A total of 2,583 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) personnel were promoted to various posts on Wednesday, March 23. BJMP chief Jail Director Allan Iral administered the simultaneous oath-taking of the 2,528 Jail Non-Officer Rank (JNOR) and 55 BJMP Jail Officer Rank (JOR) through...
Did Bongbong Marcos take a shot at his fellow presidential candidate, Senator Manny Pacquiao over the latter's alleged use of "motherhood statements"? Presidential candidates Bongbong Marcos (left) and Manny Pacquiao (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ AFP) Marcos graced the Kapihan sa Manila Bay news...
ILOILO CITY — The jail-to-museum project in Iloilo is the inspiration behind a museum in Sorsogon province. The Museo Sorsogon in Sorsogon City and the Iloilo and Western Visayas Regional Museum in Iloilo City. (Photo courtesy of Museo Sorsogon and Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) “Yes, we got the...
Around 1,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Quezon City Jail received their Covid-19 jabs on Saturday, March 12. In a GMA News report, QC Jail Supt. Michelle Bonto said that 903 PDLs got their Astrazeneca booster shots, while 219 new inmates were also vaccinated. They were given hygiene...
A total of 1,180 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bulacan Provincial Jail (BPJ) in the City of Malolos have already received their COVID-19 booster shots, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The PHO said that Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were used for the booster rollout...
Around 36 improvised bladed weapons and other contraband were seized by police during a surprise inspection of detention cells in the Quezon City Jail in Barangay Kamuning on Friday morning, Feb. 18. The search, dubbed as “Oplan Greyhound,” aims to halt and suppress the use and movement of...
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...
