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...
A total of 118 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in Abuyog town in Leyte has applied for executive clemency, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Executive clemency refers to reprieve, absolute pardon, conditional pardon with or without...
The acting superintendent of the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) has been relieved from his post for not immediately reporting that a person deprived of liberty (PDL) escaped from the facility last Sept. 13. Relieved from his post was C/Supt. Rufino A. Martin in an order issued by Bureau of...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Wednesday, Sept. 13, denied that he issued a memorandum circular which ordered the return to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City of 12 high-profile persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who are detained at the maximum security facility of...
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...
A total of 909 male and female persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) in Davao del Norte has been interviewed for possible grant of parole or other forms of executive clemency. In a statement, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the interviews of the PDLs on...
The fugitive from the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa, who was recaptured in Angono, Rizal on Thursday, August 17, has been escorted back to the national penitentiary. Angono Police Station duty personnel told Manila Bulletin that Michael Angelo Cataroja,...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) The House of Representatives ought to revisit the existing operations manual of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo made this call Thursday, Aug. 2. after he brought up in a House Committee on Public Order and Safety...
Former vice president Leni Robredo and several ambassadors welcomed the acquittal of former senator Leila de Lima from one of the two remaining drug charges against her. Former senator Leila de Lima at the Muntinlupa Hall of Justice on Friday, May 12 (Photo by Juan Carlo De Vela/MANILA BULLETIN) In...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has added the hold departure order (HDO) against former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Chief Gerald Bantag and former BuCor Deputy Security Officer Ricardo Zulueta to their system. (Former BuCor Chief Gerald Bantag / File photo) BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will defer its plans to relocate its headquarters to the Masungi Georeserve pending review of the possible adverse environmental and ecological impacts in the area. Masungi Georeserve Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. confirmed...
Senator Nancy Binay has sought a Senate probe into the initiatives of the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) to have a new headquarters and housing for its personnel at the Masungi georesrve in Rizal province. "It is important to weigh the possible consequences of building its headquarters in an...
