Economic zones may soon be set up within the prison reservations of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Tereso O. Penge will be signing at the PEZA office in Pasay City on Tuesday, Jan....
Almost 400 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are expected to be released by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) until Jan. 31, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. DOJ Undersecretary Margarita Gutierrez said on PTV’s Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon that “389 pang PDLs ang nakatakdang mapalaya ngayong...
Forty-eight persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have been transferred to the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in the continuing efforts of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to decongest the prison facility in Muntinlupa City. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is eyeing to relocate its headquarters from Manila to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said. In a statement, BuCor said that PCG's relocation was discussed last Monday, Jan. 15, during a meeting between BuCor...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is set to open in February its College Education Behind Bars (CEBB) in a new building inside the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) in Davao del Norte. CEBB's new building has two classrooms for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who wish to take up...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is eyeing the cultivation for agricultural production of the idle lands in possession of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. expressed hopes that the bureau can have a memorandum of...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has hired an additional 44 non-uniformed personnel to beef up its operations. The new personnel -- 25 females and 19 males -- took their oaths of office before Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. on Monday, Jan. 8. Catapang told the new personnel: “Kung...
The Bureau of Corrections' (BuCor) operating prison and penal farms (OPPFs) have been encouraged to enter into business ventures with the private sector to make them self-sustaining. “Imagine kung lahat ng OPPFs namin ay may income, baka dumating ang panahon na hindi na kami hihingi ng budget sa...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is not unfriendly to stray dogs and cats roaming in its prison facilities nationwide. However, BuCor said it decided to ban them for "public safety measures." “This is for public safety, control, and prevention of the spread and eventual eradication of...
The budget of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) increased by 23 percent this year from P6.1 billion in 2023 to P7.4 billion, Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Catapang said the 2024 budget will be utilized to improve BuCor's services "so that the bureau will...
Ninety-three persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City had their New Year celebration with their loved ones at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the women PDLs were brought to...
An 86-year-old and sickly person deprived of liberty (PDL) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City was released on Thursday, Dec. 28, after President Marcos granted his commutation of sentence. Released was Rimberto Salvanera who was detained at the NBP starting on March 10, 2012 on...
