The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe a shootout in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan where a corrections officer and two policemen died. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. also directed BuCor’s Ferdinand V. Balduman, director...
A total of 579 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have taken the examinations to get their diplomas as elementary and junior high school graduates. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the PDLs took the Alternative Learning System (ALS)...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said it will enhance the promotion of faith-based programs as major components of the restorative rehabilitation of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said that faith-based approach supports the transformation of...
The 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), who were transferred last Friday, March 27, from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, arrived on Sunday morning, March 29, at the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director...
Acting Justice Secretary Fredderick A. Vida has assured a cleanup of the backlog in the review of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) applications of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the custody of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Under Republic Act No. 10592, the GCTA law, the PDLs...
Five hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City were transferred last Friday, March 27, to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the continuing transfer...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is holding on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27, a special registration for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. With the scheduled registration, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said it suspended the...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced that the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has allowed the entry of public utility vehicles (PUVs) inside the New Bilibid Prison Reservation to transport thousands of students from two public schools. Thousands of students and teachers of Pamantasan ng Lungsod...
The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) has been tapped by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for agricultural production in the country 's prison and penal farms. The BuCor had earlier said it has 48,783.31 hectares of land nationwide that can be converted to agricultural and aqua-culture sites as...
The Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) has been certified by the Department of Health (DOH) as a tuberculosis (TB) therapy center where diagnostic, treatment and counseling services can be done, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said. In a statement, the BuCor said that the DOH Regional Office XI...
A female visitor was arrested in her attempt to smuggle into the New Bilibid Prison (NBI) in Muntinlupa City suspected illegal drugs that were stashed inside her private part, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Wednesday, March 26. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr....
Project KILO, a multibillion-peso national project aimed at addressing decades-long critical issues in the Philippine prison system, and seven other projects were added in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center’s project pipeline, which now totals ₱2.6 trillion. Documents shared by the PPP...
