(Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is looking to build a new headquarters inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. This was revealed during a coordination meeting between PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Thursday, Nov. 23, expressed doubts that the seven persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who testified against former senator Leila M. de Lima on her illegal drugs case are under threats due to their reported plans to recant their testimonies. “Hindi ako...
A person deprived of liberty (PDL), who wanted to recant his testimony against detained former Sen. Leila M. de Lima, has been returned to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City from the Sablayan and Prison Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro on order of the regional trial court (RTC). In a...
Four hundred fifty persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred on Saturday, Sept. 30, from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City and the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Bureau of...
(Unsplash) A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman is prodding his fellow lawmakers to join him in his mission to fix the Philippine penal system. In a recent privilege speech in the House of...
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has revealed some new devious tactics being used to smuggle illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) such as pigeons and condoms. Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. (Senate PRIB photo) Catapang revealed...
Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla on Wednesday, August 23 appealed to authorities to separate the hardcore “crime lords” from the “general population” of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) and improve the living conditions of the inmates there. Padilla said these are among the urgent...
New Bilibid Prison The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee will try to determine security breaches, and why or how crimes are committed inside and outside of the maximum security compound of the National Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa city. The...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking another round of investigation over the alleged mass grave found along the septic tank inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sen. Francis Tolentino inspects the facilities inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) together with...
Correction and not torture should be the rule at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) because all Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have human rights, Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla said on Tuesday, August 8. Sen. Robin Padilla inspects the facilities at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) on...
New Bilibid Prisons (MB file photo) Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Sunday, August 6 said he will ask authorities of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) why they allowed persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to accept food deliveries through online apps like GrabFood and...
(Unsplash) The appalling conditions inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) has convinced Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan to draft a measure that would create a "Department of Corrections". Yamsuan floated the idea for the new department during a recent House Committee on...
