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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of a new law that lowered the height requirement for policemen and other uniformed personnel. In welcoming President Duterte’s signing of Republic Act No. 11549 or the PNP, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and Bureau of Corrections Equality Act, PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar said he shares the view of Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former PNP chief, that […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, April 17, urged local government units to include jail facilities in the conduct of their tests for the coronavirus disease 2019. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya made the remark after the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology reported nine Quezon City jail detainees and nine BJMP personnel tested positive for COVID-19. He said the detainees are now in a quarantine site in Payatas. […]
(Eagle News)–Nine Quezon City Jail detainees have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. According to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology spokesperson Major Insp. Xavier Solda, nine BJMP personnel assigned in the same jail also tested positive for COVID-19. He said so far, authorities were conducting their contact tracing. Solda’s announcement came days after 22 detainees asked the Supreme Court to allow them to be temporarily free on bail or on recognizance, citing their […]
(Eagle News) — A Paranaque court has acquitted Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag and two others of homicide. In its Jan. 8 order, Judge Betlee-Ian J. Barraquias also acquitted then-SJO2 Ricardo Zulueta and JO2 Victor Erick Pascua in the ten counts filed against them by inmates of a Paranaque jail when Bantag was jail warden. Bantag, Zulueta and Pascua had said they merely defended themselves after they were attacked by the inmates and an […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Ronald dela Rosa is proposing to transfer the control and supervision of provincial and sub-provincial jails to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. In filing Senate Bill No. 1100, which aims to amend some provisions of Republic Act 6975 or the Department of Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, Dela Rosa, former Bureau of Corrections chief, said this would “ensure a high probability of success in the reformation of our Persons […]
(Eagle News) – New Bureau of Corrections (BuCor director Gerald Bantag has removed more than 300 prison guards of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) and replaced them with 500 policemen from Metro Manila. “We have a directive from the President for a total revamp and to clean up the BuCor. There are allegations of irregularities so we relieved them,” explained BuCor spokesperson Wena Fe Dalagan. In an effort to remove so-called scalawags at the […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 18, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of Gerald Bantag as the new Bureau of Corrections director-general even if he is facing criminal charges. In an interview over GMA-7’s Unang Balita, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the charges against Bantag over the death of 10 inmates in an explosion at the Parañaque City Jail in August 2016 were a non-issue since he has not been convicted. The explosion took place […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, Sept. 16, called for “sweeping reforms” in the country’s prison system amid the mess at the Bureau of Corrections. In filing SB No. 181, De Lima sought to integrate the management of the Bureau of Corrections, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and of provincial jail services under one agency, the National Commission on Corrections and Jail Management. She said the agency shall “serve as central authority […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has a new officer-in-charge. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año named jail deputy chief for administration Chief Supt. Allan Iral to the post following the retirement of jail director Deogracias Tapayan. According to a BJMP statement, during his stint as warden of the Davao City Jail, the jail was recognized the City Jail of the Year. The BJMP’s Region XI and VII were also recognized as Regional Offices of […]
https://youtu.be/2JIHF6oGHKI (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte warned police officials and other uniformed personnel not to even think about engaging in corruption or illegal drug operations, as he swore in 59 newly promoted personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). He said that illegal drugs and corruption are the two things that he will not […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, April 23, urged the Senate justice and human rights committee anew to act on her resolutions aimed at addressing “congestion and poor living conditions” inside jails and penitentiaries across the country. De Lima reiterated the statement following the release of records from the Philippine National Police (PNP) that showed that most regional police offices have congested detention facilities. De Lima’s statement also comes days after an inmate at […]
(Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles has accused a raiding team of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of harassment. Napoles made the accusation in an attempt to convince the Sandiganbayan, where she faces a plunder case in connection with the pork barrel scam, that she needed to be moved to a safehouse from Camp Bagong Diwa where she is detained. According to the undated incident report submitted by Napoles, the incident took place […]
