BuCor legal service chief shot dead in Muntinlupa City

Catherine Gonzales - Inquirer.net 02/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections’ legal service chief was gunned down in Muntinlupa City on Wednesday. Fredric Anthony Santos was aboard a Toyota Hilux when two gunmen appeared and shot him in front of a…

PNP deploys tracker teams to rearrest Rolito Go

Catherine Gonzales - Inquirer.net 09/20/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Police teams are now hunting down Rolito Go, who was convicted for the road rage killing  of a Dela Salle University (DLSU) student in 1991, and who was reportedly included in the rearrest list…

Bantag named new BuCor chief

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday appointed former Manila City Jail warden Gerald Bantag to head the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), saying he could not find a “saint” to run the scandal-ridden agency. Presidential spokesperson…

Heinous crime convicts return to prison for fear of their lives

Leo Udtohan - Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/15/2019

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Philippines — With P3,000 in his pocket, rape convict Melchor Jumamil was giddy when he was released for good behavior from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in April. But he was crestfallen after his…

Duterte starts major revamp at BuCor

DJ Yap, Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/14/2019

MANILA, Philippines–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered next-in-rank employees to temporarily assume the duties of prison officials who were suspended for the controversial early release of heinous crime convicts. Malacañang said the President issued the directive as the…

Thelma Chiong to DOJ: Show us complete list of convicts released through GCTA

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Unhappy with the release of four of the seven convicts in the rape-slay of her daughters Marijoy and Jacqueline, Thelma Chiong has called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to already release to…

DOJ chief: ‘Bato’ eyed BuCor authority to release convicts

Maila Ager - INQUIRER.net 09/09/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday bared that then-Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa had requested that the authority to release persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) be delegated to the Bucor head.…

BuCor official denies part in GCTA-for-sale scam

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 09/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Senior Insp. Maribel Bansil of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) denied on Saturday being involved in the alleged early-freedom-for-sale scheme at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). “I nothing to do with that so-called GCTA…

Palace: Bato also faces probe over freed convicts

Julie M. Aurelio - Philippine Daily Inquirer, Leila B. Salaverria 09/06/2019

Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa will also be investigated for the release of heinous crime convicts during his term as chief of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), Malacañang said on Thursday. President Duterte on Wednesday night said…

LOOK: Faeldon bids BuCor goodbye after dismissal

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 09/05/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Sacked Bureau of Corrections chief Director General Nicanor Faeldon bid goodbye to BuCor personnel early Thursday morning after he was sacked by President Rodrigo Duterte. Faeldon’s legal team said the dismissed BuCor chief, his…

BuCor chief confirms release of 3 convicts in Chiong sisters rape-slay case

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 09/02/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon on Monday confirmed that three of the seven men convicted for the rape and murder of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong have been released under the good…

Duterte to DOJ, BuCor: Don’t release Sanchez

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 08/26/2019

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon to block the early release of rape-slay convict and former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez. “Pinaabot niya…

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