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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has granted executive clemency to 22 persons deprived of liberty (PDL), the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Saturday. BuCor said while 20 PDLs were granted commutations of sentences, two were given conditional…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu third district Representative and Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia has filed a bill in Congress seeking to establish a centralized system for the monitoring of inmates nationwide in aid of decongesting penitentiaries…
After almost a decade of hiding, captured fugitive and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. is now serving his sentence of up to 60 years at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. The Bureau of Corrections…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two of the seven convicted men in the Chiong sisters rape-slay case have surrendered to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) in Manila. The surrender came a day before September 19, the deadline set by…
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…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Manila City Jail warden Gerald Quitaleg Bantag as the new Director-General of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). This came few weeks after Nicanor Faeldon was fired as BuCor…
MANILA, Philippines–Senators on Thursday chided the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for submitting to them a defective list of convicts who had been freed after their sentences were cut short for good conduct. “Almost 10 percent of the…
MANILA, Philippines–There are other money-making ventures for corrupt officers at New Bilibid Prison aside from the payoffs for hospital passes and good conduct time allowances, according to a former official of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).…
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…
Nearly 2,000 prisoners convicted of heinous crimes have been released after their sentences were cut short since the law that shaves off jail time for good behavior was passed in 2013, a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official…
IT’s final: Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is running for senator in 2019. Dela Rosa announced his senatorial bid when he formally joined the ruling PDP-Laban yesterday. “Yes,” he told reporters when asked if…
MANILA — The Commission on Audit has called out the Bureau of Corrections’ Oplan Galugad team for turning over only P1.63 million of the P2.13 million confiscated in various raids at the New Bilibid Prison. In its…
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