Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has revealed some new devious tactics being used to smuggle illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) such as pigeons and condoms. Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. (Senate PRIB photo) Catapang revealed...
Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla on Wednesday, August 23 appealed to authorities to separate the hardcore “crime lords” from the “general population” of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) and improve the living conditions of the inmates there. Padilla said these are among the urgent...
New Bilibid Prison The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee will try to determine security breaches, and why or how crimes are committed inside and outside of the maximum security compound of the National Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa city. The...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking another round of investigation over the alleged mass grave found along the septic tank inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sen. Francis Tolentino inspects the facilities inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) together with...
Correction and not torture should be the rule at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) because all Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have human rights, Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla said on Tuesday, August 8. Sen. Robin Padilla inspects the facilities at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) on...
New Bilibid Prisons (MB file photo) Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Sunday, August 6 said he will ask authorities of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) why they allowed persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to accept food deliveries through online apps like GrabFood and...
(Unsplash) The appalling conditions inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) has convinced Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan to draft a measure that would create a "Department of Corrections". Yamsuan floated the idea for the new department during a recent House Committee on...
DEADLY PRISON BRAWL - Relatives of inmates of the Women's Center for Social Adaptation (CEFAS) prison gather outside the detention center after a fire following a brawl between inmates in Tamara, some 25 kilometers from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on June 20, 2023. Clashes between rival...
A convicted Filipino national in Syria has been released from a women's prison in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the Philippine Embassy in Syria said Monday. The female national, whose charges were not disclosed by the embassy, was already repatriated to the Philippines and arrived in Manila the next...
Davao City 1st district Repres Paolo Duterte has moved to criminalize the act of exploiting, neglecting, or abusing the elderly. (Unsplash) For this purpose, Duterte penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.4696, or the proposed Anti-Elder Abuse Act. If enacted, the measure will institutionalize...
The Masungi Georeserve Foundation called for the urgent intervention of the national government in protecting the environment and environmental defenders following the claims from supposed Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) personnel of a relocation site of the New Bilibid Prison within the vicinity of...
A woman was arrested by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) personnel for allegedly trying to sneak drugs into the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa on Dec. 23. According to the Muntinlupa police, suspect Maria Cristina Antonio, 50, was caught by BuCor personnel at the frisking area of the...
