Summer Ong, wife of detained businessman Linconn Ong, has appealed to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Richard Gordon to free her husband for humanitarian reasons. Senate President Tito Sotto Ong, along with siblings Mohit and Twinkle Dargani, were previously cited in contempt by the...
One way to decongest jail facilities in the country is to amend the dangerous drugs law, aspiring President Vice President Leni Robredo said. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo explained during the Panata sa Bayan: The KBP Presidential Candidates Forum on Friday, Feb. 4, that drug...
A total of six persons deprived of liberty (PDL) were confirmed killed, and 33 were injured, four of them seriously, after a riot broke out between two rival gangs inside the Caloocan City Jail on Monday afternoon, Jan. 10. According to a report from ABS-CBN News, the brawl involved two PDL groups...
The warden of the the Caloocan City Jail was sacked from his post over the deadly riot on Monday, Jan. 10, that left six people dead and more than 30 other inmates injured. Sacked was Jail Supt. Neil Subbi. He was replaced by Jail Supt. Lloyd Gonzaga. Supt. Xavier Solda, spokesperson of the Bureau...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) announced on Saturday, Jan. 1, that there were no untoward incidents and zero COVID-19 cases in its jail facilities as the agency welcomes the New Year. “We do not have any untoward incident in any of our district, city and municipal jails across...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP stressed Friday, Dec. 24, that the organization will relentlessly pursue its goal of ensuring persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and their personnel are drug-free. Photo from Supt. Xavier Solda's Twitter account BJMP spokesperson Superintendent...
The bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has inaugurated the new Quezon City Jail Building on Wednesday, Dec. 15, a move that is part fo the bureau's efforts to improve the living condition and address the congestion woes of the inmates in its jail facilities. BJMP spokesperson in a...
This good news came as a much sought Holiday season gift for the lucky persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run facilities as the bureau now allows “no contact visitations’’ in its low risk jail facilities but under certain conditions....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned the public that individuals with fake coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination cards will face prison terms and other penalties. This was pointed out by DILG Region 10 Director Arnel Agabe after his office got a report that a...
No special treatment will be accorded to the two Pharmally executives who were sent to the Pasay City Jail for allegedly failing to submit the documents on the multi-billion transactions on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) face masks and face shields the company supplied to the government. This was...
Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City chief, led his men in securing the transfer of Pharmally executives Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani to the Pasay City Jail Monday afternoon, Nov. 29. Paday-os said Ong and Dargani together with Senate Sergeant-at-Arms head Manuel Parlade arrived at the Pasay City Hall...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Metro Manila hailed the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for providing projects that enhanced the livelihood sources of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under its supervision. “Panaderia de Manila is one of the livelihood sources...
