The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday, March 18, that one of the suspects in the killing of broadcaster Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa died of brain hemorrhage, the statement came amid insinuations of foul play behind his death. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the death...
(Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is looking to build a new headquarters inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. This was revealed during a coordination meeting between PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio...
Seventy-three persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will now celebrate their Christmas and New Year with their families after they were freed on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Those released have either served their prison terms, completed their jail term through good conduct time allowance (GCTA), and have been...
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted to other agricultural and livestock production. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
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...
