Tag: Bureau of Corrections

Convicted drug queen Yu Yuk Lai dies due to COVID complications, says BuCor

(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 […]

Iwahig prison chief orders extension of mandatory quarantine for all prison personnel following COVID-19 deaths

(Eagle News) — The chief of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan has ordered an extension of the quarantine period of all prison personnel. A statement from the Bureau of Corrections, which supervises the facility, said IPPF chief Chief Supt. Raul Levita gave the order for the one more week of strict quarantine  starting April 14 to 21 for the completion of the mandatory 21-day quarantine for suspected COVID-19 patients. Levita […]

Ecleo transferred to Bilibid

(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. […]

DOJ: 161 PDLs, 33 BuCor personnel in BuCor-managed facilities confirmed infected with COVID-19

(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 […]

BuCor suspends prison visits amid COVID-19 threat

(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 […]

Sotto: Slain BuCor official was ready to tell all on GCTA mess

(Eagle News)–Suspended Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos had expressed readiness to tell all on the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess before he was killed, Senate President Tito Sotto said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. According to Sotto, Santos gave this information to him through Senator Panfilo Lacson. “Yes. The  Department of Justice should get to the bottom of this dastardly act,” Sotto said. Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the blue ribbon committee that probed […]

Suspended BuCor legal officer shot dead

(Eagle News) — The legal officer of the Bureau of Corrections who was suspended by the Ombudsman over the Good Conduct Time Allowance scheme was killed on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Authorities said Fredric Anthony Santos was on board his vehicle when he was attacked by at least two men at 1:50 p.m. in Barangay Poblacion in Muntinlupa. According to a police report, Santos was supposed to fetch his daughter when the attack took place. Santos, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Bureau of Corrections chief Bantag vows to clean BuCor, NBP despite threats to his life

  (Eagle News) – Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director-General Gerald Bantag vowed to clean the BuCor and the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP), with the help of other committed government and police personnel, despite threats to their safety and even to their family. In an exclusive interview by Eagle News Service reporter Gerald Rañez, Bantag said that he values the trust given to him by President Rodrigo Duterte when he appointed him as Bucor chief. How […]

Over 3000 BuCor personnel to undergo retraining, Bantag says

(Eagle News)–More than 3000 Bureau of Corrections personnel will undergo retraining on orders of  newly installed Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag. Bantag made the revelation on Friday, Oct. 4, the same day policemen from the National Capital Region Police Office arrived to temporarily take their place. “We will give them  para masolve ang problema dito. Ang problema dito illegal drugs syndicate,” National Capital Region Police Office director Guillermo Eleazar said. According to Bantag, it […]

Sotto: Some inmates in BuCor facilities being tapped to kill outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6jaL-sFSo   (Eagle News)–Some inmates from jail facilities under the Bureau of Corrections are being tapped to kill people outside, Senate President Tito Sotto said. Sotto said he received the information as a joint Senate panel conducts a probe into the problems in BuCor, following the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. During the probe, witness Yolanda Camelon testified she paid P50,000 to several BuCor personnel for the […]

Gerald Bantag takes oath as BuCor director-general

(Eagle News)–Former jail warden Gerald Bantag on Friday, Sept. 20, took his oath as the new Bureau of Corrections director-general. Bantag took his oath before Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, days after he was appointed to the post by President Rodrigo Duterte. His appointment came after Duterte sacked Nicanor Faeldon as BuCor director-general following the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. The Palace has said Bantag, a former Parañaque […]

Rolito Go, who was freed under GCTA law, among those who did not surrender before 15-day deadline

  (Eagle News)–Rolito Go, who was freed under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, was among those who did not surrender before the 15-day deadline. Go was convicted of the 1991 killing of Dela Salle University engineering student Eldon Maguan in a road rage incident in San Juan City. This was confirmed by National Capital Region Police Office Chief Guillermo Eleazar, who said he has already deployed tracker teams to look for the 176 convicts […]