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(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 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)–The Department of Justice on Thursday, Feb. 27, said it would look into reports former Army General Jovito Palparan is getting special treatment in the New Bilibid Prison. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Justice Undersecretary Deo Marco, who has supervision over the Bureau of Corrections, will look into the allegations hurled by the National Union of People’s Lawyers that Palparan remains at NBP’s Directorate for Reception and Diagnostics, where inmates should only stay “for […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has reiterated her call terminally-ill Persons Deprived of Liberty should be granted “compassionate parole” or medical parole based on humanitarian and medical grounds. In reintroducing Senate Bill (SB) No.1146, De Lima said terminally-ill PDLs should have a chance to serve out their sentence under their families’ care or seek better medical care outside prison. According to De Lima, institutionalizing the grant of parole to the select PDLs “also rationalizes 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)–Jail authorities have announced the restoration of visiting privileges for inmates in the New Bilibid Prison’s maximum security compound. In an announcement, the Bureau of Corrections said these will resume on Wednesday, Oct. 30. No visitation is, however, allowed during Mondays and Tuesdays. The BuCor said the schedule of visitation shall be on a per quadrant basis: NBP NORTH (QUADRANT 1) WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY BLDG. 1 – 7:30AM-9:00AM BLDG. 6 – 8:30AM-10:00AM BLDG.12-9:30AM- 11:00AM […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–A blast rocked the New Bilibid Prison on Friday, Oct. 11, as authorities continued to conduct clearing operations. Major Alberto Tapiru, NBP spokesman, said in an interview over radio dzbb that the blast, believed caused by an improvised explosive device, took place around 10 a.m. Taipiru said it was still unclear where the IED came from. Authorities are probing the incident, which took place as jail personnel cleared the facility of luxurious “kubols” of […]
(Eagle News)–Around 70 members of the Special Action Force were deployed on Tuesday, Oct. 8, to guard the New Bilibid Prison. The SAF personnel from the 33rd Special Action Company, 3rd Special Action Battalion replaced their colleagues from the 72nd Special Action Company, 7th Special Action Battalion earlier deployed to the national penitentiary. The National Capital Region Police Office said the 70 SAF members would be deployed to “critical areas” in the NBP “as part […]
(Eagle News)–Rodney Baloyo, who led the 2013 drug raid in Pampanga which the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said was irregular, is now detained in a cell at the New Bilibid Prison, as seen in this picture given by the Bureau of Corrections to Eagle News. Baloyo was cited in contempt on Thursday, Oct. 3, for being evasive under questioning by senators on the drug raid. Baloyo, who was a colonel at that time, had […]
Adds some PNP officials “recycle” illegal drugs (Eagle News)–A former head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on Thursday, Sept. 19, said “all roads practically lead to Bilibid” where the illegal drug trade is concerned. Benjamin Magalong, now the mayor of Baguio city, told a joint Senate panel hearing corruption in the Bureau of Corrections that based on a CIDG investigation when he was CIDG chief, Chinese drug personalities “continue to remotely manage the […]
