous crime convicts, recidivists, and habitual delinquents can still avail of good conduct time allowance – though at a lesser rate – under the Revised Penal Code
Murder convict out on good conduct voluntarily surrenders in Cebu
(UPDATED) Jesus Ranoco Negro Jr, who had served 30 years before his release in 2018, is the first convict to surrender in Cebu since President Duterte issued a 15-day deadline
PNP: If freed convicts fight back, they will be shot
'Kung manlalaban, wala tayong magagawa,' says Philippine National Police Oscar Albayalde
DOJ puts 1,914 freed convicts on immigration lookout
(UPDATED) Subjects of an immigration lookout bulletin order cannot be stopped from leaving the country but President Duterte has told airport authorities not to let those on the list leave
Duterte tells released heinous crime convicts to surrender
If the convicts do not obey in 15 days, they will be considered fugitives from the law, says the President
