For a few quiet hours inside the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory on Friday, May 8, mothers deprived of liberty were reunited with their children and loved ones in an early Mother’s Day gathering marked by tears, embraces, and long-awaited moments together. The visit turned the correctional...
CEBU CITY – An inmate was beaten up before he was found dead inside his cell at the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan here. Dr. Rene Cam, medico legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI), said rape suspect Fernando Prajes bore severe injuries in the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 34-year-old truck driver was caught with suspected shabu and improvised bladed weapons while visiting his uncle detained at the Talisay City Jail in Talisay City, Negros Occidental in Saturday, Feb. 8. A TRUCK driver yielded two improvised bladed weapons concealed in a pair of...
By Kate Patricia Garcia Christmas is indeed freedom, and it is free for those who have the liberty to celebrate it outside of their norms. For children, Christmas is the freedom to receive countless gifts; for students, it is their way to stay away from academic duties; and for adults, it is the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) transferred on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 27, the custody of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy to the Pasig City Jail. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said Quiboloy was turned over at around 5 p.m. to the Bureau of Jail...
The Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 159 has granted the Senate’s request for Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder and televangelist Apollo Quiboloy to appear at the Committee on Women and Children’s investigation on Wednesday, October 23. “The letter-request to allow the appearance...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the tuition-free college education offered by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University (PUPOU) to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Manila City Jail. In an agreement forged last July between the Manila City Jail and...
The Philippine Footwear Federation Inc. (PFFI) has expressed its gratitude to Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III and his spouse, entrepreneur Kat De Guzman Pimentel, for their unwavering commitment to bolstering and revitalizing the footwear industry, particularly in Marikina City, which is...
BAGUIO CITY – A woman married her boyfriend incarcerated at the Baguio City Jail on Thursday, January 18. This historic wedding was the first granted to a Person Deprived of Liberty and his fiancée inside a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in the country. BUTCH and Marlyn kiss...
CEBU CITY – A 28-year-old woman was held after a plastic sachet containing suspected shabu fell from her bra while being inspected at the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Kalunasan here on Friday, September 22. The name of the woman was withheld pending the result of the examination of...
Some 220 students at the Manila City Jail earned their certificates and diplomas through the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Alternative Learning System (ALS), Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Thursday, Aug. 24. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) She...
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza was temporarily released from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Quezon City Jail - Ligtas Covid Center and Quarantine Facility in Payatas on Tuesday evening, Aug. 22, after he posted P270,000 bail for the 11 counts of estafa (swindling) and libel charges...
