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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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