Senator Erwin Tulfo vowed that he will continuously push for the release of overstaying and sick persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as he recently delivered thousands of medical and hygiene items to over 2,000 inmates at the New Bilibid Prison’s (NBP) minimum-security facility. Tulfo, who chairs...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has officially approved the country’s largest economic zone (ecozone) to date, which will rise within Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. In a statement, PEZA said its board of directors gave the greenlight to the Palawan...
Four corrections officers have been relieved and preventively suspended after the stabbing incident inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City where one person deprived of liberty (PDL) died and two other prisoners wounded. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) identified them as C/Insp....
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been asked to probe the Jan. 2 stabbing incident inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City where one person deprived of liberty (PDL) died and two other prisoners were injured, the Bureau of...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) resumed today, August 15, its "Katarungan Caravan" that provides free legal assistance to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who seek early release from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. Spearheaded by the DOJ's Action Center (DOJAC), PDLs at the NBP's...
One hundred more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred last Friday, Aug. 2, from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro. Last July, 500 PDLs were also transferred to SPPF as part of the continuous decongestion...
Another batch of 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro to address congestions in prison facilities. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio...
Seven prison personnel may face administrative and criminal charges on complaints that they conducted "humiliating, degrading, and traumatic" strip searches on wives of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. In a statement, the Department of...
In the urban landscape of Metro Manila, where available land is increasingly scarce, the Department of Finance is suggesting the development of new modern business districts on two large state-owned lands that could replicate the success of Bonifacio Global City (BGC). Finance Secretary Ralph G....
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...
