QUEZON CITY - Davao City First Congressional District Representatives Paolo Duterte and Lone District, Benguet, Representative Eric Yap have sought the passage of a measure that would categorically exclude persons convicted of heinous crimes from availing themselves of the benefits of the law that cuts prison time for inmates with good behavior. Duterte and Yap said the enactment of their proposed measure as outlined under House Bill (HB) 4649 aims to plug perceived loopholes in Republic Act (RA) 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. Reps. Duterte, Yap: Law reducing prison time for inmates with good conduct should exclude heinous-crime convicts Sunday, February 26, 2023 First Congressional District Communication and Information Office Share - Davao City First Congressional District Representatives Paolo Duterte and Lone District, Benguet, Representative Eric Yap have sought the passage of a measure that would categorically exclude persons convicted of heinous crimes from availing themselves of the benefits of the law that cuts prison time for inmates with good behavior. Duterte and Yap said the enactment of their proposed measure as outlined under House Bill (HB) 4649 aims to plug perceived loopholes in Republic Act (RA) 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. Enacted in 2013, the GCTA law increased the credits earned by persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) for good conduct, which, in turn, translates to a reduction in their prison sentences. In 2019, the law sparked controversy after nearly 2,000 persons convicted of heinous crimes benefited from the re-computation of their GCTA credits and were freed. They eventually returned after then-President Rodrigo Duterte ordered them to surrender or else be treated as fugitives. “The spirit of RA 10592, which revised the computation of the good conduct time allowance for persons deprived of liberty, is justice with mercy. However, it should only benefit those who deserve it—those who have been reformed and are ready to be reintegrated into society without posing a threat,” Duterte and Yap said in filing HB 4649. Under RA 7659, heinous crimes include treason; piracy in general and mutiny on the high seas in Philippine waters; qualified piracy; qualified bribery; parricide; murder; infanticide; kidnapping and serious illegal detention; robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons; destructive arson; rape; and importation, distribution, manufacturing and possession of illegal drugs . To put to rest the debates over the proper implementation of the GCTA law and institutionalize the exclusion of heinous-crime convicts from its benefits, Duterte and Yap urged Congress to swiftly pass HB 4649. To ensure that GCTA credits are given fairly and judiciously, Duterte and Yap said the enactment of HB 4649 also mandates the Secretary of Justice to formulate “an objective and quantitative criterion for the evaluation and credit of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) to be used by the Director of the Bureau of Corrections, the Chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and/or the Warden of the provincial, district, or city jail in granting good conduct.” Under HB 4649, good conduct refers “to the conspicuous and satisfactory behavior of a detention or convicted prisoner consisting of active involvement in rehabilitation programs which include adoption of restorative justice among others, productive participation in authorized work activities or accomplishment of exemplary deeds, ownership of the crime and earnest efforts to seek forgiveness from the victims and their families, and exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary rules and regulations.” The two lawmakers pointed out that the earlier incident which allowed heinous-crime convicts to benefit from the GCTA law “threatened the security of the general public and breached the trust of the Filipino people in the law itself and to institutions involved.” They said that while the GCTA law promotes rehabilitation and restorative justice, it should explicitly exclude those convicted of heinous crimes. Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte yesterday expressed his reservation on the immediate approval of RHB No. 6, questioning its timing. Duterte said that many pressing issues needed to be prioritized, like the country’s social and economic problems. “This is to express our irresolution with the immediate approval of RBH No. 6,” Duterte said in a statement. He added, “To reiterate, we are not in opposition against the said measure per se, but we suppose it is not timely. Our country is facing more pressing social and economic issues, like inflation and poverty, among others, that we need to prioritize.” Duterte also pointed out that the billions of pesos intended for the Constitutional Convention on Charter change (Cha-cha) could better be used to alleviate the lives of Filipinos. Duterte votes NO on RBH no. 6 saying it's untimely. Tuesday, March 7, 2023 BOMBADYARYO Share Click this link to go to the article: BOMBADYARYO Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Z. Duterte vowed to file charges against fixers using the name of First Congressional District Office for their nefarious activities. Duterte recently received information that a woman claiming to be an employee of his office had been recruiting people that need medical assistance from the government Davao City Rep. Duterte warns fixers Saturday, January 21, 2023 MANILA BULLETIN Share Click this link to go to the article: MANILA BULLETIN Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

