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(Eagle News) – At least 371 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been released as of Tuesday, September 13, 2022, according to the Department of Justice which vowed more releases in the coming months. The DOJ said that the 371 PDLs were released after the computation of time served in prison by the DOJ and the Bureau of Correction with the help of the lawyers of Public Attorney’s Office (PAO). Majority or 240 of […]
(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) – Convicted “drug queen” Yu Yuk Lai died on Tuesday morning, May 11, due to “acute myocardial infarction” or heart attack after she tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Yu has been confined at the East Avenue Medical Center since May 4. She died at 9:47 a.m., Tuesday, May 11, after her COVID-19 condition became critical, according to BuCor Spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag The drug queen was convicted in […]
(Eagle News) — The controversial convict former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez has died, the Bureau of Corrections announced Saturday, 27 March 2021. Mayor Sanchez, convicted in 1995 for the June 1993 rape-slay of 19-year old University of the Philippines Los Banos student Mary Eileen Sarmenta and the killing of her boyfriend UPLB student Allan Gomez, was found unresponsive in his cell at around 7 a.m., Saturday. He was then brought to the New […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Nine inmates were killed Friday when members of rival gangs in an overcrowded Philippine prison attacked each other using improvised knives, an official said, in one of the deadliest jail clashes in years. The pre-dawn fight broke out in suburban Manila’s New Bilibid Prison, the country’s largest, which holds more than 28,000 convicts in a complex designed for around 6,000. “We counted nine bodies,” said Gabriel Chaclag, spokesman for the Bureau […]
BuCor spokesperson, 3 others also recover (Eagle News)–Bureau of Corrections Director-General Gerald Bantag has recovered from COVID-19. In a statement, BuCor said its spokesperson, Gabriel Chaclag and three more officers also officially recovered from the disease after their swab tests turned out negative, according to BuCor chief Directorate for Health Services Dr. Henry Fabro. Over the past few weeks, the five had been advised to go in quarantine after they exhibited mild to moderate symptoms. […]
(Eagle News) — Former Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. has been transferred to the New Bilibid Prison. In a statement, the Bureau of Corrections Public Information Office said the transfer of Ecleo, who was recently nabbed in Pampanga, was ordered by the Sandiganbayan’s first division where he was convicted of graft and corruption over several anomalous projects when he was town mayor. Ecleo was also convicted of killing his wife Alona Bacolod in 2002. […]
(Eagle News)–The number of COVID-19 cases in Bureau of Corrections-managed jail facilities has reached 301, with no new cases so far reported. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the figure was as of June 15, based on reports from BuCor. The New Bilibid Prison accounts for the most number of confirmed cases, with 141 persons deprived of liberty infected and 38 BuCor staff. Perete said in the Correctional Institute for Women, 82 PDLs and seven personnel […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 200 persons deprived of liberty and Bureau of Corrections staff members have been confirmed infected with COVID-19. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said the 161 PDLs and 33 BuCor personnel were based on a report from the Bureau of Corrections as of May 25. Of the 161 PDLs, Perete said six have died, while eight have recovered. Of the 33 BuCor personnel, three have recovered. Among the facilities managed by BuCor, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Corrections is suspending visitation privileges in its prison facilities amid the novel coronavirus threat. In an advisory, the BuCor’s public information office said the suspension, which starts on Wednesday, March 11, covers the New Bilibid Prison and all other operating prison and penal farms. The suspension will last for a week. The announcement was made a day after President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed four additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon believes Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos was killed due to either one of two things. He knew a lot about the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess or he made promises that were broken. “Siyempre marami siyang nalalaman. Tandaan mo lahat ng papel ng mga preso siya ang nagnonotaryo. Malapit siya sa mga preso,” Gordon said in a radio interview on Friday, Feb. 21. According to Gordon, it was also […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the killing of the Bureau of Corrections former legal chief who was gunned down on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19, in Muntinlupa City as he was about to fetch his young daughter at school. In Department Order No. 82 dated Feb. 19, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra directed the NBI to “conduct an investigation and case build-up on the […]
