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(Eagle News) — Dismissed policeman Jonel Nuezca, who was caught on video shooting his neighbors dead in Tarlac in December 2020, may have died of a heart attack. This is according to Bureau of Corrections spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag, who gave an interview over radio dzbb on Thursday, Dec. 2. According to Chaclag, this was based on initial findings of medical personnel that Nuezca suffered a “cardiac infraction.” He said an autopsy, however, was under way […]
BuCor says initial findings point to possible heart attack as cause of death of Nuezca who was convicted for fatally shooting mother-and-son neighbors in viral video (Eagle News) – A dismissed Paranaque police officer, who was convicted for killing a 52-year old woman and her son whom he was trying to arrest in December last year in Tarlac, had died while in jail, the Bureau of Corrections confirmed on Wednesday, Dec. 1. BuCor […]
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 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology reiterated the need for a government-owned national fiber network even as it noted improvements in the country’s Internet speed. According to ICT department chief Gregorio Honasan II, the government “should not leave the fate of our national ICT infrastructure to the private sector only,” adding that the National Broadband Program would address the lack of ICT infrastructure resulting in some areas with weak to no connection signals. […]
(Eagle News) — Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of two University of the Philippines students in the 1990s, has been transferred to the Jose Rizal Memorial Medical Center for further tests. In a Facebook post, the Bureau of Corrections said the former mayor of Calauan, Laguna was transferred for referral to a nephrologist and a sputum exam on the evening of Friday, September 4. BuCor said the transfer was made […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate is set to probe the reported death due to COVID-19 of high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian who was a key witness against senator Leila De Lima’s alleged involvement in drug dealing inside the New Bilibid Prisons. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said he will file a resolution to investigate JB’s death, as well as the death of other inmates inside the national penitentiary due to COVID-19. “I’m filing a reso […]
(Eagle News)–Over 200, or 222, persons deprived of liberty have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, the Department of Justice said on Thursday, June 4. According to Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, apart from the infected PDLs based on a report from the Bureau of Corrections as of June 2, 48 Bucor personnel tested positive for the virus. Perete said of the penal farms and colonies managed by the BuCor, the New Bilibid Prison has the most […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has expressed opposition to a proposal to transfer the New Bilibid Prison to an isolated facility similar to the Alcatraz, a maximum security federal prison in the United States. In a statement, De Lima said such a move will “not only hamper the rehabilitation of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) but will also tolerate the violations of their rights.” “Those who advocate for the transfer of NBP to an ‘isolated […]
(Eagle News) — At least 16 police officers deployed to the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) are now being investigated for allegedly trying to slip contraband items in and out of the supposedly high security prison in Muntinlupa City. NCRPO acting chief Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas refused to name the police officers involved but stressed that “discipline must prevail.” The said policemen have already reported to the Regional […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Oct. 11, announced a probe into the explosion that rocked the New Bilibid Prison amid ongoing clearing operations there. Guevarra said the Department of Justice oversight committee has directed Bureau of Corrections director general Gerald Bantag to do the same “in coordination with the (Philippine National Police) contingent stationed at NBP.” “The alleged explosion indicates the magnitude of the security problem” in the facility, he said. Guevarra said […]