Inihain ni Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte ang House Bill 8985 na nagtatakda ng pagtatayo sa bawat munisipalidad ng mga probinsiya ng halfway houses o pasilidad para sa mga babae at batang biktima ng pang-aabuso. Ang panukala ni Duterte ay tugon sa patuloy na mga insidente ng pang-aabuso sa mga bata at kababaihan sa kabila ng pag-iral ng RA 9262 o Anti-violence Against Women and their Children Act. Halfway houses o pasilidad para sa mga babae at batang biktima ng pang-aabuso, isinulong sa Kamara Saturday, November 18, 2023 RMN Share Click this link to go to the article: RMN Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

Parents who deliberately and repeatedly neglect their obligation of providing child support should be sent to jail. Thus, said Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, author of House Bill (HB) No.4807. Under the measure, parents with recurring offenses of failing to send financial support to their child or children will be punished with imprisonment of two to four years, depending on the discretion of the courts. Not paying child support? This solon will send you to jail via his bill Tuesday, November 8, 2022 MANILA BULLETIN Share Click this link to go to the article: MANILA BULLETIN Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

Former President Rodrigo Duterte went to the house of his son Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte to personally greet his daughter-in-law, January, a happy birthday. This happened on December 6, based on the photo posted on social media. According to Rep. Duterte’s staff, the former President spent quality time with Paolo, January, and his grandchildren Sabina and Uno during the visit. Duterte spends quality time with son Paolo and his family Wednesday, December 7, 2022 POLITIKO Share Click this link to go to the article: POLITIKO Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

MANILA – Representatives Paolo Duterte of Davao’s first district and Eric Yap of Benguet’s lone district on Tuesday gave due credence to the country’s committed legal counsels who provide pro bono services to the underprivileged, particularly the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs). The two lawmakers, in recognition of such a commitment, filed House Bill (HB) 7867 seeking to give tax breaks to selfless lawyers who provide free services to indigents. Tax breaks for pro bono lawyers of IPs pushed Tuesday, May 2, 2023 PNA Share Click this link to go to the article: PNA Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

The office of the First Congressional District Representative Paolo "Pulong" Duterte distributed on Saturday afternoon cash aid and rice packs to more than 500 families affected by a fire incident in Barangay Vicente Duterte in Agdao District. Pulong gives relief aid to Davao fire victims (Mindanao Daily Mirror) Sunday, March 14, 2021 Mindanao Daily Mirror Share Click this link to go to the article: Mindanao Daily Mirror Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

A BILL seeking to raise to 21 years old the legal age for drinking alcoholic beverages has been filed at the House of Representatives to protect minors from its harmful effects. Bill seeks to raise to 21 legal age for drinking alcohol Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Malaya Share Click this link to go to the article: Malaya Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next

House members are pursuing the immediate approval of a bill that, if enacted, would grant parents of children with disabilities (CWDs) a P2,000 monthly subsidy or “ayuda” from the government. The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.6743, was filed by Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Yap, and ACT-CIS Party-list Reps. Edvic Yap and Jeffrey Soriano. “This proposed measure seeks to provide the [government] support and assistance needed by children with disabilities through a provision of a monthly subsidy to their parents in order to help alleviate the challenges they continuously face amid the rising costs of living,” the bill’s authors said. Under HB No.6743, a CWD refers to a person below 21 years old with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual’s functions or activities. Parents of kids with disabilities to get P2,000 monthly ‘ayuda’ under House bill Friday, February 3, 2023 MANILA BULLETIN Share Click this link to go to the article: MANILA BULLETIN Latest News Jul 16, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 10, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Jul 1, 2025 I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. Previous Next