Comelec sets voters registration among Bilibid's PDLs March 26 and 27
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is holding on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27, a special registration for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
With the scheduled registration, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said it suspended the visitations for PDLs at Quadrants 3 and 4 of the Maximum-Security Camp of the NBP “to ensure the smooth and orderly conduct of the said activity.”
The BuCor said visitations will resume after the two-day Comelec registration.
Set for elections this November are officials of the country’s barangays (villages) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK).
The BuCor said that PDLs who are qualified to vote are those who have cases still undergoing trial; those who are serving a sentence of imprisonment for less than one year; those who are convicted of crimes but whose cases are still on appeal.
A total of 4,125 PDLs of the BuCor were found qualified to vote in the May 12, 2025 national and local elections.
Those qualified to vote in 2025 were 2,135 PDLs from the NBP in Muntinlupa City; 924 from the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF); 421 from Leyte Regional Prison (LRP); 290 from San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm (SRPPF) in Zamboanga del Sur; 140 from Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan; 123 from Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City; and 92 from CIW-Mindanao.