Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed a bill for the ‘"regionalization" of penal farms to address the issue of congestion in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) and to make sure persons serving final judgment receive visits from their families. Padilla filed Senate Bill (SB) 235, which seeks...
The high congestion rate in the jail facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) remains a Herculean challenge in containing the transmission of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) not only among the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) but also among the personnel, the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Speaking before the Regis CEO Roundtable Series last May 18, Fernando Zobel de Ayala (FZA), President and CEO of Ayala Corporation, disclosed that “two of Ayala’s most cyclical businesses – Ayala Land and BPI – are priming themselves for a post-pandemic...