For Vice President Sara Duterte, there is nothing "wrong" or improper about visiting persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), particularly those she personally knows. In an interview after attending the Thanksgiving Mass for the Kadayawan Festival at San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City, Duterte responded...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division to grant him bail in his pending plunder case, arguing that he is entitled to provisional liberty because the “evidence of his guilt is not strong.” Estrada is currently detained at the New Quezon City Jail in Barangay Payatas....
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) confirmed on Wednesday, July 15, that Sen. Rodante Marcoleta is now under its custody following the commitment order issued by the Third Division of the Sandiganbayan where he is facing a case of plunder. BJMP spokesperson Supt. Jayrex...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta, who was supposed to be detained at the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, still remains at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital after being diagnosed with mild pneumonia among other illnesses. But when can he be brought back to the courtroom of the...
The new Quezon City Jail in Barangay Payatas is spacious and with modern designs compared to other detention facilities, the Bu reau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) assured on Sunday, July 12. And this new facility is ready to accommodate Sen. Rodante Marcoleta who is currently under...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta will be committed to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas, where former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and Senator Jinggoy Estrada are currently detained, after the Sandiganbayan Third Division ordered his arrest over a plunder case lodged against him. According to...
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...
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...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN French ambassadors and the local government of Quezon City visited on Monday, Nov. 28, the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory (QCJFD) in Diliman, Quezon City to distribute gifts to Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) and hold a mural painting activity. French artists and PDLs...
A riot erupted at the Quezon City Jail on Friday, May 13, among three rival gangs, resulting in the death of at least one person deprived of liberty (PDL) and the wounding of nine others. In a report from ABS-CBN, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-NCR community relations chief...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-National Capital Region (BJMP-NCR) led on Tuesday, April 26, a medical and dental mission in Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD), which served 192 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). Medical workers and frontliners from the BJMP-NCR Regional Health...
The Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) on Monday, April 25, has conducted Covid-19 vaccination inside the jail facility in Kamuning, aiming to inoculate close to 2,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). Jail Senior Supt. Michelle Bonto, QCJMD warden, said that they are targeting to vaccinate...
